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Subsea7 Hires Worley for Northern Lights CCS Fabrication Job

Oct 15, 2026

Worley Rosenberg has secured a contract from Subsea7 to fabricate subsea structures and spools for the second phase of Norway's Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) development.The contract covers fabrication of key subsea infrastructure…

Seadrill Loses Appeal in $55M Hercules Drilling Rig Dispute with SFL

Oct 15, 2026

SFL Corporation has won a Norwegian appeals court ruling in its contract dispute with Seadrill over the redelivery of the offshore drilling rig Hercules, with the court ordering Seadrill to pay approximately $55 million (NOK 525 million).The…

Angola Plans Faster Oil and Gas Licensing to Boost Investment

Oct 15, 2026

Angola intends to implement faster exploration concessions from next year as part of a new long-term hydrocarbon strategy that aims to attract investment and stimulate oil and gas production, a senior government official said on the sidelines of an energy conference in Cape Town…

Seascape Energy Expands Temaris Gas Acreage Offshore Malaysia

Oct 15, 2026

Seascape Energy has signed a letter of agreement with Petronas for a 547-square-kilometre extension of its Temaris Cluster Small Field Asset production sharing contract (PSC) offshore Malaysia, potentially doubling the gas resources identified in the area…

DEME to Install Turbines at Zeevonk Offshore Wind Farm

Oct 15, 2026

DEME has secured a contract worth between $56 million and $168 million for the transportation and installation of 69 wind turbines at the Zeevonk offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, expanding its role in the approximately 1 GW project…

BW Energy Confirms Commercial Oil in Two Appraisal Wells off Gabon

Oct 15, 2026

BW Energy has confirmed commercial oil volumes in two appraisal wells at the Dussafu field offshore Gabon, identifying approximately 8 million to 9 million barrels of gross recoverable oil and paving the way for two additional production wells…

Oil Markets Brace for Years of High Prices as Iran War Drags On

Oct 15, 2026

Oil markets initially treated the Iran war as a brief bullish disruption in a long-term bearish trend. But traders are now betting that oil prices will remain elevated through 2028, forcing a rethink of the global inflation outlook.Eight months into the war…

Iran War Drives Quarterly Profit Windfall for TotalEnergies

Oct 15, 2026

TotalEnergies expects its refining margins to have nearly quadrupled in the third quarter compared to last year, as the Iran war continues to lift energy prices and boost profits for oil majors, the French company said in a trading update on Thursday…

Equatorial Guinea Aseng Project on Track for First Gas Delivery in 2028

Oct 14, 2026

US oil major Chevron is on track to deliver the first gas from its offshore Aseng gas project in Equatorial Guinea in 2028, a senior company executive said on Wednesday.Equatorial Guinea is aiming to bolster its dwindling gas production, which threatened its LNG exports…

Guardian to Lead Bullwinkle Platform Decommissioning in US Gulf

Oct 14, 2026

Guardian Decommissioning and Wild Well Control have signed an agreement for the decommissioning of the Bullwinkle offshore platform in Green Canyon Block 65 in the U.S. Gulf, with well abandonment activities scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2026…

Sunda Energy Gains Exclusive Status for New Zealand Offshore Permit Bid

Oct 14, 2026

Sunda Energy has advanced to the exclusive phase of its application for an offshore petroleum exploration permit covering the Awakino gas condensate discovery in New Zealand's Taranaki Basin, following the conclusion of a three-month competitive bidding period…

DOF Inks Extension Deal for Skandi Nomad Subsea Vessel

Oct 14, 2026

Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF Group has secured a contract extension for its construction support vessel (CSV) Skandi Nomad.The 12-month extension will keep the vessel on firm contract until November 2027.The extension follows the exercise of an existing contract option…

Petrobras Set to Receive $859M from Santos Basin Oil and Gas Partners

Oct 14, 2026

Petrobras has signed cost and volume balancing agreements with Shell, TotalEnergies and Petrogal covering the Berbigão and Sururu shared reservoirs in Brazil's offshore Santos Basin, under which it will receive a net payment of approximately $859 million…

Fugro Secures $168M EIB Financing for USV Tech Development

Oct 14, 2026

Fugro has secured a $169 million (€150 million) unsecured financing facility from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the development and deployment of its uncrewed surface vessel (USV) technology and expansion of remote maritime operations…

Aventa Acquires Irish Sea Contractors to Expand Offshore Services

Oct 14, 2026

Aventa has acquired Irish Sea Contractors (ISC), an Ireland-based marine contractor specializing in subsea cable projects, commercial diving and marine civil engineering, as part of its strategy to expand offshore operations and installation capabilities…

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