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Shell-Equinor JV Enlists Shearwater for 4D Streamer Survey in North Sea

Jun 22, 2026

Shearwater Geoservices has been awarded a 4D towed‑streamer seismic acquisition project for the Mariner field in the UK North Sea by Adura Operations, a joint venture between Shell and Equinor.The one-month survey will start in July 2026 and…

New Wildcat Well on Equinor’s Drilling Agenda for North Sea

Jun 19, 2026

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is wellbore 16/4-14 in production license 1174 S.The license is operated by Equinor with 80% stake, with partner Petoro holding the remaining 20% working interest…

Equinor, Partners Agree Concept for Large Subsea Tieback Scheme in North Sea

Jun 18, 2026

Equinor and its partners have agreed on a development concept for the Ringvei Vest project in the Norwegian North Sea, advancing plans for a large subsea tieback development that could recover an estimated 240 million barrels of oil equivalent…

EnerMech Completes Offshore Pipeline Campaign in Australia's Bass Strait

Jun 17, 2026

EnerMech has completed an offshore cleaning and preparation campaign on the Bass Strait pipeline system in Australia's Gippsland Basin, supporting offshore assets operated by Esso Australia Resources, a wholly owned subsidiary of ExxonMobil…

Transocean Scoops $185M in Drilling Contracts Offshore Norway and Australia

Jun 17, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured new contracts for two of its harsh-environment semi-submersible drilling rigs, adding approximately $185 million in firm backlog.The largest award was for the Transocean Norge, which received…

Equinor Drills Dry Wildcat Well in Norwegian Sea

Jun 16, 2026

Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the prospect under the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea.The wildcat well 6507/8-D-4 CH was drilled in production license 124, 240 kilometers west of Sandnessjøen in the ‘Heidrun Cellar SE’ prospect…

Saipem Ships Giant Neptun Deep Jacket from Italy to Black Sea Project

Jun 15, 2026

Saipem has completed the load-out and departure of a giant jacket structure destined for the Neptun Deep gas development in the Romanian Black Sea, marking a major milestone for what is set to become the European Union's largest offshore natural gas project…

ABB to Modernize Automation Systems on Buzzard Platform off UK

Jun 12, 2026

ABB has been awarded a contract to modernize automation and control systems on the Buzzard offshore platform in the UK North Sea, supporting continued safe and reliable operations at one of the country's largest oil fields.The platform, operated by CNOOC Petroleum Europe…

Petrobras' P-79 FPSO Completes First Oil Offloading at Búzios Field

Jun 12, 2026

Petrobras' P-79 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit has completed its first oil offloading after beginning operations at the Búzios field offshore Brazil, according to shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean.Hanwha Ocean, which carried out the engineering…

Shearwater Nets ExxonMobil’s Seismic Survey Contract Offshore Guyana

Jun 11, 2026

Shearwater Geoservices has been awarded a distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) seismic survey contract in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana by ExxonMobil Guyana.The contract covers a two-month program comprising source-only seismic acquisition…

T12 Engineering Delivers Subsea Structure for Norway Oil and Gas Scheme

Jun 09, 2026

T12 Engineering has completed the assembly and shipment of a 60-tonne gravity-based subsea structure destined for offshore installation in Norway.The structure, designed for an independent Norwegian oil and gas operator, departed from the Port…

Saipem’s Heavy-Lift Vessel Getting Ready for Neptun Deep Job in Black Sea

Jun 09, 2026

Saipem's multi-purpose heavy-lift vessel JSD6000 has started preparatory work in the Port of Genoa ahead of its deployment on the Neptun Deep gas development project in the Black Sea.The vessel is currently moored at the San Giorgio del Porto shipyard…

OneSubsea to Deliver Subsea Boosting System for BP’s Thunder Horse

Jun 08, 2026

OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, has secured a contract by BP to provide a subsea boosting system for the Thunder Horse project, a development in the deepwater portion of Gulf of America.As part of the engineering…

Van Oord's New Rock Installation Vessels to Feature TMC Systems

Jun 08, 2026

Norway-based TMC Compressors has secured a contract from Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore to supply marine compressed air systems for two subsea rock installation vessels being built for Dutch marine contractor Van Oord.Under the contract, TMC will…

Van Oord Wraps Up Cable Installation at Windanker Offshore Wind Farm

Jun 05, 2026

Iberdrola has completed the inter-array cable installation campaign for its Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.The campaign was carried out by Van Oord and involved the installation of 21 inter-array cables, with 28 km of cable laid and buried…

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