Service Operation Vessel News


Equinor’s Activity in Norway Major Driver of Supplier Services Across Country

Apr 04, 2025

A new report has found that deliveries within exploration, development projects and operation of Equinor-operated fields and onshore facilities in Norway continued to grow in 2024.Equinor procured goods and services with a total value of $13…

VARD Snags $125M Shipbuilding Deal for Subsea Construction Vessel

Apr 03, 2025

VARD signed a contract with Taiwan's Dong Fang Offshore for the design and construction of one Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel, with option(s). The vessel is of VARD 3 39 design, and the value of the contract is $125 million. This is the third vessel VARD is building for DFO…

ASCO Gets Repsol’s Base and Logistics Services Contract in Norway

Apr 03, 2025

Global integrated logistics and materials management specialist ASCO has been awarded a three-year contract, with options, to provide base and logistics services for Repsol Norge in Tananger and Farsund in Norway.The agreement covers a comprehensive range of services…

Aker BP, SLB, Stimwell Renew Alliance for Boosting Oil Production

Apr 03, 2025

Aker BP, together with SLB and Stimwell Services, has extended its well intervention and stimulation alliance agreement for another five years to further accelerate and boost oil production.Formed in 2019, the alliance has supported Aker BP’s operated assets in meeting production targets…

Louis Dreyfus, MaDfly Launch ROV in Open Sea Operations

Apr 02, 2025

Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) and MaDfly have deployed a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in open sea conditions, marking a breakthrough in offshore in-water surveys.The operation was conducted on the service operation vessel (SOV) Wind of Hope next to the Hornsea 2 wind farm in England…

Equinor Picks Team for Multi-Well P&A Ops Off Norway

Mar 28, 2025

Equinor has awarded a three-year contract for well plugging on its operated fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) to Island Drilling for its Island Innovator semi-submersible rig, and hired Archer and Baker Hughes to provide plugging services…

Aquaterra Energy to Deliver Well Intervention Equipment off Nigeria

Mar 27, 2025

Offshore engineering solutions firm Aquaterra Energy has secured a multi-million-dollar contract with Intrepid Energy Limited (IEL) to deliver a bespoke subsea well intervention equipment package for a project in Nigeria.Aquaterra Energy will…

NYK Group’s N-O-G Buys its First SOV From Edda Wind

Mar 27, 2025

Northern Offshore Group (N-O-G), an NYK Group company, has purchased Mistral Enabler service operation vessel (SOV) from Edda Wind.The 81-meter-long Mistral Enabler SOV, with an onboard capacity for 60 people, will be renamed Northern Ocean…

Marubeni takes a 25% Stake in Windward Offshore

Mar 25, 2025

Windward Offshore has established a partnership with Marubeni Corporation. Windward, with a fleet of four CSOVs (Commissioning Service Operation Vessels) currently under construction at VARD shipyards, secured a senior loan facility of up to EUR 182m at the end of 2024…

BOS Princess Becomes Geotechnical Drilling Vessel

Mar 25, 2025

Seas Geosciences has completed the conversion of the BOS Princess into a multipurpose geotechnical drilling vessel that is now ready to serve the global offshore energy industry.With its 80-metre length and close to 19-metre beam, the BOS Princess…

UK Appoints Cammell Laird Shipyard to Assess Future Market for OW Vessels

Mar 17, 2025

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, in partnership with the National Shipbuilding Office and the Crown Estate, have appointed Cammell Laird shipyard to carry out a detailed analysis of the future market opportunity for U.K.-built ships in offshore wind…

Kraken Robotics Acquires 3D at Depth

Mar 13, 2025

Kraken Robotics, through a subsidiary, signed a definitive agreement and plan of merger to acquire 100% of the shares of 3D at Depth, Inc., a U.S.-based subsea technology and services company specializing in high resolution LiDAR imaging and measurements…

Construction BS Offshore's New CSOV Enters Next Phase

Mar 12, 2025

The hull for Bernhard Schulte (BS) Offshore’s new Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) has arrived at Ulstein Verft’s shipyard, marking the start of new phase in the shipbuilding process.The vessel is designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions for ‘walk-to-work’ (W2W) operations…

EnerMech Gets ONE Guyana FPSO Pre-Commissioning Job

Mar 03, 2025

Energy industry services firm EnerMech has been selected to carry out pre-commissioning work on the ONE Guyana FPSO for Guyana Deepwater Operations, SBM Offshore’s subsidiary in Guyana.The FPSO is currently on its way to Guyana, having departed Singapore in February…

ST Engineering Hires Kongsberg to Equip New W2W Vessel

Feb 28, 2025

Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract for the design and integrated equipment package for a new walk-to-work offshore service vessel (OSV), to be built by ST Engineering Marine in Singapore for an oil and gas company.The 97-metre vessel…

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