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Transocean to Dispose of Five Stacked Rigs to Optimize Fleet

Sep 01, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has announced plans to dispose of four drillships and one semi-submersible drilling rig as part of its fleet optimization efforts.On August 27, 2025, Transocean announced it intends to dispose of, by sale to a third party for recycling or alternative use…

DRIFT Offshore Opens Subsea Repair Facility in South Florida

Aug 28, 2025

Subsea resourcing specialist DRIFT Offshore has extended its service capabilities by formally opening a new, purpose-built subsea repair and engineering facility in South Florida.Creating five new job roles in the process, the launch of the 5…

Peru Oil Regulator to Complete Bid for Offshore Area by November

Aug 27, 2025

Peru's oil regulator expects to complete the bidding process for an offshore area in the Talara basin by November, an executive said on Wednesday.The lot Z69 was put on offer earlier this year.Peru has a total of 54 onshore and offshore areas…

Borr Drilling Scoops $43M in New Jack-Up Rigs Deals

Aug 27, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured new contract commitments for two of its premium jack-up rigs and confirmed the start of operations for one of its rigs offshore Mexico.In the North Sea, Borr Drilling’s Prospector 1 jack…

Reach Subsea’s USV Heads to Australia for Work with Woodside Energy

Aug 26, 2025

Norwegian subsea services firm Reach Subsea has sent off its Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) Reach Remote 2 to Australia to deliver services for Woodside Energy.The Reach Remote 2 USV will perform reservoir monitoring on the Scarborough gas field…

Equinor Finds Oil and Gas Near Troll Field in North Sea

Aug 25, 2025

Equinor and partners have struck oil and gas in the Fram area, nine kilometers north of the Troll field in the North Sea.The discoveries were made in exploration well 35/11-31 S in production license 090, operated by Equinor with 45% working interest…

Australia’s Novocastrian Offshore Wind Project Stalled

Aug 24, 2025

Equinor has pulled out of the Australian Novocastrian Offshore Wind Farm project which was planned for a location about 20 kilometers offshore from off Newcastle.It was partnered with Australian company Oceanex on the A$10 billion ($6.5 billion)…

Western Australia Can’t Wait [for a Decommissioning Hub]

Aug 21, 2025

The Northern Endeavour FPSO is being shipped by a Chinese heavy lift ship from Australia to Denmark for recycling.Installed between the Laminaria and Corallina oil fields in the Timor Sea and unproductive since 2019, its fate became the burden…

Watch: Aker BP Drills Omega Alfa

Aug 21, 2025

Aker BP has completed the Omega Alfa exploration campaign in the Norwegian North Sea, resulting in a significant oil discovery that adds substantial new resources to the Yggdrasil area.The recoverable volume is estimated at 96–134 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe)…

Reach Subsea Completes Inspection for TotalEnergies Using USV/ Electric ROV

Aug 20, 2025

Reach Subsea has completed a subsea inspection campaign for TotalEnergies, carried out in the Skirne, Byggve, and Atla fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.The project was delivered using Reach Remote 1, an unmanned surface vessel equipped with an electric ROV…

Panel Discusses Rising Tide of Renewables

Aug 19, 2025

A panel session at The Heavy Lift Group’s gathering in The Hague in May put its finger on a ‘hot button’ topic in offshore logistics by focusing on the responses required from industry to fast-changing developments in the renewables sector.The…

Aize Enters Middle East Collaboration with McDermott

Aug 17, 2025

Digital twin technology company Aize has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with McDermott to strengthen its presence and collaboration in the Middle East.The MoU spans the entire project lifecycle - from EPC through pre-operations to full operations…

Argentina’s 30 MMtpa LNG Ambition by 2030 – Is It feasible?

Aug 15, 2025

The development Argentina’s vast Vaca Muerta share is transforming the nation into a rising energy exporter, with oil and pipeline gas already flowing abroad and an ambitious multi-phase ‘Argentina LNG’ initiative aiming to secure a permanent place in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market…

Robosys Automation Aims to Streamline Offshore Wind Environmental Data Collection

Aug 14, 2025

Robosys Automation is leading Project ORACLES, a venture which it says will transform the environmental consenting process for offshore wind farms.Currently the data collection process for environmental monitoring at proposed offshore wind sites is labor-intensive…

Kent Wins Timor Sea Contract

Aug 13, 2025

Kent has been awarded a new technical advisory services contract by the Australian Government to support the permanent plugging and abandonment of the Laminaria-Corallina oil fields in the Timor Sea.The contract also includes advisory services…

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