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Tullow Oil Lines Up Production Extension for Jubilee and TEN fields off Ghana

Jun 04, 2025

Tullow Oil and its partners have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Ghana to extend the West Cape Three Points (WCTP) and Deep Water Tano (DWT) licenses to 2040, which cover the Jubilee and TEN fields off the West African country.The MoU has been signed between the Government of Ghana, Tullow Oil, Kosmos Energy, PetroSA, Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) and Explorco…

TotalEnergies’ Offshore Platform Workers in UK Secure Better Conditions

Jun 20, 2025

Offshore workers employed by TotalEnergies have overwhelmingly backed a new pay deal successfully negotiated by Unite, U.K.-based workers' union.Around 50 Unite members based on the Elgin Franklin and North Alwyn platforms agreed to an enhanced offer which amounts to a 2…

DOF's Subsea Construction Vessel Gets Atlantic Region Jobs

Jun 19, 2025

DOF Group has signed multiple contracts for the Skandi Inventor subsea construction vessel (SCV) in the Atlantic region. The contract is for 100 days of firm work, with additional options available.The Skandi Inventor, a state-of-the-art DP3…

Van Oord Christens World's Largest and Most Sustainable Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

Jun 18, 2025

Van Oord's new offshore wind installation vessel Boreas was officially christened on June 18 in Rotterdam. The event marked a milestone in Van Oord’s commitment to enhancing the energy transition. In addition, Van Oord announced that it had…

Prosafe Confirms $204M Deal with Petrobras for Safe Notos Flotel

Jun 18, 2025

Offshore accommodation firm Prosafe has confirmed the contract with Petrobras for its Safe Notos semi-submersible accomodation vessel, which will be put to work for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil.Petrobras has ratified the result…

Decom Engineering Launches Ultra-Light Chopsaw for Subsea Ops

Jun 18, 2025

Northern Ireland-based subsea technology specialist Decom Engineering has developed and deployed a new ultra-light Chopsaw for subsea cutting operations.The C1-16UL Chopsaw represents the most significant advancement in Aberdeen-based Decom's Chopsaw range…

SMST Books Equipment Order for LDA’s Newbuild SOVs

Jun 16, 2025

Dutch offshore equipment supplier SMST has been selected by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) for the delivery of two sets of mission equipment, with an option for a third set, for service operation vessels (SOVs) ordered by Vattenfall.The Telescopic Access Bridges (TAB-L1)…

Edda Wind Welcomes New CSOV to its Fleet

Jun 13, 2025

GONDAN Shipbuilders has delivered a newly built Commissioning Service Operations Vessel (CSOV) Austri Enabler to Norwegian shipowner Edda Wind.The Austri Enabler, designed by Norwegian company Salt Ship Design, is part of a new generation of…

Kongsberg Maritime to Supply Equipment for Sea1 Offshore’s OCVs

Jun 03, 2025

Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract to supply a comprehensive equipment package for four new offshore construction vessels (OCVs) to be built at Cosco Nantong for Norwegian offshore services provider Sea1 Offshore.Kongsberg Maritime and…

Exxon Signs Agreement With Azeri SOCAR to Explore Oil Production

Jun 02, 2025

Exxon Mobil and Azeri state energy company SOCAR said on Monday they signed a deal agreeing to explore onshore oil and gas production in Azerbaijan, while BP is expected to buy into new Azeri offshore fields, according to three sources.Azerbaijan's…

Huisman to Deliver Cranes for Olympic’s Subsea Construction Vessels

Jun 02, 2025

Huisman has secured a contract for the delivery of two Knuckle Boom Cranes, which will be installed on the new Olympic Group’s subsea construction vessels.The two 250 mt cranes will be installed on UT 7623 SEV series of Olymipic’s vessels.The…

Eni Starts Drilling Activities off Ghana with Seventh-Gen Drillship

May 30, 2025

Eni Ghana, a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni, has marked the start of drilling activities offshore Ghana with the arrival of Deep Value Driller (DVD) drillship, following completion of activities in Côte d'Ivoire.Eni Ghana, together with its Offshore…

Gibdock Completes Renewal of TechnipFMC's Deepwater Pipelayer

May 29, 2025

Gibraltar-based ship repair and conversion yard Gibdock has completed the repair and renewal of TechnipFMC's Deep Blue, a deepwaer pipelay and subsea construction vessel.TechnipFMC relocated Deep Blue from the U.S. Gulf for the works, also redeploying…

Cadeler Buys Newly Built Jack-Up WTIV for O&M Services

May 22, 2025

Danish offshore wind installation firm Cadeler has agreed acquire the Boqiang 3060, a newly-constructed jack-up wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), from Shanghai Boqiang Heavy Industry Group.The acquisition will enhance Cadeler’s capacity…

Industry Partners Unveil Next-Gen Floating Wind Installation Vessel Design

May 21, 2025

A consortium based in South West England, led by Morek Engineering, has unveiled its design concept for a new vessel class for the floating offshore wind (FLOW) market, having completed the first feasibility stage.Consortium partners include naval architects Solis Marine Engineering…

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