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Hammerfest LNG Probe Highlights Working Environment Challenges

Sep 29, 2026

Norwegian offshore safety regulator Havtil has identified four non-conformities at Equinor's Hammerfest LNG facility following an investigation into chemical exposure incidents, while finding that measured exposure levels were relatively low…

Unity Launches Compact BOP for Constrained Wells

Sep 29, 2026

Well integrity and decom specialist Unity has launched an ultra-compact blowout preventer valve designed to enable well intervention in space-constrained offshore environments where conventional Blowout Preventer (BOP) systems cannot be deployed…

NYK to Take 30% Stake in Norway's Trudvang CCS

Sep 29, 2026

NYK has agreed to acquire a 30% interest in Norway's Trudvang CCS project from Vår Energi, expanding its carbon capture and storage activities beyond marine transportation into offshore CO2 injection and storage.NYK signed a sale and purchase…

BSM Expands Offshore Services with OffshoreCrew Investment

Sep 29, 2026

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in Norwegian offshore recruitment and crewing specialist OffshoreCrew, expanding its services for offshore and maritime customers.Kristiansand-based OffshoreCrew provides recruitment…

SSE Picks Montrose Port for 1.4GW Scottish Offshore Wind Farm Ops Base

Sep 29, 2026

SSE has selected Montrose Port as the preferred operations and maintenance base for its planned 1.4 GW Berwick Bank B offshore wind farm off Scotland, a move expected to create 100 full-time jobs.The new operational hub will be located at Montrose Port's South Harbour…

ACUA, Forssea Complete Remote ROV-USV Trials

Sep 28, 2026

ACUA Ocean and Forssea Robotics have completed trials combining an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) for fully remote subsea inspection and light intervention operations off Plymouth in the UK.The three-week…

Dajin Picks Ulstein Design for Offshore Installation Vessel

Sep 28, 2026

Dajin Heavy Industry has selected Ulstein's ULSTEIN HX122 design for an offshore installation vessel capable of installing future 4XL monopiles, expanding the offshore wind foundation supplier's activities into offshore installation.The vessel…

Shearwater Lines Up Three-Year South America OBN Campaign

Sep 28, 2026

Shearwater Geoservices has been awarded a three-year ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic acquisition contract by an undisclosed oil and gas company for work offshore South America, with operations set to begin in the fourth quarter of 2026.The contract…

TotalEnergies, SOCAR, XRG Greenlight Absheron Field Expansion in Caspian Sea

Sep 28, 2026

TotalEnergies, SOCAR and XRG have taken a final investment decision (FID) on the full-field development of Azerbaijan's Absheron gas and condensate field, targeting an increase in gas production to 6 billion cubic meters per year from 2029.TotalEnergies…

Big Oil Faces Strategy Rethink as Iran War Reshapes Energy Markets

Sep 28, 2026

The world's biggest energy companies are poised to deliver another quarter of bumper profits, fuelled by record refining margins. Flush with cash, Big Oil now needs to chart a course for future growth in a world reshaped by the Middle East crisis…

Omega Subsea to Deploy ROVs on NKT’s Cable Laying Vessels

Sep 25, 2026

Omega Subsea has secured a five-year agreement to provide ROV services for NKT's newbuild cable laying vessel (CLV) NKT Eleonora, expanding a partnership that already covers the NKT Victoria.The agreement follows a separate five-year contract announced in June for NKT Victoria…

LD Armateurs Adds Multi-Purpose Vessel to its Fleet

Sep 25, 2026

Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LD Armateurs) has taken delivery of the DP2 multipurpose support vessel TVO Mariner for its LD TravOcean subsidiary, expanding its capacity for subsea cable installation, repair and protection work.The vessel, delivered to the group in mid-September…

Aker BP Raises North Sea Discovery Estimate

Sep 25, 2026

Aker BP and partners Equinor and DNO have increased the estimated size of the Verdandi and Lillefix discoveries in the North Sea following an appraisal well that encountered both oil and gas.Preliminary estimates following drilling put the discoveries at between 1…

Van Oord Names Next-Generation Fallpipe Vessel Pair

Sep 24, 2026

Van Oord has named its two next-generation flexible fallpipe vessels Vindnes and Vestnes, with the 35,000-tonne-capacity ships scheduled for delivery in 2028 and 2029.The purpose-built vessels, currently under construction at Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore in China…

Dong Fang Offshore Orders Another CSOV from Vard

Sep 24, 2026

Fincantieri's Norwegian subsidiary Vard has signed a contract, worth between $76 million and $86 million, to build a commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) for Dong Fang Offshore, marking the fifth vessel ordered by the Taiwan-based marine contractor from the shipbuilder…

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