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DemoSATH Floating Wind Project Enters New Phase with Japanese Partner

Oct 20, 2026

Saitec Offshore Technologies and Japan's Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) have agreed to extend operations at the 2 MW DemoSATH floating offshore wind demonstrator in Spain through 2027, with Japanese construction company Kumagai Gumi joining the project as a new partner…

Equinor Scales Back Troll Electrification to Preserve Gas Output

Oct 19, 2026

Equinor and its partners in Norway's Troll field have decided to complete the Troll West Electrification (TWEL) project without installing a second electric export compressor on the Troll C platform, a move expected to make an additional 2.3…

Taiwan's 1GW Hai Long Offshore Wind Farm Brings All Turbines Online

Oct 16, 2026

The installation of all 73 wind turbines at the 1 GW Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan has been completed, with every turbine now generating electricity.The milestone brings the project closer to completion, with final permitting approvals still expected in the first half of 2027…

IWS Fleet Hires Kongsberg Maritime to Equip Four CSOV Newbuilds

Oct 13, 2026

Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract with IWS Fleet, a subsidiary of Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS), to provide vessel design and integrated technology systems for four new commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) intended for offshore wind operations…

OEG to Supply Temporary Power for Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm Buildout

Oct 12, 2026

OEG has been awarded a contract by Ørsted to supply temporary power for the construction of the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm, covering offshore converter station commissioning and wind turbine installation and commissioning activities.Under the contract…

Ørsted Orders Third Saab Seaeye Cougar ROV

Oct 12, 2026

Saab UK has received an order from Ørsted for a Seaeye Cougar XT Compact remotely operated vehicle (ROV), expanding the offshore wind company's fleet of Saab Seaeye Cougar systems to three units.The electric ROV will support inspection and maintenance…

Shell to Take 30% Stake in Equinor's Bay du Nord Project off Canada

Oct 09, 2026

Equinor has signed an agreement to sell a 30% interest in its Bay du Nord offshore oil project in Canada to Shell, bringing in a new partner as the companies work towards a final investment decision in early 2027.Under the agreement, Equinor…

Gennaker Offshore Substations Depart for Baltic Sea Installation (Video)

Oct 09, 2026

The topsides and jackets for two offshore substations serving Germany's 927 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm have departed the Netherlands for installation in the Baltic Sea as part of the OST-6-1 offshore grid connection project.The OSS Zingst…

Equinor Taps Weatherford for Norwegian Offshore Completions Work

Oct 09, 2026

Energy services company Weatherford International has secured a two-year extension of several strategic framework agreements with Equinor and been selected as the primary provider of completion systems for the Statfjord and Oseberg licenses on the Norwegian Continental Shelf…

Lamprell Picks IMI for Offshore Platforms and Jackets Fabrication

Oct 08, 2026

Lamprell has signed an agreement with International Maritime Industries (IMI) to fabricate several offshore structures, including a production platform and jackets, at IMI's Ras Al-Khair facility in Saudi Arabia.The fabrication work forms part of an offshore engineering…

Eni Installs ‘World's First’ Purpose-Built Offshore CCS Platform

Oct 08, 2026

Eni CCUS Holding, jointly owned by Eni and BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), has completed the installation of the Douglas CCS platform in Liverpool Bay, off UK, describing it as the world's first purpose-built offshore platform…

TotalEnergies Selects SLB for Global Digital Drilling Program

Oct 08, 2026

SLB has signed a 15-year agreement with TotalEnergies to deploy its DrillPlan digital well planning and engineering solutions across the energy company's global upstream portfolio.The agreement will support TotalEnergies' transition to a standardized digital planning environment…

TenneT Joins Subsea Cable Decommissioning Tool Development

Oct 08, 2026

TenneT Germany has joined DEME and Subsea Cable Assets (SCA) as a development sponsor of Frequensea's subsea cable decommissioning tool, which is being developed to recover buried offshore cables while reducing seabed disturbance.The technology…

EnerMech to Support Subsea7 on Trinidad's Ginger Offshore Development

Oct 08, 2026

EnerMech has secured a contract by Subsea7 to provide pipeline and subsea pre-commissioning services for the Ginger offshore development project in Trinidad and Tobago.The contract covers testing, flushing, hydrotesting, water filling, leak…

Framo Signs Record Pump Service Deal for Petrobras FPSO Fleet

Oct 07, 2026

Framo has signed a four-year agreement with Petrobras to inspect and maintain pumping systems across the Brazilian energy company's fleet of about 30 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units, in what the Norwegian pump manufacturer…

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