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Ørsted Orders Third Saab Seaeye Cougar ROV

Oct 12, 2026

Saab UK has received an order from Ørsted for a Seaeye Cougar XT Compact remotely operated vehicle (ROV), expanding the offshore wind company's fleet of Saab Seaeye Cougar systems to three units.The electric ROV will support inspection and maintenance…

EDF Takes Lead on Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Project as RWE Exits

Oct 12, 2026

RWE has completed the sale of its 33.33% stake in the 1.1 GW Five Estuaries offshore wind farm project in the U.K. to EDF power solutions UK and Ireland, with EDF taking over responsibility for leading the development on behalf of the joint venture partners…

Ørsted to Buy Remaining Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Stake

Oct 12, 2026

Ørsted has exercised a buyback right to acquire the remaining 49.9% stake in the Gunfleet Sands 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the UK from its investment partners, paving the way for full ownership of the 172 MW asset.The company currently holds a 50…

Bibby Marine’s Battery-First eCSOV Hits Water in Spain

Oct 12, 2026

Bibby Marine has launched its new battery-first electric commissioning service operation vessel (eCSOV) at Armon Shipyard in Vigo, Spain, ahead of its planned delivery in 2027.The vessel, which will carry the name Staffordshire, entered the…

Alaska's Cook Inlet Set for Fresh Offshore Lease Sale

Oct 12, 2026

The US Interior Department proposed on Friday to hold an offshore oil and gas lease sale in Alaska's Cook Inlet early next year, offering about 1.05 million acres (425,000 hectares) for drilling as part of a congressionally mandated leasing program…

Shell to Take 30% Stake in Equinor's Bay du Nord Project off Canada

Oct 09, 2026

Equinor has signed an agreement to sell a 30% interest in its Bay du Nord offshore oil project in Canada to Shell, bringing in a new partner as the companies work towards a final investment decision in early 2027.Under the agreement, Equinor…

Transocean Adds $1.1B to Offshore Drilling Backlog

Oct 09, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has added approximately $1.1 billion to its firm contract backlog following final approval of a previously announced agreement with Equinor and a new drilling contract with Shell offshore Norway.The company…

Gennaker Offshore Substations Depart for Baltic Sea Installation (Video)

Oct 09, 2026

The topsides and jackets for two offshore substations serving Germany's 927 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm have departed the Netherlands for installation in the Baltic Sea as part of the OST-6-1 offshore grid connection project.The OSS Zingst…

Valeura Starts Wassana Platform Installation Offshore Thailand

Oct 09, 2026

Valeura Energy has started offshore installation work at its Wassana oil field redevelopment project in the Gulf of Thailand, marking a milestone in the development of a new central processing platform (CPP).The company confirmed the start of offshore installation in an October 9 update…

Viking Energy PSV Moves Closer to Ammonia Operations

Oct 09, 2026

Azane Fuel Solutions has received approval from Norway's Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB) to conduct a test bunkering of up to 73 tonnes of ammonia aboard the Viking Energy platform supply vessel (PSV), marking a milestone in its conversion to ammonia propulsion…

Equinor Taps Weatherford for Norwegian Offshore Completions Work

Oct 09, 2026

Energy services company Weatherford International has secured a two-year extension of several strategic framework agreements with Equinor and been selected as the primary provider of completion systems for the Statfjord and Oseberg licenses on the Norwegian Continental Shelf…

Lamprell Picks IMI for Offshore Platforms and Jackets Fabrication

Oct 08, 2026

Lamprell has signed an agreement with International Maritime Industries (IMI) to fabricate several offshore structures, including a production platform and jackets, at IMI's Ras Al-Khair facility in Saudi Arabia.The fabrication work forms part of an offshore engineering…

Eni Installs ‘World's First’ Purpose-Built Offshore CCS Platform

Oct 08, 2026

Eni CCUS Holding, jointly owned by Eni and BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), has completed the installation of the Douglas CCS platform in Liverpool Bay, off UK, describing it as the world's first purpose-built offshore platform…

TenneT Joins Subsea Cable Decommissioning Tool Development

Oct 08, 2026

TenneT Germany has joined DEME and Subsea Cable Assets (SCA) as a development sponsor of Frequensea's subsea cable decommissioning tool, which is being developed to recover buried offshore cables while reducing seabed disturbance.The technology…

EnerMech to Support Subsea7 on Trinidad's Ginger Offshore Development

Oct 08, 2026

EnerMech has secured a contract by Subsea7 to provide pipeline and subsea pre-commissioning services for the Ginger offshore development project in Trinidad and Tobago.The contract covers testing, flushing, hydrotesting, water filling, leak…

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