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Blackford Dolphin Semi-Sub to Keep Drilling Offshore India

Nov 20, 2025

Oil India has exercised its option to extend the drilling contract with Dolphin Drilling for the semi-submersible rig Blackford Dolphin.Further to the initial three-well firm campaign over an estimated 14-month duration, agreed in March 2024…

Ithaca Extends Stay of Prosafe’s Accommodation Rig in North Sea

Nov 17, 2025

Oil and gas firm Ithaca Energy has extended the stay of Prosafe’s Safe Caledonia accommodation rig at the Captain field in the U.K. sector of the North Sea.Ithaca has exercised a further seven weeks of options for the Safe Caledonia, extending its stay through to early February 2026…

Archer Scoops $110M Oil Services Extension off UK

Nov 14, 2025

Oilfield services firm Archer has secured a five-year contract extension for platform drilling and maintenance services in the U.K. with an estimated contract value of $110 million.The extension will start on May 1, 2026 in direct continuation of the current contract…

Efficiency First: Inside Olympic Subsea’s Bet on Greener Offshore Vessels

Nov 11, 2025

A new generation of hybrid vessels is demonstrating significant gains in both fuel economy and operational output. For Olympic Subsea’s owner and CEO Stig Remøy, it proves that technology-led efficiency is the fastest path to decarbonization—and a powerful business case…

Equinor Extends Deepsea Bollsta Semi-Sub’s Stay off Norway

Oct 31, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Northern Ocean has secured a contract extension with Equinor for Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig, which will be put to work on Johan Sverdrup, one of Norway’s most important offshore developments.The…

Mermaid Subsea Wraps Up North Sea Subsea Recovery Project

Oct 29, 2025

Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has completed a fast-track subsea recovery campaign in the North Sea for a major operator.The operation involved the internal and external severance of casing, conductor, guide pipe and cement lines, as well as local…

Otto Candies Buys Four MPSVs from Harvey Gulf International Marine

Oct 27, 2025

U.S.-based offshore and marine services company Otto Candies has acquired four multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) from Harvey Gulf International Marine.The vessels acquired by Otto Candies are the Harvey Blue-Sea, Harvey Sub-Sea, Harvey Deep-Sea…

Vard Picks SMST to Supply Equipment for North Star’s New SOVs

Oct 21, 2025

Dutch offshore equipment supplier SMST has secured a new contract from Norwegian shipbuilder Vard for the delivery of two sets of mission equipment to be installed on an additional two of North Star’s newbuild Service Operation Vessels (SOVs)…

Another TSO Enlists Njord Survey for Offshore Wind Support Services

Oct 20, 2025

Swedish firm Njord Survey has entered into a frame agreement with Energinet, Denmark’s national transmission system operator (TSO), covering site and route survey services for offshore wind and subsea cable projects.The long-term collaboration…

Energy Drilling’s EDrill-2 Rig Starts Ops for PTTEP in Gulf of Thailand

Oct 20, 2025

The tender-assist drilling rig EDrill-2, owned by its SED Energy Holdings’ subsidiary Energy Drilling, has started operations for PTT Exploration and Production Public Company (PTTEP) in the Gulf of Thailand.EDrill-2 mobilized to the Gulf of Thailand…

Swedish Firm to Deliver Carbon-Neutral Surveys for Baltic Sea OW Projects

Oct 13, 2025

Swedish offshore survey specialist Njord Survey has signed a long-term framework agreement with German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz to support offshore wind development in Baltic Sea.Under the agreement, Njord Survey will deliver…

Robosys Automation Secures Offshore Wind Vessel Retrofit Contract

Oct 07, 2025

Robosys Automation, a leader in maritime autonomy, vessel control systems, and smart shipping solutions, has announced that it has secured a new contract to retrofit a 26-meter Damen 2610 Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) Twin Axe High Speed Support Vessel (HSSV)…

Dolphin Drilling Secures Repsol Job for its Warm-Stacked Drilling Rig

Oct 07, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has signed a contract with Repsol for its Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig, valued approximately $60 million.The contract follows the letter of intent the companies signed in September 2025…

Heerema Gets Decom Job at BP’s Andrew Platform

Oct 02, 2025

Heerema Marine Contractors has secured a decommissioning contract by BP for the Engineering, Preparation and Removal (EPR) of the Andrew platform’s topside and jacket.The scope includes the removal, transport and offloading of the topside, comprising the Flare and Kinnoull Module…

Vallourec Bags Another OCTG Order from Petrobras

Oct 01, 2025

French tubular solutions supplier Vallourec has secured a new order from Petrobras for its Submagnético Free Flow oil country tubular goods (OCTG) solution designed to prevent inorganic scaling in production strings.The order covers the production and installation of more than 30 units…

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