China-based BOMESC Offshore Engineering's wholly owned subsidiary Tianjin BOMESC has signed a contract with SBM Offshore for the design, procurement and construction of topside modules for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) destined for South America…
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…
Fugro has completed an ultra-deepwater geohazard site survey for Petronas Carigali's Megah and Limbayong fields off Sabah, East Malaysia, using autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) technology.The offshore campaign ran from June to August 2026…
SLB has been awarded four integrated well construction contracts by Aramco covering more than 450 oil and gas wells across Saudi Arabia over an initial three-year period.Each contract includes an option to extend the work by up to two years…
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 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…
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has struck gas at a deepwater exploration well in India's Mahanadi Offshore Basin, with the well flowing gas at encouraging rates and reservoir pressure.The MN-DW18-1-H-D well, about 43 km off Konark on the Odisha coast…
Jan De Nul has ordered a second trenching support vessel designed to bury subsea energy cables as it expands its fleet for cable installation and protection.The new vessel will be an exact sister ship to the Isambard K. Brunel, which Jan De Nul ordered in March…
Njord Survey has secured a three-year framework agreement by RWE Offshore Wind to provide remotely operated vehicle services across offshore wind farms in U.K. and European waters.The agreement covers offshore survey campaigns using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs)…
Transocean has been awarded a two-well contract for its Deepwater Conqueror ultra-deepwater drillship in Equatorial Guinea, adding about $80 million to the offshore driller's backlog.The approximately 170-day campaign with an undisclosed operator is expected to begin in 2027…
Aker BP has made a gas discovery in the North Sea, using Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible drilling rig.The discovery was made 25 kilometers north of the Duva field, marking the first exploration well in production license 1153, which was awarded in APA 2021…
Odfjell Drilling has received a letter of award from Vår Energi for a three-year drilling campaign with the Deepsea Bergen rig starting in early 2028, with the firm backlog valued at about $518 million.The work will begin after completion of…
Italian energy services firm Saipem has secured a contract from GOE Petrol Sanayi for commissioning services on the Osman Gazi floating production unit (FPU), destined for the Sakarya gas field development in the Turkish Black Sea.The contract…
Argentine President Javier Milei said on Thursday he would tighten sanctions on companies involved in oil projects around the Falkland Islands, boost defense resources in the country's south and send Congress a bill aimed at strengthening Argentina's…
Woodside Energy has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) that will allow analysis of potential future opportunities for exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico…