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Chevron Joins SLB, TotalEnergies Digital Subsurface Collaboration

Oct 06, 2026

Chevron Technical Center has joined a long-term digital subsurface collaboration between SLB and TotalEnergies to co-develop technologies for reservoir engineering and geoscience.The collaboration, known as Arena, was established by SLB and…

Equinor Warns Rosebank, Jackdaw Rejection Could Deter UK Investment

Oct 06, 2026

Failure to secure approval for the Rosebank and Jackdaw projects would be a major setback for Equinor's Adura joint venture with Shell in the North Sea, Equinor CEO Anders Opedal said on Tuesday.'Not approving Rosebank would be contradictory to energy security…

TWMA Takes Multi-Million-Dollar North Sea Drilling Services Job

Oct 06, 2026

Drilling waste management specialist TWMA has secured a multi-million-dollar contract from an unnamed North Sea operator to provide offshore drilling waste management services for a multi-well campaign in the UK North Sea.The contract, awarded under an existing agreement…

Lloyd’s Register Clears GasEntec’s High-Capacity FSRU Concept

Oct 06, 2026

Lloyd's Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to GasEntec for a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) concept capable of delivering up to 1 billion cubic feet of gas per day, placing it among the highest-capacity FSRU designs currently under development…

MacGregor to Equip IWS’ Four Skywalker-Class CSOV Newbuilds

Oct 06, 2026

MacGregor has received an order from Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipment to supply motion-compensated cranes and gangways for four additional Skywalker-class commissioning service operation vessels being built for IWS Fleet.The…

Reach Subsea Keeps Deep Cygnus Subsea Vessel for Another Year

Oct 05, 2026

Reach Subsea has exercised a one-year option to extend the charter for Deep Cygnus subsea vessel from Havila Subsea & Renewables, keeping the vessel in its fleet through March 2028.The original charter, announced in July 2022, covered a four-year period with an option for an additional year…

Halliburton Steers Clear of Sea Lion Project off Falkland Islands

Oct 05, 2026

Halliburton has ruled out working on the Sea Lion oil project near the Falkland Islands after Argentine federal authorities raised questions over potential criminal and civil enforcement related to hydrocarbon activities around the disputed territory…

Orcadian Terminates UK Offshore Data Center Development Deal

Oct 05, 2026

Orcadian Energy and an unnamed U.S. offshore data center developer have terminated an agreement to jointly develop an offshore energy-to-compute project using gas resources from Orcadian's Earlham and Orwell discoveries in UK waters.The companies…

Ithaca Energy Buys Suncor Energy’s Canadian Oil Assets for $860M

Oct 05, 2026

Ithaca Energy has agreed to acquire Suncor Energy's interests in the Terra Nova and White Rose oil assets offshore eastern Canada for $860 million in cash, marking its first international acquisition outside the UK.The deal includes a 48% operated interest in Terra Nova…

Apache Workers Back Strike That Could Disrupt North Sea Pipeline

Oct 05, 2026

More than 160 offshore workers at Apache have backed strike action in a pay dispute that could disrupt operations at seven North Sea assets and potentially affect the Forties Pipeline System, trade union Unite said.The industrial action, which could begin in October…

Aker BP Names New Executive Management Team

Oct 02, 2026

Aker BP has appointed a new executive management team effective January 1, 2027, reorganizing its leadership around the company's value chain from exploration through production.The new team will work through the end of 2026 to design a new…

DOF Nears Large Contract for I-Class Vessel

Oct 02, 2026

DOF Group has received a letter of intent for a contract valued at between $50 million and $100 million that would secure work for one of its I-class vessels in the first half of 2028.The scope includes DOF's in-house project management and engineering…

New Owner to Extend Life of Germany’s First Offshore Wind Farm

Oct 02, 2026

Ocean Breeze Energy has agreed to acquire the 60 MW Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm from EWE, RWE and Vattenfall, with plans to operate Germany's first offshore wind farm beyond its originally planned 20-year service life.Financial terms were not disclosed…

Acta Marine Christens Vestas-Chartered CSOV Newbuild

Oct 02, 2026

Dutch offshore vessel owner Acta Marine has christened its commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) Acta Hercules in IJmuiden, the Netherlands, as the company moves closer to completing its four-vessel newbuild program.Acta Hercules was…

DNV Backs Blue Ammonia FPSO Concept from BW Offshore and McDermott

Oct 02, 2026

BW Offshore's blue ammonia floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) concept, jointly developed with McDermott, has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV, advancing the proposed offshore low-carbon ammonia production solution towards further design development…

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