U.S. President Donald Trump plans to invoke emergency law for Sable Offshore as it looks to restart production from a cluster of offshore platforms in California, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the matter…
Major industry announcements and new product launches continued to drive significant visitor numbers and plentiful business activity as Oceanology International 2026 (Oi26) surpassed expectations on the second day at Excel London.Among the companies taking center stage…
OneSubsea, a joint venture between SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Thai’s PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) for subsea production systems at a deepwater project offshore Malaysia…
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been contracted to provide marine warranty survey services for marine operations and installation activities on ExxonMobil’s Hammerhead development offshore Guyana.The Hammerhead project is expected to be the seventh development in the Stabroek Block…
The first gas injection on Petrobras’ P-78 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit has been achieved just 61 days after the vessel reached first oil on December 31, 2025.The milestone, achieved on March 2, 2026, marks the transition…
TotalEnergies and its partners Repsol and Shell have started production from the Lapa South-West project in Brazil’s Santos Basin.Located approximately 300 km offshore, the project consists of three wells tied back to the existing Lapa floating production…
Responding to the surge in global subsea cable investment driven by cloud computing and artificial intelligence, ABS has published its Technical Standard for Subsea Power Cables.Subsea power cable design, installation and operation pose unique challenges due to harsh marine environments…
Exail is supplying over 70 acoustic transponders and integrated navigation suites for two major deepwater energy projects in Brazil and Angola. These contracts mark a significant milestone in the global adoption of Exail’s Long Baseline (LBL) subsea positioning technology…
International oil majors Chevron and Shell are closing in on the first big oil production deals with Venezuela since the U.S. capture of President Nicolas Maduro in January, five sources close to the negotiations told Reuters.The deals would…
Jan De Nul has selected Ulstein Design & Solutions to provide the vessel design for a new subsea trenching vessel that will be added to the company’s offshore fleet.The vessel, scheduled for delivery in 2028, will be based on a proven subsea…
Acteon has acquired Houston-based engineering, procurement and construction specialist Upstream Engineering through its engineering consultancy 2H, expanding the company’s offshore engineering capabilities and strengthening its fixed platform offering…
N-Sea Group has entered into a long-term charter agreement with Rederij Groen for the newbuild offshore support vessel Dominus, which is being constructed by PASSER at Shipyard De Hoop in Tolkamer, the Netherlands.Construction of the vessel…
Equinor has made two hydrocarbon discoveries in the North Sea, finding oil in the Troll area and gas and condensate near the Sleipner hub, with both considered commercially viable.The Byrding C discovery was made about five kilometers northwest…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has released the 2026 National Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources, an estimate of the undiscovered, technically and economically recoverable oil and natural gas resources outside of known oil and gas fields on the U…
2025 was a year of recalibration, continuing the softness experienced since the fourth quarter of 2024. Rather than a slowdown, this period can be better described as a collective deep breath as the industry prepares for the next upcycle in the Asian Pacific region…