Offshore Engineer

Shell has agreed to sell a 20% stake in its Orca project offshore Brazil to Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC), the oil major said on Tuesday. Shell will maintain …

Seatrium has completed divested its AmFELS Yard located at Brownsville in Texas to Karpower Valley, a related party of Karpowership. The divestment, first announced in September 2025, will allow Seatrium …

Offshore seismic services firm Shearwater Geoservices has secured a 3D seismic acquisition contract by Eni, covering the PSC TL SO 22-23 area in the Timor Sea. The project comprises approximately …

Singaporean shipbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered a 27-meter crew transfer vessel (CTV) to a Taiwanese company for offshore wind operations in Taiwan. The vessel is based on Strategic Marine’s StratCat …

Fugro has been awarded a contract to carry out geotechnical surveys for the NordSee Energies 1 offshore wind farm being developed by TotalEnergies in the German North Sea. The surveys …

Vard, the Norwegian subsidiary of the Fincantieri Group, has delivered the second Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) to Windward Offshore, named Windward Paris. The naming ceremony was held at the …

A U.S. Federal Court has granted the preliminary injunction sought by Ørsted for the suspension order issued by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), allowing the restart of the …

"In 2025, India’s oil imports from Russia made up 33% of the country’s total seaborne oil imports and 25% of Russia’s seaborne oil exports. A new trade agreement between the …

Akrake Petroleum Benin, an indirect subsidiary of Rex International Holding, has completed drilling of the AK-2H horizontal production well at the Sèmè Field offshore Benin. The AK-2H well was drilled …

Kuwait's prime minister Ahmad Abdullah al-Ahmad al-Sabah said on Tuesday that Kuwait Petroleum Corporation plans to invite international oil companies to assist Kuwait Oil Company in developing recently announced offshore …

Libya plans to boost its natural gas production in the next five years to have more supply available for export to Europe by early 2030, National Oil Corporation Chairman Massoud …

RWE and Amazon have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) covering 110 MW of electricity from RWE’s Nordseecluster B offshore wind project in the German North Sea. The agreement builds …

Provider of energy data and intelligence TGS has secured a 4D streamer acquisition contract in the North Sea, offshore Norway. A Ramform vessel is scheduled to mobilize for the survey …

A U.S. judge on Monday will consider a request from Danish energy company Orsted to block the Trump administration's halt on its Sunrise Wind project off the coast of New …

Dominion Energy has completed the installation of the first offshore wind turbine for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, the largest such project in the United States. In a …

China-based offshore wind foundations manufacturer Dajin Heavy Industry and Spanish industrial group Zima Equity Investments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop an offshore wind foundations manufacturing …

MOL Group has entered into a new strategic partnership with Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC), setting the foundation for cooperation in hydrocarbons exploration, technological innovation and crude trading. The companies …

The HSI Joint Venture, comprising HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and engineering company Iv, has rolled out the topside of OSS Zingst at HSM Offshore Energy’s yard in Schiedam. The milestone …

Norwegian marine seismic survey services firm Seabird Exploration, a wholly owned subsidiary of SED Energy Holdings, has signed a contract extension for OBN source work for its Eagle Explorer vessel. …

Oil and gas firms Equinor and Vår Energi have awarded Bristow a new, long-term contract for helicopter transportation and search and rescue (SAR) services for their Barent Sea assets. The …

Specialist provider of crew transfer solutions to the offshore wind industry Tidal Transit has unveiled the latest addition to its growing fleet of purpose-build crew transfer vessels (CTVs). The new …

Norwegian oil and gas firm Aker BP has started oil production from the Solveig Phase 2 development in the North Sea. The project has been delivered on schedule and within …

McDermott has secured a decommissioning definition engineering contract by QatarEnergy for Qatar’s inaugural offshore decommissioning initiative. Under the contract scope, McDermott will develop a comprehensive technical and commercial framework and …

Energy data and intelligence firm TGS has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with North Africa Geophysical Company (NAGECO), a subsidiary of the Libya National Oil Corporation (NOC), marking an …

