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TWMA Takes Multi-Million-Dollar North Sea Drilling Services Job

Oct 06, 2026

Drilling waste management specialist TWMA has secured a multi-million-dollar contract from an unnamed North Sea operator to provide offshore drilling waste management services for a multi-well campaign in the UK North Sea.The contract, awarded under an existing agreement…

KBR to Support Aramco’s Marjan Offshore Field Upgrade

Oct 06, 2026

KBR has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco to provide engineering and project execution services for upgrades to offshore facilities at the Marjan oil and gas field in the Arabian Gulf.The scope covers key offshore processing, gas compression…

MacGregor to Equip IWS’ Four Skywalker-Class CSOV Newbuilds

Oct 06, 2026

MacGregor has received an order from Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipment to supply motion-compensated cranes and gangways for four additional Skywalker-class commissioning service operation vessels being built for IWS Fleet.The…

Halliburton Steers Clear of Sea Lion Project off Falkland Islands

Oct 05, 2026

Halliburton has ruled out working on the Sea Lion oil project near the Falkland Islands after Argentine federal authorities raised questions over potential criminal and civil enforcement related to hydrocarbon activities around the disputed territory…

Petrobras Finds More Oil in Ultra-Deepwater Amapá Block

Oct 05, 2026

Petrobras has made a new oil discovery in block FZA-M-59 in ultra-deep waters off Brazil's Amapá state after finding another oil-bearing interval while drilling deeper at its Morpho exploration well.The discovery was made at the 1-BRSA-1405-APS well in a water depth of 2…

Orcadian Terminates UK Offshore Data Center Development Deal

Oct 05, 2026

Orcadian Energy and an unnamed U.S. offshore data center developer have terminated an agreement to jointly develop an offshore energy-to-compute project using gas resources from Orcadian's Earlham and Orwell discoveries in UK waters.The companies…

Eco Atlantic’s Namibia Farm-Down to BP Clears Final Approval

Oct 02, 2026

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas has received final ministerial approval to transfer a 60% participating interest in three exploration licenses offshore Namibia to BP, clearing the final governmental consent required for the transaction.The approval covers PEL97…

New Owner to Extend Life of Germany’s First Offshore Wind Farm

Oct 02, 2026

Ocean Breeze Energy has agreed to acquire the 60 MW Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm from EWE, RWE and Vattenfall, with plans to operate Germany's first offshore wind farm beyond its originally planned 20-year service life.Financial terms were not disclosed…

DNV Backs Blue Ammonia FPSO Concept from BW Offshore and McDermott

Oct 02, 2026

BW Offshore's blue ammonia floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) concept, jointly developed with McDermott, has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV, advancing the proposed offshore low-carbon ammonia production solution towards further design development…

DEME Installs Final Monopile at Nordlicht I Offshore Wind Farm

Oct 01, 2026

DEME has installed the 68th and final monopile at Vattenfall's 980 MW Nordlicht I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, completing the project's monopile installation campaign.The milestone follows installation of the first monopile in July and the first transition piece in August…

Borr Drilling Lines Up New Work for Jack-Up Rig Trio

Oct 01, 2026

Borr Drilling has announced new commitments for three premium jack-up rigs, including a three-well award in West Africa, an exercised Shell option in Nigeria and an accommodation contract in the UK.The Norve rig has received a binding letter…

Windward Offshore Names New CSOV

Sep 30, 2026

Windward Offshore celebrated the official naming of its Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV), Windward Munich, in Hamburg on September 22, bringing together customers, partners and representatives from the Offshore Wind and Maritime Industries at the dawn of WindEnergy Hamburg…

India to Auction Offshore Mineral Blocks in Andaman Sea

Sep 30, 2026

India's federal Ministry of Mines said on Wednesday it would launch the auction of offshore mineral blocks in the Andaman Sea on Thursday, reviving a push to develop domestic deep-sea mining after an earlier attempt failed to draw bids.The auction…

Ørsted’s First UK Offshore Wind Farm Turns 20

Sep 30, 2026

Ørsted’s 90 MW Barrow Offshore Wind Farm has marked 20 years of commercial operations, a milestone that also represents two decades since the company began generating power in the UK.Located 7 km southwest of Walney Island in the East Irish Sea…

Vår Energi Completes Acquisition of Pandion Energy’s Assets

Sep 30, 2026

Vår Energi has completed the acquisition of selected assets and licenses from Pandion Energy, adding stakes in the producing Nova field, the Ofelia development and the Sierra Solberg discovery.The transaction gives Vår Energi a 10% interest in Nova…

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