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Shell In Advanced Discussions to Buy LLOG Exploration for Over $3B

Dec 09, 2025

Shell is in advanced discussions to buy LLOG Exploration offshore in a deal valued at more than $3 billion. This would increase the oil major's portfolio of upstream oil and gas producers by acquiring one of the biggest privately owned oil and natural gas producers in the U…

ESG Completes Service Operation Vessel Conversion for HOS

Dec 09, 2025

Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) completed and redelivered HOS Rocinante, a first-of-its-kind U.S.-flagged Service Operation Vessel (SOV) converted for Hornbeck Offshore Services.The vessel marks a milestone in the evolution of the U.S. offshore…

Dong Fang Offshore Picks Westcon for New CLV Delivery

Dec 09, 2025

Dong Fang Offshore (DFO), one of Asia’s largest offshore wind service providers, has signed a major shipbuilding contract with Norwegian yard Westcon for a new subsea and cable lay vessel (CLV), set for delivery in 2027.Westcon will take over…

Petronas Enlists MISC for FPU Job at Gas Field Offshore Brunei

Dec 09, 2025

Malaysia’s MISC Berhad has secured its first floating production unit (FPU) project in Brunei after receiving a letter of award from PETRONAS Carigali Brunei (PCBL) for the lease, operation and maintenance of the facility for a natural gas development project…

Vissim to Provide Vessel Collision Avoidance System for Qatari Offshore Field

Dec 08, 2025

Norwegian technology company Vissim has secured a contract with a Qatar-based oil and gas operator to deliver a vessel collision avoidance system at an undisclosed oil field offshore Qatar.As part of a three-year agreement, Vissim will provide…

Jan De Nul Unveils ‘Most Advanced’ Wind Farm Installation Simulator

Dec 08, 2025

Belgium’s Jan De Nul is commissioning what it calls its most advanced offshore wind installation simulator, a digital twin of its vessels Les Alizés and Voltaire designed to train crews to install the latest generation of giant wind turbines and foundations at sea…

Kongsberg Maritime Secures LARS Contract with Sea1 Offshore

Dec 04, 2025

Kongsberg Maritime has signed a major contract with Sea1 Offshore to deliver Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS) for the company’s four new offshore construction vessels. Each vessel will be equipped with two advanced LARS units, supporting subsea construction and ROV operations…

CNOOC Puts New South China Sea Development Into Production Mode

Dec 03, 2025

China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has started production from the Weizhou 11-4 oilfield adjustment and satellite fields development project in South China Sea.The project is located in the Beibu Gulf Basin…

UK Backs Development of 145-ft Uncrewed Offshore Support Vessel

Dec 02, 2025

A consortium led by UK unmanned vessel developer ACUA Ocean has secured government support to develop a new 145-foot uncrewed offshore support vessel, aiming to scale up autonomous operations for offshore energy, logistics and surveillance.The Project MROS consortium…

Semco Maritime to Work on Floatel Endurance Rig Optimization

Dec 02, 2025

Floatel International has selected Semco Maritime’s Hanøytangen facility outside Bergen in Norway, to perform a series of modifications and service works on the Floatel Endurance rig ahead of an upcoming contract on the Norwegian Continental Shelf…

Subsea Supplies Targets US in Partnership with DRIFT Offshore

Dec 01, 2025

Subsea Supplies has announced a strategic partnership with DRIFT Offshore to enhance subsea operations for its growing US customer base. This collaboration will provide customers across the region with faster access to Burton subsea connectors and cable assemblies…

Strategic Marine ​​​​​Hands Over Two Crew Boats to NMDC LTS

Dec 01, 2025

Strategic Marine has delivered two 42-metre next-generation fast crew boats to NMDC LTS, marking the company’s first vessel delivery to the Middle East offshore services provider.The Generation 4 aluminium vessels were developed in partnership…

ADES Nets $63M Contract for Compact Driller Jack-Up off Brunei

Dec 01, 2025

ADES Holding has secured a two-year contract through its subsidiary Shelf Drilling for the Compact Driller standard jack-up with Brunei Shell Petroleum, a joint venture between the Brunei government and Shell.The Compact Driller deal mars ADES…

Mubadala Energy, PLN Energy Primer Team Up for Andaman Sea Gas Supply

Dec 01, 2025

Mubadala Energy and PLN Energi Primer Indonesia (PLN EPI) have signed a heads of agreement to supply gas from the Andaman Sea as part of efforts to strengthen Indonesia’s energy security.The agreement establishes a framework for supplying cleaner…

Britain Eases Opposition to New Oil, Gas Permits

Nov 26, 2025

Britain will allow some new oil and gas production on or near existing fields, the government said on Wednesday, easing its stance on new licences while dashing oil and gas producers' hopes for an early end to windfall taxes on their sector…

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