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company has begun planned maintenance on its Bonga deepwater oil vessel, a move that will temporarily cut Nigeria’s oil export capacity by about 225,000 barrels …

U.S. oil and gas major Chevron said on Friday turnarounds and downtime are expected to reduce its upstream production by 185,000 to 225,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in …

Dominion Energy said on Friday the total project costs for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind have increased to roughly $11.5 billion from $11.2 billion. The changes in estimated costs reflect …

MODEC has signed a statement of strategic intent with Eld Energy and Delta Electronics to collaborate on the development of a solid oxide fuel cell power generation system for offshore …

Equinor has exercised a one-year priced option for Seadrill’s ultra-deepwater drillship West Saturn for operations offshore Brazil. The exercised option adds $114 million to contract backlog and extends the original …

Conrad Asia Energy and its subsidiary West Natuna Exploration have signed a binding term sheet with Empyrean Energy to settle historical cash call arrears related to the Duyung Production Sharing …

Offshore drilling contractor Northern Offshore has secured a contract for its Energy Emerger jack-up rig for a drilling operation at Yumna field, offshore Oman. Rex International’s indirect subsidiary Masirah Oil …

Subsea7 has secured a sizeable contract by Shell for the Kaikias Waterflood project, a deepwater development in the Mars-Ursa Basin, off the Louisiana coast in the United States. The scope …

Seaway7, part of Subsea7, has secured a substantial contract by OWP Gennaker, part of Skyborn Renewables, for the Gennaker offshore wind farm in Germany. Seaway7's scope of work includes the …

Malaysia's state energy firm Petronas said on Thursday it will ramp up exploration and production over the next three years to strengthen domestic energy security. Petronas said it aims to …

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French Finance Minister Roland Lescure called a draft law proposing to allow offshore oil and gas exploration in its overseas territories "anachronistic" during a debate in the country's Senate on …

Mozambique and TotalEnergies formally restarted the French energy major's $20 billion liquefied natural gas project in the country at a ceremony on Thursday, nearly five years after it was put …

The consortium of Semco Maritime and PTSC Mechanical & Construction has started fabrication work on the Formosa 4 offshore substation, marking a key construction milestone for the 495 MW offshore …

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea. The permit is for wellbore 25/7-13 in production license 782 S. …

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has completed the sale of five jack-up drilling rigs to Borr Drilling for $360 million. Under the transaction, Noble generated approximately $210 million in cash …

Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras PETR4.SA said on Wednesday its estimated proven reserves of oil, condensate and natural gas rose to 12.1 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in 2025, …

Worley has been selected by Equinor to enter into a framework agreement to provide offshore support services for selected oil and gas facilities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The framework …

Lukoil had agreed to sell most of its foreign assets, estimated to be worth around $22 billion, to U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group pending approval from the U.S. government, …

GE Vernova said on Wednesday that its wind power unit might take about $250 million revenue hit this year due to installation delays at an offshore Massachusetts project and that …

Offshore wind installation contractor Cadeler has signed a preferred supplier agreement with an undisclosed client for the transportation and installation (T&I) of monopiles and transition pieces at a large offshore …

Gulf Marine Services (GMS), a provider of jack-up support vessels to the offshore energy industry, has received a variation order from a major national oil company in the Middle East …

Norwegian oil and gas firm OKEA and its partners have discovered petroleum in the North Sea, off Norway. The well was drilled from the Brage installation, and the discovery was …

German transmission system operator 50Hertz and offshore wind developer Skyborn Renewables have signed a platform cooperation agreement that clears the way for the commissioning of the Gennaker offshore wind farm …

Tanzania expects to sign before June a deal for its stalled project to construct a $42 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, a senior government minister said on Monday, with …

A federal judge on Tuesday allowed Vineyard Wind to resume work on its Massachusetts offshore wind project, which President Donald Trump's administration halted along with four other projects last month. …