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DOF Secures APAC Subsea Services Job for Skandi Inventor Vessel

May 05, 2026

Norwegian offshore vessel owner and subsea services provider DOF Group said it has secured a contract for subsea commissioning support services in the Asia-Pacific region, with offshore operations planned in North Australian waters.The company…

Romanian Neptun Deep Black Sea Gas Project Begins to Lay Pipeline

May 04, 2026

Work has begun to lay pipelines for Romania's Neptun Deep Black Sea gas project, one of the European Union's most significant energy deposits with an estimated 100 billion cubic meters of recoverable gas.Once it starts producing gas in 2027…

Equinor Extends Drilling Agreements for Norwegian Continental Shelf

May 04, 2026

Equinor is extending key supplier agreements with a combined value of around NOK 17 billion ($1.8 billion). Baker Hughes Norge, Halliburton and SLB Norge have been awarded the contracts for integrated drilling and well services to help maintain production from the Norwegian continental shelf…

Chouest Group Acquires Alliance Business from Helix Energy Solutions Group

May 01, 2026

The Chouest Group announced it has completed the acquisition of the Alliance business from Helix Energy Solutions Group. Alliance will be integrated into Champagne Energy Solutions (CES), expanding the Group’s offshore decommissioning and plug & abandonment (P&A) platform…

JDR Nets Subsea Umbilicals Deal for Australian Gas Project

Apr 30, 2026

Amplitude Energy has awarded a contract to JDR Cable Systems to supply subsea control umbilicals for its East Coast Supply Project offshore Victoria, aimed at supporting gas delivery to southeastern Australia.JDR will supply about 18 km of hydraulic control umbilicals…

Indonesia’s Mako Gas Project on Track for First Gas in 2027

Apr 30, 2026

Conrad Asia Energy, through its majority-owned subsidiary West Natuna Exploration as operator, is progressing development of the Mako Gas Project offshore Indonesia, with first gas targeted in the fourth quarter of 2027.The project partner, Empyrean Energy…

Woodside Completes Scarborough FPU Subsea Link Ahead of LNG Start-Up

Apr 30, 2026

Woodside Energy has connected its floating production unit (FPU) offshore Western Australia to onshore operations via fibre optic cable, marking a key milestone for the Scarborough Energy Project as it targets first LNG cargo later this year…

Forum Energy Technology Launches New LARS Model

Apr 28, 2026

Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has unveiled its latest solution in subsea handling equipment, the Model 6000 (M6000) Launch and Recovery System (LARS).Part of FET’s Dynacon product line, the M6000 provides a compact, all-in-one solution for inspection and light work-class ROV operations…

UAE’s ADNOC Plans Multi-Billion Dollar US Gas Push

Apr 28, 2026

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is planning to invest tens of billions of dollars to build a natural gas business in the United States, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.Nameer Siddiqui, the newly appointed chief investment officer of ADNOC's overseas investment arm XRG…

US Government Scraps Two Offshore Wind Leases for Fossil Fuel Investment Pledge

Apr 27, 2026

President Donald Trump's administration said on Monday that it had reached a deal to end two more U.S. offshore wind leases in exchange for $885 million in pledged investments in domestic fossil fuels.The projects, one in the Atlantic and one in the Pacific…

Technology as Enabler of Energy Security in Offshore Asia

Apr 27, 2026

In recent years, Asia’s offshore sector has regained strategic importance, particularly in countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, as operators pursue new upstream opportunities while governments seek to strengthen domestic and regional energy security…

Sierra Leone Grants Offshore Survey Permit to Shell

Apr 24, 2026

Sierra Leone has signed an agreement with Shell that allows the oil major to conduct advanced geological and geophysical surveys across multiple offshore blocks, the country's petroleum directorate said on Wednesday.The reconnaissance permit agreement covers an area of approximately 20…

Floating Wind & Deepwater Oil and Gas - Two Worlds Collide

Apr 23, 2026

Over the last few years, the energy trilemma has pivoted away from energy transition to energy security and affordability. As a result, offshore oil & gas exploration and production activity, including deepwater activity, has been relatively healthy…

UK Firm Installs Floating OTEC Prototype in Atlantic Ocean

Apr 22, 2026

UK-based Global OTEC has installed a floating ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) prototype off the Canary Island in Spain.The platform is designed to generate electricity by using the temperature difference between warm surface water and cold deep ocean water…

Equinor Drills Dry Well in North Sea

Apr 22, 2026

Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Skoll and Hati prospects, east of the Visund field in the North Sea.Wildcat well 34/8-A-37 H was drilled in production license 120, 140 kilometers west of Florø and four kilometers east of the Visund A platform…

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