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Vantage Investors Back $258M Merger with Eldorado Drilling

Jun 19, 2026

The shareholder in offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling have approved its proposed merger with Norway-based Eldorado Drilling, advancing a transaction that values Vantage's equity at approximately $258 million.The approval was secured at a special general meeting held in Bermuda on June 18…

Skyborn Secures Landmark Amazon PPA for Baltic Sea Offshore Wind Farm

Jun 19, 2026

Amazon and offshore wind developer Skyborn Renewables have signed a 600 MW power purchase agreement (PPA) for electricity from the planned Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, marking the largest single corporate renewable power agreement signed in Germany…

Irish Consultancy Opens Its Doors for Offshore Wind, Subsea Markets

Jun 19, 2026

A new engineering design and commercial advisory company focused on offshore wind, subsea transmission and marine infrastructure projects has launched in Ireland under the name of Insight Marine, targeting growing demand for specialist support across the global maritime sector…

Norway Deploys New Deep-Sea Mapping AUV on First Expedition

Jun 19, 2026

Norway has launched the first expedition of a newly acquired autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designed to improve mapping and understanding of the country's deep-sea areas.The HUGIN Superior vehicle began operations in the northern Norwegian…

Valeura Concludes Nong Yao Drilling Ops, Boosts Gulf of Thailand Production

Jun 19, 2026

Valeura Energy has completed an eight-well drilling campaign at the Nong Yao field in the Gulf of Thailand, increasing production and successfully delivering its first multi-lateral development well.The campaign at the offshore field included…

New Wildcat Well on Equinor’s Drilling Agenda for North Sea

Jun 19, 2026

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is wellbore 16/4-14 in production license 1174 S.The license is operated by Equinor with 80% stake, with partner Petoro holding the remaining 20% working interest…

Norway's Giant Troll Field to Deliver Additional Gas Through TWIN Project

Jun 19, 2026

Equinor and its partners have approved a new subsea gas development at the Troll field in the Norwegian North Sea, investing just over $410 million (NOK 4 billion) in a project aimed at increasing gas production and supporting exports to Europe…

Oil Edges Higher as Uncertainty Clouds US-Iran Truce

Jun 19, 2026

Oil prices rose on Friday as the prospect of a lasting truce between the U.S. and Iran was clouded after peace talks in Switzerland were called off and as Israel stepped up attacks on Lebanon.By 0645 GMT, Brent crude futures LCOc1 gained 51 cents…

Repsol Looks to Expand to Venezuela Oilfield

Jun 18, 2026

Repsol seeks to expand its projects in Venezuela by incorporating the Horcon oilfield into its portfolio, the Spanish energy producer said on Thursday, having signed agreements with Venezuela's government this week.The company is a key partner…

Aker BP Gets Green Light to Drill North Sea Wildcat Well

Jun 18, 2026

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 36/4-2 in production license 1153, operated by Aker BP with 40% working interest.Aker BP’s partners in the license are INPEX Idemitsu Norge with 30%…

CORE POWER to Assess Reactor Tech for Floating Nuclear Power Plants

Jun 18, 2026

CORE POWER has launched a feasibility study to evaluate the use of BWX Technologies' mPower small modular reactor (SMR) technology in floating nuclear power plants designed to be built in shipyards and deployed near energy demand centers.The study will assess technical…

TGS, SLB Launch 3D Seismic Survey in Brazil's Pelotas Basin

Jun 18, 2026

TGS and partner SLB have launched a multi-client 3D seismic survey in the Pelotas Basin offshore southern Brazil, expanding subsurface data coverage in a frontier exploration area that has attracted growing industry interest.The Pelotas Sul Phase 1 survey covers approximately 13…

DeepOcean Gets BP’s Foinaven Subsea Decommissioning Job

Jun 18, 2026

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has secured a contract by BP to remove subsea infrastructure from the Foinaven oil field west of Shetland as part of the decommissioning of the UK offshore asset.The scope of work includes the recovery of ten flexible process risers…

Aramco Explores Asset Sales in Multi-Billion Dollar Fundraising Push

Jun 18, 2026

Saudi Aramco is considering the sale of a stake in its sulphur business, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, extending a strategy of tapping its infrastructure assets to raise tens of billions of dollars.Aramco, the crown jewel of the world's largest crude exporter…

Balder Partners Clear Seven-Well North Sea Development Tied to Jotun FPSO

Jun 18, 2026

Partners in the Balder field, Vår Energi and Kistos Energy, have taken a final investment decision (FID) on the Balder Next New Wells project in the Norwegian North Sea, which entails a seven-well tieback to the Jotun floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO)…

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