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US District Court rules Biden offshore drilling ban illegal
United States District Court judge rules that drilling ban exceeded powers granted under Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
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Andrew Offshore Platform Decommissioning
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ONE GUYANA FPSO
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Noble drillships win bp contracts for work in US Gulf
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FLNG vessel
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Oct. 2, 2025
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Offshore equipment on the coast of the Persian Gulf at the Saudi Arabia port
Low development costs and a deep pipeline of projects give the Middle East a competitive edge, ensuring its share of global offshore supply climbs to nearly half by 2030.
Oct. 2, 2025
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SmartPad on red pipe network
Six years into its application, the SmartPad System shows promising results in corrosion prevention and noise reduction, with operators continuing to monitor long-term structural...
Oct. 1, 2025
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Well control technologies going electric, digital
Greater need for precision being driven by deepwater, HP/HT environments.
Sept. 18, 2025
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Sept. 12, 2025

Regional Reports

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P-78 FPSO at the offshore Búzios Field
Petrobras has taken delivery of the FPSO P-78, which will now undergo installation and further commissioning at the Búzios Field in Brazil’s presalt Santos Basin.
Oct. 2, 2025
Courtesy Bifrost
offshore Harald Field operations
CarbonVault has agreed to join the TotalEnergies-led CCS project in the Danish North Sea, designed to transport and store industrial CO2 emissions in depleted gas/oil fields or...
Oct. 2, 2025
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offshore Deepsea Mira rig
Rhino Resources has drilled a third discovery well this year in the PEL 85 license in Namibia’s deepwater Orange Basin. The well is said to have encountered high-yield gas-condensate...
Oct. 1, 2025
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West Africa map
The African offshore oil sector is experiencing significant growth with Eni expanding its deepwater exploration in Côte d’Ivoire, BW Energy exploring farm-in opportunities in ...
Oct. 1, 2025

Pipelines

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Map of Offshore Victory Field Development
The single-well subsea development, approved early in 2024, will produce up to 150,000 MMcf/d of gas.
Sept. 30, 2025
Courtesy Øyvind Hagen/Equinor
Troll B
Equinor should shortly start exporting gas from the Troll B platform in the North Sea via a newly installed pipeline connected to the existing Kvitebjørn gas export system.
Sept. 25, 2025
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Chevron and Israel to build gas pipeline from the Leviathan field to Egypt
Nitzana pipeline expected to start moving gas to Egyptian markets starting in 2028.
Sept. 19, 2025
Courtesy Vallourec LinkedIn
Petrobras chooses Vallourec to support offshore OCTG projects
Vallourec has been awarded a multi-year contract by Petrobras valued at up to $1 billion to supply offshore oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from 2026 to 2029, including seamless...
Sept. 12, 2025

Vessels

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Deepwater Atlas drillship
bp and Petrobras have taken up options to extend their contracts with Transocean for two drillships that have been working in the US Gulf and offshore Brazil.
Oct. 2, 2025
Courtesy Petrofac
Northern Endeavour FPSO
Intermoor, a subsidiary of Acteon, will provide a temporary mooring system for the FPSO Northern Endeavour.
Oct. 1, 2025
Courtesy DeepOcean
Edda Freya construction vessel
Equinor has commissioned DeepOcean for multiple installation activities next summer at the Åsgard and Visund fields offshore Norway.
Sept. 30, 2025
Courtesy MODEC
Map of Hammerhead FPSO location offshore Guyana
ExxonMobil has commissioned MODEC to supply its second FPSO for the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.
Sept. 30, 2025

Rigs

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offshore jackup rig
Seatrium Offshore Technology and Cochin Shipyard in India aim to jointly offer their respective offshore engineering and fabrication strengths for maintenance and overhaul projects...
Sept. 25, 2025
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Transocean looks to divest five stacked rigs
Four drillships may already be sold; company also looking to unload one semi.
Sept. 24, 2025
Courtesy Pharos Energy
Map of TGT Field offshore Vietnam
Pharos Energy will shortly start drilling six wells on its producing TGT and CNV fields offshore Vietnam, with a view to potentially increasing production.
Sept. 24, 2025
Courtesy Seatrium
Seatrium divests AmFELS yard in South Texas
Seatrium has sold the shipyard to Karpower Valley LLC for $50.6 million.
Sept. 23, 2025

Renewable Energy

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Offshore wind farm near the Netherlands
TGS/4C’s latest overview of offshore wind activity has found a mixed picture. Governments and developers generally are more cautious about new auction rounds and the associated...
Oct. 2, 2025
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global offshore wind news roundup
The offshore wind sector sees rapid growth with Cadeler deploying the Wind Ally vessel for Hornsea 3, DEME securing Taiwan's Formosa 4 contract and Semco Maritime signing a multi...
Sept. 26, 2025
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Map of Centre Manche 1 & 2 offshore wind areas
ToatlEnergies will operate the 1.5-GW Centre Manche 2 wind farm development offshore Normandy and plans to take FID on the $5.3 billion project in 2029, after completing engineering...
Sept. 24, 2025
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Offshore wind turbines
Latest news in the offshore energy sector could be signaling continued momentum across the global offshore wind value chain.
Sept. 23, 2025