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AKOFS Offshore Inks $246M Vessel Deal with Petrobras

Oct 07, 2025

Norway-based subsea well intervention and installation services company AKOFS Offshore has signed a firm contract with Petrobras, for its subsea equipment support vessel AKOFS Santos, which will continue to operate offshore Brazil.Following a competitive tender process…

Japan Picks Two New Areas for Offshore Wind Development

Oct 03, 2025

The Japanese government said on Friday it had designated two sites off the coast of Akita and Fukuoka prefectures as 'promising zones' for developing offshore wind farms.Japan wants to accelerate renewable energy development to reach carbon neutrality by 2050…

RWE Inks Offshore Wind Power Purchase Agreement with British Co-op Group

Oct 02, 2025

RWE has entered into a seven-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Co-op Group, one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives, for renewable energy sourced from Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm.Under the agreement, Co-op will source electricity…

DeepOcean Gets Offshore Installation Job at Equinor’s Norwegian Fields

Sep 30, 2025

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a SIMOPRO – simultaneous marine operation and production – installation contract by Equinor on the Norwegian continental shelf.DeepOcean’s scope of work entails SIMOPRO installation work on both the Åsgård and Visund fields…

Equinor, Partners Bolster Åsgard Production with Subsea Compressors Upgrade

Sep 26, 2025

Equinor and partners in Åsgard and Mikkel licenses have started the second phase of Åsgard subsea compression in the Norwegian Sea, with the aim to maintain production from the field by increasing the pressure in the pipelines between the wells and the Åsgard B platform…

Nigeria Greenlights TotalEnergies’ Bonga Oil Field Sale to Shell, Agip

Sep 26, 2025

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has approved a sales purchase agreement (SPA) by TotalEnergies for its entire 12.5% stake in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 118, which contains Bonga offshore field, to Shell's SNEPco and Eni's Nigerian Agip Exploration (NAE)…

DOF Wins Three Short-Term Contracts in Brazil

Sep 25, 2025

DOF Group has secured three new short-term contracts in Brazil.A major oil company with significant presence in Brazil has contracted Skandi Salvador and Geoholm for short-term engagements in the Espirito Santo and Santos Basin.Geoholm has been…

BP Pushes Back Peak Oil Demand Forecast by Five Years

Sep 25, 2025

BP said on Thursday it expects global oil demand to grow until 2030, five years later than its forecast a year ago, stressing slowed efforts to increase energy efficiency.The oil major's latest Energy Outlook, an annual study of energy trends through 2050…

US Set to Scrap $13B Funding Pledge for Green Energy

Sep 25, 2025

The U.S. Department of Energy intends to cancel more than $13 billion in funds that the Biden administration had pledged to subsidize wind, solar, batteries and electric vehicles, it said on Wednesday.It was not immediately clear which funds were being targeted…

SLB Acquires Reservoir Tracer Specialist RESMAN Energy Technology

Sep 23, 2025

Global technology company SLB has signed a definitive agreement to acquire RESMAN Energy Technology, a specialist in wireless reservoir surveillance solutions.The acquisition enhances SLB’s portfolio with world-class production and reservoir tracer technologies…

Equinor Gets Clearance to Use Deepsea Bollsta Semi-Sub for North Sea Ops

Sep 23, 2025

Norway’s offshore industry safety watchdog Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) has given Equinor consent to use the Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible rig for operations in the North Sea.The rig will be used for plugging, drilling and completion of wells on the Visund Sør field…

MDL Secures Cable Laying Job in Asia Pacific

Sep 23, 2025

Maritime Developments (MDL) has secured a subsea installation project in the Asia-Pacific region, covering the lay of two cables and two umbilicals.The work will be done in water depths between 800 and 1,200 meters.For the 60-day campaign, scheduled to mobilize from Singapore in 2026…

Dutch Government to Grant $1.18b in Subsidies for Offshore Wind Farms

Sep 16, 2025

The Dutch government will grant around 1 billion euros ($1.18 billion) in subsidies next year for the construction of offshore wind farms with a total capacity of 2 gigawatt (GW), it said on Tuesday.Tenders for the wind farms had been put on hold in May…

UK's Port of Tyne Unveils $200M Upgrade Plan to Back Offshore Wind

Sep 16, 2025

The Port of Tyne has unveiled plans to invest around $200 million to redevelop 230 acres into the Tyne Clean Energy Park, adding 400 meters of deep-water quayside to support offshore renewables, clean energy and advanced manufacturing.The project could create up to 12…

SRE Picks Siemens Gamesa Turbines for Formosa 4 Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 16, 2025

Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) Group has selected Siemens Gamesa to supply 35 of its 14 MW wind turbines for the 495 MW Formosa 4 offshore wind project, off the west coast of Taiwan.The turbines will be provided from Siemens Gamesa’s industrial nacelle factory in Taichung…

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