Larsen & Toubro Energy Hydrocarbon Offshore (LTEH Offshore) has secured an offshore Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation, and Commissioning (EPCIC) contract from India's Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for the Additional Development of Ratna-I (ADR-I) and NLM-14 project off India's west coast.The scope of the contract, worth between $263 million to $527 million (25 billion and 50 billion rupees)…
Stillstrom by Maersk has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Semco Maritime to manufacture and deliver a key part of its offshore vessel charging system, moving the technology into manufacturing following completion of its design phase.Semco Maritime will manufacture the local equipment room…
Halliburton has signed separate memorandums of understanding (MoU) with Eneva and WESCA to pursue oil and gas development opportunities in Venezuela, including field evaluation and development planning.Under its agreement with Eneva, Halliburton…
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued basic design review certification to Hanwha Ocean for a standardized floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) design targeting deepwater projects in South America and West Africa.The…
ABS and JB Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on strategic studies for the proposed Aura Sul Wind Project, a floating offshore wind pilot under consideration in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.ABS will support two…
Proserv has secured a full deployment contract with Equinor to install its ECG™ cable monitoring technology at the 402 MW Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm off the Norfolk coast, UK, with deployment scheduled to commence in 2027.Located approximately 32 km off the north Norfolk coast…
Technip Energies has been awarded a significant contract by Larsen & Toubro Energy Hydrocarbon (LTEH) to provide detailed engineering services for an ADNOC Offshore project in the United Arab Emirates.The project was awarded by ADNOC Offshore to a consortium led by LTEH and covers the engineering…
Singapore's Seatrium is preparing for the sailaway of two floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units for Brazil's Petrobras, with the P-80 and P-82 vessels scheduled to depart within weeks of each other.The two vessels were marked…
SLB has been selected as strategic reservoir partner for the Havstjerne carbon storage project in the Norwegian North Sea, providing technology and engineering services during the concept and front-end engineering and design (FEED) phases.The project…
McDermott has secured a mega engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract by ADNOC for work related to increasing gas recovery and production from the Umm Shaif field.The contract, valued over $1 billion, is for Package…
Sub-Saharan Africa’s deepwater production is expected to grow by over 1 million boe/d by 2035 and big-ticket projects taking final investment decisions (FIDs) in 2026 and 2027 will be key to unlocking this.In late January, Equatorial Guinea and Chevron signed-off the Aseng Gas blowdown project…
Seatrium Limited entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Golar LNG Limited to advance a potential third Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) conversion project to be undertaken by Seatrium for Golar.Under the arrangement, Seatrium and Golar…
When maritime autonomy is discussed, the image is often a large cargo ship crossing an ocean without a crew. That remains a longer-term regulatory and technical challenge. The more immediate commercial market is developing elsewhere – smaller…
This white paper examines how the unpredictable 2026 El Niño season is straining port operations worldwide, and how real time ocean data is helping ports adapt.Sofar Ocean, the leading ocean intelligence platform, released a new white paper…
A few months ago, I authored an article for Marine News focused on just one of the many successful features of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA 90,” Pub. L. No. 101-380 (1990)) — Alaska’s regional citizen advisory councils (RCACs). The Prince…