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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…

Oil Caught Between Trump's Russia Supply Push and Middle East Risks

Oct 12, 2026

Oil prices oscillated on Monday as the market considered possible further supplies after US President Donald Trump hailed fresh Russian diesel exports against supply-constricting signals after major attacks on Saudi Arabia.Retracing earlier losses…

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…

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…

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…

TotalEnergies Selects SLB for Global Digital Drilling Program

Oct 08, 2026

SLB has signed a 15-year agreement with TotalEnergies to deploy its DrillPlan digital well planning and engineering solutions across the energy company's global upstream portfolio.The agreement will support TotalEnergies' transition to a standardized digital planning environment…

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…

Equinor Finds More Gas at Gullfaks Field in North Sea

Oct 08, 2026

Equinor and its partners have made a gas discovery at the Gullfaks South field in the Norwegian North Sea, with estimated recoverable resources of between 3.3 million and 10.3 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe).The discovery, located about 190 kilometers northwest of Bergen…

Framo Signs Record Pump Service Deal for Petrobras FPSO Fleet

Oct 07, 2026

Framo has signed a four-year agreement with Petrobras to inspect and maintain pumping systems across the Brazilian energy company's fleet of about 30 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units, in what the Norwegian pump manufacturer…

Equinor Ups Snøhvit Future Cost Estimate to $2.8B, Timeline Unchanged

Oct 07, 2026

Equinor has raised the cost estimate for the Snøhvit Future project to $2.77 billion (NOK 26.5 billion) in 2026 value, citing greater-than-expected complexity and operational, weather and construction challenges, while keeping the project's timetable unchanged…

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