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Woodside Takes Over Operatorship of Bass Strait Assets from ExxonMobil

Jul 28, 2025

Woodside has agreed to assume operatorship of the Australian Bass Strait assets that it shares with ExxonMobil and plans to develop additional gas resources using existing infrastructure there.Woodside will assume operatorship of the offshore Bass Strait production assets, the Longford Gas Plant, the Long Island Point gas liquids processing facility and associated pipeline infrastructure.The Bass Strait…

US Cancels Designated Wind Energy Areas

Jul 30, 2025

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has rescinded all designated Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).BOEM says the action is being taken in accordance with Secretary’s Order 3437 - Ending Preferential Treatment for Unreliable…

Oceaneering Upgrades Survey Vessel for Simultaneous Autonomous Missions

Jul 30, 2025

U.S.-based subsea services and technology firm Oceaneering has completed a major upgrade of its Ocean Intervention II oceanographic research vessel, equipping it to perform simultaneous autonomous offshore survey missions.The retrofit, carried out in early 2025 on the 25-year-old vessel…

SLB Unveils OnWave Autonomous Logging Platform for Well Ops

Jul 30, 2025

Global energy technology company SLB has introduced the OnWave autonomous logging platform, said to enable more efficient and reliable acquisition of formation evaluation measurements in any well condition.This first-of-its-kind technology autonomously acquires multiple…

Kongsberg Maritime, Noble Corp to Jointly Advance Offshore Drilling Tech

Jul 29, 2025

Kongsberg Maritime has signed a development program framework agreement with Noble Corporation, marking a key step forward in the co-development of advanced marine technologies for the offshore drilling sector.The long-term strategic partnership will focus on the joint development…

Weatherford to Deliver MPD Services for Woodside’s Trion Project off Mexico

Jul 29, 2025

Texas-based oilfield services company Weatherford has secured a significant contract to deliver Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) services for the Trion project, a deepwater oil production project in Mexico operated by Woodside’s Mexican subsidiary…

Shelf Drilling Secures Work for Jack-Up Rigs in UK and Egypt

Jul 28, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured work for two of its jack-up drilling rigs in U.K. and Egypt, under new contracts and extensions worth collectively around $35 million.Shelf Drilling has signed a one-year extension for…

OPT Finds Tech Delivery Partner for Mexican Maritime Markets

Jul 25, 2025

U.S.-based low-carbon marine power, data, and service solutions provider Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has signed a new reseller agreement with a Latin America-based partner focused on supporting the Mexican offshore and maritime markets.The…

China Starts Production at Major Oil Field in Bohai Sea

Jul 22, 2025

China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has brought online the Kenli 10-2 oil field (Phase I), the largest shallow lithological oil field offshore China.The project is located in southern Bohai Sea…

Van Oord to Bolster Fleet with Two New Subsea Rock Installation Vessels

Jul 21, 2025

Dutch offshore installation firm Van Oord has ordered two next-generation subsea rock installation vessels, which will built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore in China.Capable of operating on methanol and with a focus on innovation and automation…

EnerMech Bags Two-Year O&M Services Extension in North Sea

Jul 17, 2025

Energy industry services firm EnerMech has been awarded a two-year crane operations and maintenance (O&M) contract extension to continue supporting a North Sea operator.The current agreement, which began in August 2022, will now run until at least August 2027…

Transocean Scoops $199M in Second Quarter Drilling Rig Deals

Jul 17, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured four new contracts and extensions for its semi-submersible rigs and drillships during the second quarter of 2025, worth approximately $199 million.During the quarter, Transocean secured a contract extension with Equinor…

MODEC, Eld Energy Advance FPSO Offshore Fuel Cell Pilot

Jul 16, 2025

MODEC has entered into a contract with Eld Energy, a Norwegian fuel cell system company, to design and manufacture a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system pilot unit intended for installation on one of the MODEC-operated floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units…

Expro Gets Woodside Job at Trion Deepwater Project off Mexico

Jul 14, 2025

Texas-based oilfield services provider Expro has secured a three-year contract by Woodside Energy to provide tubular running services (TRS) and cementing services for the Trion project, Mexico’s first deepwater oil production facility.Woodside and Expro have a long-standing partnership…

COSLInnovator Rig Cleared for Two-Well Drilling Op in North Sea

Jul 09, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the North Sea, to be conducted with COSL’s COSLInnovator semi-submersible drilling rig.The drilling permit is for wellbores 34/8-20 S and 34/8-20 A in the license 554 E…

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