Offshore's Top 10 stories of 2025

Explore the Top 10 stories of 2025 that highlight the major breakthroughs and challenges faced by the offshore energy sector.
Dec. 30, 2025
As 2025 comes to a close, Offshore reflects on a year defined by technological breakthroughs, policy and regulatory shifts, sustainability milestones and operational challenges. These Top 10 stories (ranked by page views on our website) capture the innovations and strategies shaping the future of offshore energy worldwide and how the industry is navigating complexity and driving progress. Per usual, the majority of Offshore's readers have shown a significant interest in the Gulf of Mexico.

#1

Courtesy The White House
Trump reaffirms commitment to ‘Gulf of America’ name change
But Offshore will keep to ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for the foreseeable future.
Feb. 11, 2025

 

#2

Courtesy Noble Corp.
Noble Viking drillship
Noble Corp. has confirmed 'incident involving loss of life' on its drillship offshore Malaysia was an employee of a third-party contractor.
April 9, 2025

 

#3

Courtesy Offshore and MAPSearch
2025 Gulf of Mexico map
Offshore highlights crude and natural gas fields in the US Gulf of Mexico as well as pipeline and lease operators.
Jan. 27, 2025

 

#4

Courtesy BSEE
Biden issues executive order banning offshore drilling in 625 million ocean acres
The order does not affect the central and western parts of the Gulf of Mexico.
Jan. 6, 2025

 

#5

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Leading investment bankers are looking to engineer a merger
Creating one national British champion would give the companies the scale needed to compete against rivals, say analysts.
Feb. 21, 2025

 

#6

Courtesy Eni
Coral South FLNG vessel
More operators are looking to ‘design one, build two’ to maintain capital efficiency.
March 10, 2025

 

#7

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Three workers dead in the wake of Angola platform fire
The fire occurred while Chevron’s BBLT platform was undergoing scheduled maintenance.

 

#8

Courtesy Dongfang Electric Company
China tests ‘world’s largest’ offshore wind turbine
With a hub height of 185 meters, the turbine will be equivalent to a 63-story skyscraper.

 

#9

Courtesy Port of Corpus Christi and Kiewit Offshore Services Ltd.
Salamanca FPU
LLOG also reports that initial well operations at Leon and Castile have been completed.
Jan. 9, 2025

 

#10

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Trump tariffs may already be impacting the offshore oil and gas industry
New duties and fees are expected to add about 2-5% to overall project costs in the US Gulf of Mexico.
April 3, 2025

 

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About the Author

Ariana Hurtado

Editor-in-Chief

With more than a decade of copy editing, project management and journalism experience, Ariana Hurtado is a seasoned managing editor born and raised in the energy capital of the world—Houston, Texas. She currently serves as editor-in-chief of Offshore, overseeing the editorial team, its content and the brand's growth from a digital perspective. 

Utilizing her editorial expertise, she manages digital media for the Offshore team. She also helps create and oversee new special industry reports and revolutionizes existing supplements, while also contributing content to Offshore's magazine, newsletters and website as a copy editor and writer. 

Prior to her current role, she served as Offshore's editor and director of special reports from April 2022 to December 2024. Before joining Offshore, she served as senior managing editor of publications with Hart Energy. Prior to her nearly nine years with Hart, she worked on the copy desk as a news editor at the Houston Chronicle.

She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Houston.

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