All-Cash Deal, Expanding Brazil FootprintTidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wilson Sons Ultratug Participações S.A. and its affiliate Atlantic Offshore Services S.A. (collectively, WSUT) in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $500 million…
The new Mission Specialist Wraith from VideoRay is a next-generation compact ROV that sets a new standard in subsea agility, power, and operational versatility. Featuring a ten-thruster design with true six-degrees-of-freedom control, Wraith…
Norway-based subsea well intervention and installation services company AKOFS Offshore has signed a firm contract with Petrobras for its Aker Wayfarer vessel.AKOFS Offshore, majority owned by Akastor, said the 2010-built vessel will continue…
DOF Group has entered into an agreement to purchase the very high-end AHTS vessels Aurora Saltfjord and Aurora Sandefjord.The vessels are 2011-built and feature a bollard pull of almost 400 metric tonnes, making them among the most powerful AHTS vessels globally…
Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore (TVO) added Jeff Bockmiller and Mike Tricarico to its project management staff.Bockmiller has spent more than a decade in project management and has 17+ years of experience in the energy industry. Before joining TVO…
Malaysia’s MISC has secured long-term bareboat charter and operations and maintenance contracts with ExxonMobil PNG (EMPNG) for Papua New Guinea’s first floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit.The contracts comprise a firm 15-year charter with extension options of up to an additional 15 years…
Dolphin Drilling Offshore, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dolphin Drilling, and Sapura Drilling Asia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vantris Energy, have entered into a marketing agreement for the semi-submersible drilling unit Blackford Dolphin…
Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well on the Vikingskipet prospect in the Barents Sea.Wildcat well 7018/5-2 was drilled in production license 1236, about 190 kilometers west of Hammerfest and about 140 kilometers southwest of the Snøhvit field…
Saipem has reached agreement on the main terms and conditions to acquire the seventh-generation drillship Deep Value Driller for $272.5 million.The Deep Value Driller is a high-specification ultra-deepwater drillship built in 2014, featuring GustoMSC P10000 design and able to accommodate 210 people…
MISC, through its joint venture Vietnam Offshore Floating Terminal (Ruby) (VOFT), has secured a contract for the Ruby II floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit with Petrovietnam, extending the unit’s lease, operation and maintenance until the end of 2027…
Jumbo Offshore has completed mooring pre-installation activities for the Errea Wittu floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit at ExxonMobil Guyana’s Uaru Field in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.The work, carried out on behalf of MODEC…
Energy data and intelligence TGS has started the Ultra Profundo multi-client 2D survey offshore Angola.The survey covers approximately 12,600 line kilometers, with Ramform Victory having already started operations earlier in 2026.Data acquisition…
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured contract awards and extensions totaling approximately $184 million for two of its harsh-environment semisubmersible rigs operating in Norway.The company said the fixtures represent about $184 million in firm contract backlog…
Aquaterra Energy has secured a multi-year, seven-figure contract to provide subsea well access equipment for intervention and abandonment operations across 11 wells offshore Spain.Under the agreement with a global offshore services company,…
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has agreed to acquire Valaris in an all-stock transaction valued at about $5.8 billion, creating one of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors with a fleet of 73 drilling rigs.The combined company…