Offshore News


Japan Clears DNV for Floating Wind Classifications

Oct 20, 2026

DNV has become the first non-Japanese recognized organization authorized by Japan's Flag Administration to apply floating offshore wind classification rules in the country.The authorization allows DNV to apply its floating offshore wind rules within Japan's regulatory framework…

DemoSATH Floating Wind Project Enters New Phase with Japanese Partner

Oct 20, 2026

Saitec Offshore Technologies and Japan's Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) have agreed to extend operations at the 2 MW DemoSATH floating offshore wind demonstrator in Spain through 2027, with Japanese construction company Kumagai Gumi joining the project as a new partner…

Union Vega Offshore Orders Two Breeze-Designed PSVs, Options Four More

Oct 20, 2026

Union Vega Offshore has ordered two battery-hybrid platform supply vessels (PSVs) from Fujian Mawei Shipyard, with options for four additional vessels, under a design contract awarded to Breeze Ship Design.The vessels will be based on Breeze Ship Design's next-generation Z 4409 PSV design…

Sunda Energy Gets Chuditch License Extension After Termination Warning

Oct 20, 2026

Sunda Energy has secured a 12-month extension to the current phase of its Chuditch gas licence offshore Timor-Leste, following an earlier warning from the country's upstream regulator that the production sharing contract (PSC) could be terminated over unmet drilling obligations…

Finder Energy Selects Eneos’ Rig for Drilling Job off Timor-Leste

Oct 20, 2026

Finder Energy has signed a contract worth an estimated $42.3 million with Eneos Drilling for the Hakuryu-5 semi-submersible rig to drill three development wells at the Kuda Tasi and Jahal (KTJ) offshore oil project in Timor-Leste.The agreement covers the provision of the rig…

SSE Picks Seaway7 for Berwick Bank B Offshore Wind Foundations and Cables

Oct 20, 2026

SSE Renewables has selected Subsea7's Seaway7 as preferred supplier for offshore wind turbine foundations and subsea inter-array cables at its 1.4 GW Berwick Bank B offshore wind project in Scotland, under an agreement expected to support 465 UK jobs…

Bouri Gas Project Offshore Libya Set for October Start-Up

Oct 20, 2026

Eni has completed the Bouri Gas Utilization Project (GUP) offshore Libya, with start-up procedures underway for infrastructure designed to recover associated gas previously flared at the field and reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 1.5 million tonnes annually…

Norway Misses September Oil and Gas Production Forecast

Oct 20, 2026

Norway's combined oil and gas production missed an official forecast by 4% in September, data from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) showed on Tuesday.Oil production was slightly ahead of projections while natural gas was lagging, the data showed…

Fugro, EirGrid Complete Marine Surveys for Irish Offshore Wind Link

Oct 19, 2026

EirGrid has completed its 2026 marine and coastal survey campaign for Ireland's Powering Up Offshore – South Coast program, with Fugro carrying out investigations to support the development of grid infrastructure for approximately 900 MW of offshore renewable energy…

Eidesvik's Viking Avant PSV on Extended Stay with Equinor

Oct 19, 2026

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Eidesvik Offshore has secured a contract extension from Equinor for its platform supply vessel (PSV) Viking Avant, keeping the vessel under contract until the end of 2027.The extension follows directly from the…

Greenpeace Protest Disrupts Work at Woodside's Scarborough Offshore Platform

Oct 19, 2026

Woodside Energy has suspended pre-commissioning activities at its Scarborough gas project's floating production unit (FPU) offshore Western Australia following a Greenpeace protest that saw two activists occupy the facility for two days before being taken into police custody…

Incat Crowther to Build Fourth Fast Support Intervention Vessel

Oct 16, 2026

Zamil Offshore commissioned Incat Crowther and Singaporean shipbuilder Lita Ocean to design, build and deliver a fourth 60-m ABS-classed monohull Fast Support Intervention Vessel (FSIV). The project follows the delivery of the third vessel in…

Taiwan's 1GW Hai Long Offshore Wind Farm Brings All Turbines Online

Oct 16, 2026

The installation of all 73 wind turbines at the 1 GW Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan has been completed, with every turbine now generating electricity.The milestone brings the project closer to completion, with final permitting approvals still expected in the first half of 2027…

ACCIONA Lands 2GW Offshore Wind Grid Deal in Australia

Oct 16, 2026

ACCIONA has been selected as development partner for a transmission network designed to connect up to 2 GW of offshore wind capacity to the electricity grid in Australia's Victoria state.Under a concession agreement, ACCIONA will be responsible for developing…

Inpex-Led Bonaparte CCS Project Gets Australian Offshore Storage Approval

Oct 16, 2026

Australia has declared the West Peron formation suitable for carbon dioxide storage, marking a regulatory milestone for the Inpex-led Bonaparte carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, which could permanently store up to 443 million tonnes of CO2 offshore northern Australia…

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