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  • Volume 86, Issue 4, July/August 2026

    Top 10 Offshore Drillers

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    Ongoing wave of M&A reflects market desire for fewer contractors with stronger capabilities
    While much focus has been placed on drilling contractors, other offshore players are consolidating as well.
    July 13, 2026
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    The Gulf of Mexico's orphaned well challenge can be solved through responsible late-life stewardship
    Founder & CEO of Promethean Energy, Aditya Singh, shares lessons from executing orphaned well decommissioning projects in the Gulf of Mexico.
    July 9, 2026
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    Top 10 Offshore Drillers: ADES’ acquisition strategy lands it at top
    The industry is moving toward a leaner, more efficient rig fleet, and more consolidation is expected.
    July 2, 2026
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    Offshore wind power cable design graphic
    Integrated geo-data and site characterization are helping developers better understand complex ground conditions at offshore cable landfalls, enabling more confident route design...
    July 2, 2026
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    Double exposure of hand using a phone with digital icons with offshore oil and gas platform in background
    Intellectual property (IP) strategy is becoming an increasingly important factor in investor confidence, project valuation and risk management across offshore energy developments...
    June 30, 2026
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    Person using laptop with holographic data visualizations
    AIQ CEO Dennis Jol explains how operators are quantifying AI’s impact on breakeven, uptime and subsurface certainty and why lenders are starting to factor digital maturity into...
    June 26, 2026
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    platform specialist uses a tablet to monitor real-time production data and performance metrics
    Early-stage assurance and execution discipline are increasingly defining how offshore projects attract capital. Lloyd’s Register’s John Yates outlines how these factors—and not...
    June 24, 2026
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    Oil States LIWP
    A structured approach helps operators evaluate well condition, subsea constraints and lower-impact intervention options for late-life P&A campaigns.
    June 18, 2026
    Courtesy ABS
    A new design from SBM Offshore of an FPSO unit focused on the production of blue ammonia
    Industry makes practical progress on floating production platforms and ammonia-fueled ships even as broader energy transition ambitions are scaled back.
    June 18, 2026
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    FPSO Bacalhau
    Rising costs, tighter capital discipline and evolving investor expectations are pushing offshore project financing beyond traditional structures by putting life-cycle value, execution...
    June 16, 2026
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    Suriname emerges as a high-potential offshore E&P frontier
    The next two to three years could see development drilling and new project FIDs.
    June 11, 2026
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    CCS lander on the seabed
    The UK’s first offshore CCS monitoring initiative at Endurance involves deploying subsea sensors and autonomous systems to establish baseline environmental data.
    June 10, 2026