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China Taps Crude Inventories ... Again

Sep 15, 2026

China dipped into its massive crude oil stockpile in August for the third month in the past four as increased refinery processing exceeded a modest increase in oil imports.Refineries processed about 640,000 barrels per day (bpd) more than what…

SLB, Shearwater Launch Multi-Client 3D Seismic Survey off Brazil

Sep 09, 2026

SLB and Shearwater GeoServices have launched a 3D multi-client seismic survey offshore Amapá in Brazil’s Equatorial Margin, targeting an underexplored area that has attracted increased interest following the recent Morpho hydrocarbon discovery…

Vallourec, Aramco Expand Tubulars Partnership

Sep 09, 2026

French tubular solutions provider Vallourec has signed an agreement with Saudi Aramco covering the supply of Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG), further expanding a relationship between the companies that dates back more than six decades.The agreement…

EnergyPathways Selects Jacobs as Tier-1 Engineering, Regulatory Partner

Sep 08, 2026

EnergyPathways, an energy transition company, has selected Jacobs to provide planning, regulatory, consenting and environmental services for its proposed LDES project in the Irish Sea and Barrow-in-Furness. This includes assisting the Company…

T12 Engineering Gets OWGP Funding for Floating Wind Mooring Tech

Sep 08, 2026

T12 Engineering has secured funding from the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) to advance its Floating Mooring System (FMS), a technology designed to reduce the cost and complexity of maintaining floating offshore wind turbines.The latest…

Elia Secures $1.1B EIB Loan for Princess Elisabeth Energy Island

Sep 08, 2026

Belgian transmission system operator Elia Transmission Belgium has secured a $1.15 billion (€1 billion) green credit facility from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to finance the second phase of the Princess Elisabeth Energy Island project in the North Sea…

Shearwater Nets North Sea OBN Survey for Electric ROV Debut

Sep 08, 2026

Marine geoscience firm Shearwater Geoservices has secured a seven-week ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the North Sea that will mark the first commercial deployment of its newly installed electric remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).The survey will be carried out using the SW Tasman…

Hornbeck and Helix Complete Merger

Sep 01, 2026

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. and Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. have completed the previously announced combination in an all-stock transaction.The combined company has assumed the Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. name and will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on September 2…

Omega Subsea Sets Up New Operation Base in Western Norway

Aug 27, 2026

Subsea services and ROV technology provider Omega Subsea has entered into a long-term agreement to establish operations at Hilleren Navy Supply Park in Mathopen, adjacent to Haakonsvern in Western Norway.The company will become a strategic subsea partner and a key tenant at the site…

Viridien Progresses Hybrid Multi-Client Survey Offshore Malaysia

Aug 25, 2026

Viridien has started seismic imaging of the Langkasuka multi-client 3D (MC3D) hybrid survey, the first-ever combined streamer and sparse ocean bottom node (OBN) multi-client 3D seismic dataset acquired in the Asia-Pacific region.The endeavor…

MacGregor Advances Floating-to-Floating Transfer and LCO2 Systems

Aug 25, 2026

MacGregor has expanded its offshore technology portfolio with a certified floating-to-floating personnel transfer capability for its Horizon gangway and a new bow transfer system designed for direct ship-to-well transfer of LCO2.The Horizon…

TGS Extends Work on Indonesia’s Largest Seismic Acquisition Project

Aug 25, 2026

Energy data and intelligence firm TGS has secured a one-month extension to the largest seismic streamer acquisition contract offshore Indonesia.The extension is scheduled to begin in August. TGS is conducting the job using Ramform Sovereign…

MFE Becomes U.S. Distributor for IVM’s HYDRO Photogrammetry Systems

Aug 19, 2026

MFE Inspection Solutions has partnered with IVM Technologies, becoming IVM’s first authorized U.S. distributor for its HYDRO Series.Through MFE Offshore, U.S. offshore and subsea teams will gain access to these photogrammetry systems for creating accurate 3D models of underwater assets…

SeaDry Protects Offshore Instrumentation From Humidity

Aug 18, 2026

Excessive humidity can damage sensitive equipment in offshore measurement systems, impair data quality and necessitate costly service call-outs. Customers in offshore data collection and marine research therefore use ThoMar's SeaDry to reduce…

US Proposes Seabed Mining Auction off Northern Mariana Islands

Aug 18, 2026

The U.S. Interior Department on Monday proposed a sale this year of deep-sea mining leases in U.S. waters surrounding the Northern Mariana Islands, the latest step in President Donald Trump's push to expand domestic supplies of critical minerals…

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