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Borr and Ocean Oilfield to Buy Six Noble Rigs in $424M Transactions

Dec 09, 2025

Noble Corporation has signed definitive agreements to six jack-up rigs - five to Borr Drilling and one to Ocean Oilfield Drilling - in transactions valued at a combined $424 million.Noble said the move is aligned with the company’s strategy to become a pure-play deepwater and ultra-harsh environment jack-up operator.Five of the rigs will be sold to Borr Drilling for $360 million, a deal comprising $210 million in cash and $150 million in seller notes…

Odyssey Marine Exploration Request for Offshore Mineral Lease Sale Advances

Dec 15, 2025

Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., a U.S.-based ocean exploration and marine resource development leader, received news that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM), a department of the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), has initiated…

Ocean Infinity Takes Delivery of Final Armada Fleet Vessel

Dec 15, 2025

Ocean Infinity has reached a significant milestone with the delivery of the final vessel in its 14-vessel Armada fleet, featuring advanced underwater robotic systems capable of a wide range of data collection tasks.Over the past five years,…

BOEM Initiates Process for Potential Mineral Lease Sale Offshore Virginia

Dec 12, 2025

To advance President Trump’s national strategy for securing America’s critical mineral supply, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has initiated the process for a potential mineral lease sale in federal waters off the coast of Virginia. This…

Deepsea Mira Semi-Sub Up for Shell’s Drilling Job off Namibia

Dec 12, 2025

Shell has booked Northern Ocean’s Deepsea Mira semi-submersible rig for a drilling campaign offshore Namibia.The Odfjell Drilling-managed rig has been scheduled to start operations in Namibia in April 2026.The contract covers one firm well and includes one optional well…

Shell to Launch Drilling Campaign Offshore Namibia

Dec 11, 2025

Shell is preparing to launch a new drilling campaign in the PEL 39 exploration block offshore Namibia from April 2026 with its partners QatarEnergy and Namibia's national oil company Namcor.Shell's Namibia country chair Eduardo Rodriguez said…

DEME Set for Monopiles, Cables Installation Job at Polish Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 11, 2025

DEME has secured three contracts for the installation of monopile foundations, inter-array cables, and the export cable at the BC-Wind offshore wind farm in Poland.The combined contracts are valued between $174 million and $350 million (€150 million and 300 million)…

DeepOcean Extends IMR Services Deal with Equinor

Dec 11, 2025

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has secured an extension to its existing frame agreement with Equinor for the provision of subsea inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) services.As a part of the renewal, DeepOcean will deploy specialized IMR vessels…

CorPower Ocean Takes Charge of $35M Wave Energy Project off UK

Dec 09, 2025

Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has been put in charge of $35 million (€30 million) European project aimed at improving the competitiveness and bankability of wave energy farms, with large-scale validation work planned in U.K. waters…

Ocean Winds Hires Seaway7 for Offshore Wind Job in Poland

Dec 08, 2025

Seaway7, part of Subsea7, has secured a sizeable contract by Ocean Winds for the work on the BC-Wind offshore wind project in Poland.Seaway7’s scope of work includes the transport and installation of 26 transition pieces and an offshore substation with offshore activity expected to commence in 2027…

Cadeler’s WTIV Newbuild En Route to Europe for Maiden Offshore Wind Job

Dec 04, 2025

Hanwha Ocean has delivered the Wind Mover wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) to offshore wind contractor Cadeler, completing the second vessel in the company’s M-class series about one month ahead of schedule.The vessel was formally signed over on November 28 and sailed away on December 2…

XOCEAN Secures Five-Year Survey Deal for Six Dutch Offshore Wind Farms

Dec 04, 2025

Ocean data acquisition specialist XOCEAN has secured five-year contract to deliver bathymetric survey services across six Dutch offshore wind farms.The agreements were coordinated by Eneco on behalf of the participating wind farms – Borssele 3&4 (Blauwwind)…

ABS Approves FPSO Remote Control Functions from Hanwha Ocean

Dec 02, 2025

ABS issued approval in principle (AIP) to Hanwha Ocean Co. Ltd. for remote control functions for FPSO units.ABS completed design reviews based on the ABS Requirements for Autonomous and Remote-Control Functions.The project is part of the Offshore…

UK Backs Development of 145-ft Uncrewed Offshore Support Vessel

Dec 02, 2025

A consortium led by UK unmanned vessel developer ACUA Ocean has secured government support to develop a new 145-foot uncrewed offshore support vessel, aiming to scale up autonomous operations for offshore energy, logistics and surveillance.The Project MROS consortium…

TGS Secures First OBN Job for 2026 in Europe

Dec 01, 2025

TGS, a leading provider of energy data and intelligence, is pleased to announce the award of an ocean bottom node (OBN) contract in Europe.The company's node-on-a-rope crew is scheduled to mobilize early May 2026, and the contract has a duration of approximately 60 days…

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