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Saipem uses its deepwater and shallow-water, offshore drilling and installation fleets to support upstream developments during the preliminary assessments, exploration and production release of conventional and unconventional reserves.

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Eni hires Saipem for intensive subsea construction program at Baleine offshore Côte d’Ivoire
Duties include construction and installation of rigid export pipelines and T&I of the subsea production systems and risers.
July 27, 2026
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Saipem 7000 crane vessel's Neptun Deep installation
The milestone moves OMV Petrom's Black Sea gas development closer to first production in 2027.
July 23, 2026
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The Saipem/PT Tripatra joint venture will build and install the vessel in an estimated four-year timeframe.
July 7, 2026
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Five jackups owned or leased by the Saudi-based operation are included in the package.
June 24, 2026
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Neptun Deep Gas jacket sails away from shipyard
The Saipem 7000 crane vessel will install the structure at the gas project’s platform location in the Black Sea.
June 16, 2026
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Liza Unity FPSO
Assuming ExxonMobil and its partners take FID on this eighth project in the deepwater Stabroek Block, Saipem would have full EPCI responsibility for the subsea spread.
April 30, 2026
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Flatfish underwater inspection drone
Petrobras gave developer Saipem the go-ahead following successful tests in Italy.
March 27, 2026
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Castorone vessel completed trunkline installation
The 65-km, 48-inch trunkline will be fabricated in Dammam, with Saipem vessels performing the subsequent offshore installation.
Feb. 25, 2026
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Saipem has launched its Drilling Training Centre
The new center’s full-scale simulator is designed to replicate operations on an offshore drilling rig, with a special focus on instruction for deepwater tasks.
Jan. 21, 2026
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Perro Negro 7 jackup rig
The Perro Negro 7 jackup rig has restarted drilling operations for Aramco after its long-term contract was put on hold for a year in 2024.
Jan. 12, 2026

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subsea hydrogen pipelines
RINA has awarded Saipem certifications for the performance qualification methodology of materials used in assembling subsea pipelines for transporting gaseous hydrogen.
Aug. 9, 2024
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Saipem and Curtiss-Wright achieve new subsea processing milestone
Saipem and Curtiss-Wright have completed qualification to Technology Readiness Level 4 (TRL 4) of an all-electric seabed barrier fluid-less pump.
July 30, 2024
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GreenStream BV has contracted Saipem to provide supervision and subsea intervention services for the GreenStream pipeline in the Mediterranean Sea.
July 19, 2024
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Saudi Aramco said its objective in developing the Manifa oil field was to produce 900,000 bbl/d of Arabian heavy crude oil. By July 2013, the project’s first milestone of 500,000 bbl/d was achieved.
Saudi Aramco has awarded Saipem two new offshore projects in Saudi Arabia, under the two companies’ long-term agreement arrangement.
July 15, 2024
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One person was injured following completion of a drilling task, related to equipment handling during retrieval of a riser.
July 9, 2024
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ZPMC, the Chinese state-owned port, has staged a ceremony to mark completion of the JSD6000, an offshore construction and pipelay vessel.
May 31, 2024
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Saipem's Castorone has a pipelaying capacity of triple joint 12 M or double joint 18 M, ad a pipe size up to 48'' (60'' including coating).
Saipem has won a 2024 Spotlight on New Technology Award at OTC for its Integrate Acoustic Unit (I.A.U.)
May 7, 2024
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Work scope entails EPCI activities for the subsea production system.
April 15, 2024
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Saipem has received the go-ahead from NOPSEMA that the Castorone vessel resume pipelay for Woodside Energy’s Scarborough gas field development offshore Australia.
Feb. 13, 2024
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Saipem has issued a further update on yesterday’s pipelay incident related to the Scarborough gas field development offshore Western Australia.
Jan. 31, 2024

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Saipem nets multiple pipelay, topsides and drilling contracts
Contract haul includes work for Turkish Petroleum, Saudi Aramco, and Aker BP.
Jan. 2, 2026
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Brazilian regulators express concern over proposed Subsea7-Saipem merger
Brazil’s antitrust agency CADE has asked the two firms to provide new data, according to Reuters.
Dec. 4, 2025
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Deep Value Driller drillship
The new programs offshore Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Libya and Indonesia involve two deepwater drillships and one semisubmersible rig.
Oct. 22, 2025
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FDS2 J-lay vessel offshore Guyana
The Yellowtail development offshore Guyana saw Saipem deliver EPCI services of the SURF system, with ongoing support from vessels like Normand Samson for pre-commissioning and...
Aug. 18, 2025
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Saipem has completed pipeline installation for Equinor's Irpa project in the Norwegian Sea.
Saipem’s Castorone construction vessel has installed the subsea pipeline for Equinor’s Irpa project in the Norwegian Sea.
Aug. 1, 2025
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Saipem has been awarded a contract by Eni to manage a conversion program for the Liverpool Bay CCS project.
April 28, 2025
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Saipem has been awarded subsea EPCI contracts offshore the Middle East and Guyana for a total amount of about $720 million.
April 2, 2025
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Saipem, Divento sign collaboration agreement for floating wind offshore Italy
The collaboration will work toward making the STAR 1 floating wind system ready for projects offshore Sicily and Sardinia.
March 5, 2025
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Saipem’s pipelay vessel Castorone
Saipem’s pipelay vessel Castorone should by now have reached the deepwater Sakarya gas field on the Turkish sector of the Black Sea.
Jan. 2, 2025
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Saipem, Shell offshore Nigeria contract worth about $900 million
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Co. (SNEPCo) has awarded Saipem a subsea EPCI contract for the deepwater Bonga North development.
Dec. 19, 2024
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The Saipem yard in yard in Karimun, Indonesia.
The $1.12-billion contract includes CCS-related work on the Ubadari field offshore Indonesia.
Nov. 28, 2024
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The waste-to-energy plant makes it possible to dispose of a variety of waste through combustion, according to Gruppo Hera. The heat this generates is used to produce thermal energy and electricity.
The EU Innovation Fund will provide close to €24 million ($25.87 million) in funding for the Hera Group/Saipem CO2 capture project in Italy.
Oct. 23, 2024