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PALFINGER to Supply Cranes for UK Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 22, 2026

PALFINGER has secured a contract from Smulders to supply 64 davit cranes for the East Anglia TWO offshore wind farm in the UK, extending its presence in one of Europe's largest offshore wind markets.The order covers one PF 160-5m davit crane for each of the project's 64 wind turbines…

INA Completes First Well in Adriatic Sea Drilling Campaign off Croatia

Jul 22, 2026

Croatian oil and gas company INA, part of MOL Group, has completed the Ana-4 DIR gas well in the northern Adriatic Sea, the first of five new wells planned under a $74 million (€65 million) drilling program aimed at expanding gas production offshore Croatia…

Sea1 Offshore’s First Offshore Energy Support Vessel Hits Water in China

Jul 22, 2026

Sea1 Offshore has launched the Sea1 Diamond, the first vessel in a series of four offshore energy support vessels under construction at COSCO Shipping.The float-out marks a key milestone in Sea1 Offshore's newbuild program, with the company…

Saipem Secures $260M Drillship Deal with Eni in West Africa

Jul 22, 2026

Saipem has secured an offshore drilling contract worth approximately $260 million from Eni for a long-term development drilling campaign offshore Côte d'Ivoire.The contract will see the Santorini drillship deployed on the campaign from early 2027 under a firm drilling program…

Equinor Profit Jumps on Wartime Energy Prices

Jul 22, 2026

Equinor on Wednesday reported a sharp rise in second-quarter profits, as expected, lifted by a surge in oil and gas prices as the war in the Middle East disrupted global energy supplies.The Norwegian group's adjusted earnings before tax for the April to June period rose to $11…

CorPower Gains World-First DNV Wave Energy Prototype Approval

Jul 21, 2026

CorPower Ocean has been awarded the world’s first DNV Prototype Certificate for a wave energy converter (WEC), marking a major leap towards bankable, utility-scale wave energy.The CorPower C4 has been certified by DNV under DNV-SE-0120, Certification of Wave Energy Converters and Arrays…

Norway's Offshore Oil, Gas Output Tops June Forecast

Jul 21, 2026

Norway's combined oil and gas production exceeded an official forecast by 3% in June, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) said on Tuesday.Norway is Europe's largest supplier of natural gas and a major producer of oil, but output varies…

Vår Energi, BlueNord Merger to Create Europe's Largest Independent Producer

Jul 21, 2026

Vår Energi and BlueNord have agreed to combine their businesses in a cash-and-shares transaction that will expand Vår Energi into Denmark and create what the companies said would be Europe's largest independent oil and gas producer.The transaction…

OneSubsea Gets Two Production Boosting Jobs for Vår Energi

Jul 20, 2026

OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, has secured two contracts from Vår Energi covering subsea production infrastructure at the Balder and Goliat fields offshore Norway.The first contract covers the design and…

Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Nordkapp Secures Another Year with Aker BP

Jul 20, 2026

Odfjell Drilling has received confirmation from Aker BP that the firm contract for the Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible rig has been extended by one year.The extension increases the rig's firm backlog through the end of 2028, after which Aker BP retains further extension options…

ADES Boosts Backlog with $230M Nigeria, North Sea Deals

Jul 20, 2026

Saudi Arabian oil and gas drilling contractor ADES Holding has secured two offshore drilling contracts in Nigeria and the U.K. North Sea, worth $229 million combined, strengthening its backlog and jack-up fleet utilization.The larger of the…

DEME to Install Foundations at Zeevonk Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 20, 2026

Belgium marine contractor DEME has secured a contract to transport and install foundations for the first phase of the Zeevonk offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.The project, jointly owned by Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners through its Energy Transition Fund I…

OMV Petrom, Romgaz Install Neptun Deep Offshore Platform

Jul 20, 2026

OMV Petrom and Romania's Romgaz have completed the installation of the offshore production platform for the Neptun Deep natural gas project in the Black Sea, marking a major milestone as the development remains on track to start production in 2027…

Plexus Lands Wellhead Engineering Deal for Offshore Energy Applications

Jul 20, 2026

Plexus Holdings has signed a two-year engineering agreement with Cactus Wellhead to develop and qualify a range of wellhead products for offshore energy applications.Under the agreement, Plexus will provide engineering, analysis and testing services…

Scotland Approves Ocean Winds' 2GW Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 17, 2026

Ocean Winds, a 50/50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie, has secured offshore consent from the Scottish government for its 2 GW Caledonia offshore wind farm, clearing the final major regulatory hurdle for the project.Located about 40 km offshore in the Moray Firth…

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