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OMV Petrom, Romgaz Install Neptun Deep Offshore Platform

Jul 20, 2026

OMV Petrom and Romania's Romgaz have completed the installation of the offshore production platform for the Neptun Deep natural gas project in the Black Sea, marking a major milestone as the development remains on track to start production in 2027.The Neptun Alpha platform, installed in water depths of about 120 meters, weighs more than 16,500 metric tons and stands over 225 meters tall. The jacket and topsides were manufactured by Saipem at its shipyards in Arbatax…

AF Gruppen, Heerema Get North Sea Decom Job

Jul 16, 2026

AF Gruppen, via its subsidiary AF Offshore Decom, and consortium partner Heerema Marine Contractors has secured a contract for the engineering, preparation, removal and disposal (EPRD) of a platform on the UK Continental Shelf, marking the second…

Well-Safe Solutions Expands Beryl Field Decom Scope to 260 Wells

Jul 07, 2026

Well-Safe Solutions has been appointed lead contractor for Apache North Sea’s Beryl Field decommissioning project, expanding the combined scope of its work for Apache to more than 260 wells.The award is the second contract Apache has given Well-Safe Solutions this year…

Hugin B Platform Topside En Route to North Sea Development

Jul 06, 2026

The Hugin B platform topside has left Aker Solutions’ yard in Verdal for the Yggdrasil area, completing a three-and-a-half-year portfolio of major offshore project deliveries for Aker BP.The topside sailed on July 6, marking the final delivery…

Baker Hughes to Supply Subsea Systems Azule Energy’s Field off Angola

Jun 25, 2026

Baker Hughes has secured a significant contract award from Azule Energy to supply subsea production systems for the Greater PAJ development offshore Angola.Under the agreement, Baker Hughes will provide deepwater horizontal tree systems for the ultra-deepwater greenfield project…

50Hertz Picks Siemens Energy-NSORe Team for 2GW North Sea Converter Platform

Jun 17, 2026

German transmission system operator 50Hertz has awarded a consortium comprising Siemens Energy and Neptun Smulders Offshore Renewables (NSORe) a contract to deliver a 2 GW offshore converter system for the North Sea Connector 2 project, marking…

Saipem Ships Giant Neptun Deep Jacket from Italy to Black Sea Project

Jun 15, 2026

Saipem has completed the load-out and departure of a giant jacket structure destined for the Neptun Deep gas development in the Romanian Black Sea, marking a major milestone for what is set to become the European Union's largest offshore natural gas project…

Petrobras' P-79 FPSO Completes First Oil Offloading at Búzios Field

Jun 12, 2026

Petrobras' P-79 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit has completed its first oil offloading after beginning operations at the Búzios field offshore Brazil, according to shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean.Hanwha Ocean, which carried out the engineering…

COSCO Installs 2GW Converter Platform for China’s Offshore Wind Farm

Jun 10, 2026

COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers has completed the transport and float-over installation of an offshore converter platform for the Qingzhou V & VII offshore wind project, a key milestone in what the company described as the world's first…

SBM Offshore’s SWIR Technology Receives ABS Statement of Maturity

May 26, 2026

ABS has issued a Statement of Maturity for SBM Offshore’s Seawater Intake Riser (SWIR) technology.Developed in collaboration with Shell, the SWIR technology features an innovative technique to pump colder seawater from approximately 700 meters…

Wison Starts Topsides Fabrication for Türkiye’s Sakarya Deepwater FPU

May 19, 2026

Wison New Energies has started topsides fabrication of the floating production unit (FPU) for the Sakarya Gas Field Development Project Phase 3, developed by Turkish Petroleum (TPAO), marking a new milestone for the Black Sea gas development…

Lloyd’s Register Approves Wison’s Internal Turret FPSO Concept

May 08, 2026

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Wison New Energies for a harsh-environment floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) design featuring an internal turret mooring system.The FPSO concept is aimed at offshore developments in demanding metocean conditions…

Aker Solutions Gets FEED Job from Equinor for North Sea Gas Discovery

May 05, 2026

Equinor has awarded Aker Solutions a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to prepare the Kvitebjørn platform for production from the Atlantis subsea tie-in project in the North Sea.Atlantis is a gas condensate discovery located about…

Deepwater’s Playbook for Delivering Growth

Apr 23, 2026

Deepwater production continues to remain a core part of the long-term energy supply mix. While production from conventional onshore and shallow-water assets is expected to remain broadly flat under our base case, Welligence estimates that global…

Offshore CCS Moves to Reality with Agogo FPSO Pilot

Mar 30, 2026

Yinson Production has started operating a pilot carbon capture and storage (CCS) unit on the Agogo floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel offshore Angola, which is deemed the world’s first post-combustion CO2 capture plant installed on an offshore facility…

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