Subsea engineering company TechnipFMC has won a substantial engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract from Italy’s Eni for the Coral North floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) development offshore Mozambique.The contract covers subsea scope for Coral North…
Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has signed a contract with Equinor for its Deepsea Aberdeen semi-submersible drilling rig, following the letter of intent the companies agreed in November.Equinor will use Deepsea Aberdeen rig to…
Subsea7 has secured a contract by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, subsidiary of ConocoPhillips, for the Previously Produced Fields (PPF) development, offshore Norway.Subsea7’s scope covers engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of subsea structures…
Our fascination with the depths of the ocean revealed itself in some of our most-read stories of 2025.What’s really down there? asked New Wave Media President Greg Trauthwein in his interview with Matt Grove, Regional Segment Manager Offshore at Seequent in September…
Saipem announced that Aker BP has exercised a new option to extend the contract for the semi-submersible drilling unit Scarabeo 8, prolonging its deployment for an additional year.This is the third extension of the contract originally awarded in March 2022…
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has secured a new long-term inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) frame agreement with operator Vår Energi.The contract has a firm duration of five years, running until end of October 2030, with options to extend for up to an additional four years…
Fugro has secured a large contract with Mubadala Energy to deliver advanced soil investigation services for the South Andaman Deepwater Development, located offshore Indonesia.The strategic project will inform the Front-End Engineering Design Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) award…
Norwegian oil and gas firm Vår Energi has put the Balder Phase V project into production, while also completing of Åsgard Low Pressure Production Phase 3 (LPP3) scheme, bolstering its North Sea production.With the Åsgard LPP3 project start-up scheduled for December…
Subsea7 has secured a contract from Chevron Australia for subsea installation work on the Gorgon Stage 3 (GS3) project, offshore Australia.Subsea7’s scope of work includes project management, engineering, procurement, fabrication, transportation…
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, and its partners Vår Energi, Orlen Upstream Norway, and Petoro, have made a final investment decision (FID) for the joint redevelopment of an oil and gas project in the Greater Ekofisk Area, offshore Norway.The FID is for the Previously Produced Fields (PPF) Project…
Britain’s Serica Energy has agreed to acquire a portfolio of Southern North Sea gas assets from Spirit Energy and affiliates for $74 million, expanding its U.K. upstream footprint and lifting reserves and production.The deal, signed through…
To advance President Trump’s national strategy for securing America’s critical mineral supply, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has initiated the process for a potential mineral lease sale in federal waters off the coast of Virginia. This…
TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant contract by Chevron to supply Subsea 2.0 production systems for the Gorgon Stage 3 brownfield project in Australia.The contract introduces the first seven-inch series of TechnipFMC’s Subsea 2.0 horizontal…
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has secured an extension to its existing frame agreement with Equinor for the provision of subsea inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) services.As a part of the renewal, DeepOcean will deploy specialized IMR vessels…
Equinor, Vår Energi and Petoro will invest around $395 million (NOK 4 billion) in the first discovery tied back to the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea.The decision comes eight months after Johan Castberg came on stream. Recoverable oil…