Offshore Regions News


Middle East offshore Sector Faces Structural Risks

Jun 03, 2026

A combination of contract terminations, spiraling insurance costs and the threat to EPC projects are creating a complex combination of risk for offshore operators in the Middle East Gulf.In its latest HORIZON Monthly Offshore report, MSI notes that…

Norway Faces Initial Production Loss if Offshore Workers Go on Strike

Jun 03, 2026

Norway's oil and gas output could initially fallby about 45,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day from Friday onwards if workers choose to go on strike, industry group Offshore Norway told Reuters on Wednesday.Nearly 8% of Norwegian offshore…

Northern Lights Expands LCO2 Fleet with Vessel Charter for MISC, K Line

Jun 03, 2026

Northern Lights JV has awarded a consortium comprising Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K' LINE) and Malaysia's MISC Berhad a time charter contract for a newly built 12,000 cubic meter liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier, supporting the expansion of Europe's carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure…

Subsea7 Secures US Gulf Subsea Contract From Murphy

Jun 03, 2026

Subsea7 has secured a ‘sizeable’ contract by Murphy Exploration & Production Company for the String Music development in the U.S. Gulf.The project includes the engineering, procurement, construction, and offshore installation of a production…

Capricorn Energy Grants Third Extension for Potential Takeover Offer

Jun 03, 2026

Capricorn Energy said on Wednesday the deadline for Cafani Group-linked investment vehicle Alamadiyaf al‑Masiyyah to make a formal takeover offer for the London-listed oil producer has been extended for a third time to July 1.Alamadiyaf al‑Masiyyah…

Ichthys LNG Strike Causes Delay to Taiwan-Bound Cargo

Jun 03, 2026

Loading of a Taiwan-bound LNG tanker at the Inpex-operated 1605.T Ichthys plant in Australia has been delayed after a limited strike by workers disrupted operations at the terminal, according to the union and shipping data.The delay highlights…

Indonesia Targets Higher Oil and Gas Output in 2027

Jun 03, 2026

Indonesia's upstream oil and gas regulator SKK Migas told a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday that it will aim to lift 612,500 barrels of oil per day (bpd) and 5,469 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of gas next year.Indonesia's…

Energean’s Angola Deal with Chevron Faces Pre-Emption Challenge

Jun 03, 2026

Energean has announced that of the joint venture partners in Angola's Blocks 14 and 14K, Etu Energias, has notified seller Chevron that it intends to exercise pre-emption rights over the proposed sale of Chevron's interests in the offshore assets…

GustoMSC Unveils New Jacking Technology for Offshore Wind Vessels

Jun 02, 2026

GustoMSC, NOV’s offshore design and engineering business, has developed a new asymmetrical rack-and-pinion technology designed to increase the jacking capacity of offshore wind installation vessels without increasing vessel size, weight or system complexity…

Glamox to Light Up TenneT’s 2GW Land-Based Substation

Jun 02, 2026

Lighting specialist Glamox has secured a contract from SPIE Nederland to supply 1,500 connected LED lighting fixtures for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha 2 GW land substation in Borssele, the first onshore converter station planned under TenneT’s 2 GW program in the Netherlands…

Ecowende Installs First Turbine at 760MW Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

Jun 02, 2026

Ecowende has installed the first wind turbine at its offshore wind farm approximately 53 kilometres off the coast of IJmuiden in the Netherlands, marking the start of turbine installation at the 760 MW project.The installation was carried out…

Apollo’s Floating Wind Quick Connector Gets Closer to Commercial Rollout

Jun 02, 2026

Apollo has received an Approval in Principle (Level 2) from Bureau Veritas for its PALM Quick Connection System (QCS), a technology designed to simplify the connection and disconnection of dynamic cables from floating offshore wind turbines…

SBM Offshore, Solstad to Build New Deepwater Installation Vessel

Jun 02, 2026

SBM Offshore and Solstad Offshore have formed a joint venture that has entered into a letter of intent with a shipyard for the construction of a multi-purpose deepwater installation and construction vessel, with delivery targeted in the first half of 2029…

Inpex Faces Threat of Broad LNG Loading Ban as AU Labour Dispute Deepens

Jun 02, 2026

Workers began a limited strike on Tuesday at Inpex's Ichthys liquefied natural gas facilities in Australia over a wage dispute, and their unions threatened much broader action next week that could disrupt LNG production and loadings.Ichthys accounts for about 10% of LNG supply from Australia…

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