Offshore Magazine

Late-life drilling, surveillance and well interventions can all be opportunities to close gaps in historical well and overburden data, she suggested. Other unknowns such as shallow gas, zones of limited …

Official opening for North Sea Project Greensand CCS project INEOS and its partners have opened the EU’s first full-scale facility for transport and permanent offshore storage of CO 2 , …

Vallourec has secured supply contracts for offshore energy projects in Brazil and Greece, covering both deepwater oil and gas infrastructure and carbon storage development. The company will provide line pipe …

Drawing on lessons from projects including WindFloat Atlantic in Portugal, Kincardine in Scotland and Provence Grand Large in France, Campbell-Smith told Offshore that the sector now has valuable operational experience …

Sonangol, partners address Pacassa SW well obstruction offshore Angola Sonangol plans to sidetrack the Pacassa SW well in Block 3/05 offshore Angola to enable running of completion equipment. The well, …

Offshore drilling and development activity continued to advance across several regions, with new rig contracts, contract extensions and a major rig conversion project adding momentum to operators' development plans. Offshore …

Skyborn Renewables has achieved financial close for its 976.5-MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The project ranks among the larger offshore wind developments currently progressing in …

By Céline Gerson, Fugro For years, the conversation around remote and autonomous operations centered on one question: Does it work safely and reliably in real-world conditions? When it comes to …

The Cronos discovery in Block 6 is part of a series of significant gas finds made by Eni offshore southern Cyprus. The project is among several Eastern Mediterranean developments being …

MODEC has provided an update on its Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) power systems development for FPSOs, a collaboration with Eld Energy. What does the qualification milestone mean? The duo …

The industry has also developed contracting strategies, execution models and operating philosophies that make multibillion-dollar investments in remote offshore environments possible. Floating wind should adapt many of these lessons rather …

Some of the world's most closely watched offshore exploration opportunities are emerging off Brazil's coast. In this exclusive pre-ROG.e 2026 interview, TGS CEO Kristian Johansen discusses how new seismic data …

Africa Energy, via its investment in Main Street 1549, has submitted a new environmental authorization (EA) application for development of the Brulpadda and Luiperd gas-condensate discoveries in Block 11B/12B offshore …

The way shipyards have approached these assets reinforces the divide. In Singapore, completion has largely been concentrated on rigs close to delivery or supported by clearer commercial visibility. Keppel’s Can-Do …

Petrobras has contracted Strohm to supply thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) for its Brazilian offshore post-salt cluster fields. The terms include qualification testing, project engineering, field services and support for offshore …

Borr Drilling and Saipem have each finalized drilling-business divestments that transfer operational responsibilities to partners while preserving access to active jackup fleets. Borr exits Mexican joint ventures while retaining jackup …

Q10-A enters decommissioning phase Kistos Holdings plans to cease production from the Q10-A Field in the Dutch North Sea by the end of next year, according to the company’s latest …

SED Energy Holdings and Ventura Offshore Holding have provisionally agreed to a merger. They have signed a letter of intent for an all-share combination, under which Energy Holdings would remain …

Offshore : Since the Seatrium Professorship at the NUS College of Design and Engineering was established in 2023 , what offshore-related research has it supported? Merchant: The Seatrium Professorship provides …

The sector continues to expand despite economic and policy headwinds largely beyond its control; its inherent benefits are seeing the sector through the natural challenges of an expanding industry. Offshore …

Azule Energy has awarded contracts to Saipem and SLB OneSubsea for the West Hub Tails project offshore Angola, advancing plans to connect new subsea infrastructure and transfer production from four …

PETRONAS Carigali subsidiary PC JDA, and co-venturer PTTEP JDX Thailand, have secured approvals for a new production sharing contract (PSC) for offshore Block A-18-01 in the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area …

Bruce Beaubouef, Managing Editor Major deepwater operators in the US Gulf of Mexico are electrifying more of their floating production units. The shift is often framed as a carbon-intensity story. …

United Oil & Gas (UOG) has appointed NRG Well Management to conduct a drilling rig and long-lead availability study for its Walton-Morant exploration license offshore southern Jamaica. UOG’s main focus …

ONGC has awarded L&T Energy Hydrocarbon Offshore (LTEH Offshore) an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract for the Additional Development of Ratna-I (ADR I) and NLM-14 projects offshore …

Twenty-one E&P companies have submitted applications for Norway’s Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2026 round, announced on May 5. The annual APA process covers most areas already opened to exploration …

Vallourec has announced two initiatives aimed at strengthening its position in global offshore energy markets: a new agreement with Aramco to expand collaboration in Saudi Arabia and the start of …

New Fortress Energy has sold two cylindrical semisubmersible rigs it bought from Seadrill in 2022 for demolition, closing a four-year effort to convert the units into floating LNG liquefaction plants. …

The find is the 20th discovery in Block 15 over the past 30 years and the third in the block in the last four years. Block 15, one of Angola’s …

ABS has issued a Basic Design Review (BDR) certification to Hanwha Ocean for a standardized FPSO design developed for the South American and West African deepwater market, alongside related sustainability …

TotalEnergies has announced a new oil discovery on Angola's Block 17 and signed agreements to acquire operated interests in two additional exploration blocks in the Lower Congo Basin. The newly …

Saipem and Jan De Nul have signed a letter of intent (LOI) with ExxonMobil Moçambique Limitada, acting on behalf of Mozambique Rovuma Venture (MRV) and its Area 4 partners, for …

Odfjell Drilling has received a letter of award from Vår Energi for the use of the Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible rig under a three-year contract scheduled to begin in early 2028. …

The European Commission has paused its Phase II antitrust investigation into the proposed merger of Italian energy services group Saipem S.p.A. and Luxembourg-based Subsea7 S.A., stopping the regulatory clock while …

As reported by Reuters, the agreement was signed in Accra on September 1, 2026, at the opening of Africa Oil Week. It provides a framework for further technical and commercial …

TotalEnergies said Monday that it has cleared the last major commercial hurdles on the Papua LNG project and is now positioning the long-delayed project for a final investment decision, after …

Amplitude Energy has proven gas with its Juliet-1 exploration well in the Otway Basin, offshore Victoria. The semisubmersible Transocean Equinox drilled the well in the VIC/L24 permit, close to the …

EnQuest PLC is interested in acquiring bp’s UK North Sea oil and gas business, chief executive Amjad Bseisu told CNBC on September 3, 2026. Asked directly whether the company wanted …

Petronas, via Malaysia Petroleum Management, has appointed Iraya Energies to provide Agentic AI capabilities. These will support Petronas’ web-based myPROdata service, which offers access to subsurface and surface data concerning …

GOE Petrol Sanayi has contracted Saipem to perform commissioning services for the Osman Gazi Floating Production Unit, for the Phase 3 development of Turkish Petroleum’s Sakarya gas field in the …

CIMC Raffles has completed the hull of Petrobras FPSO P-84 at its Yantai yard, a milestone in one of Brazil’s largest new floating production units and in Petrobras’s push toward …

Ventura Offshore Holding has entered an agreement with Eldorado Drilling to perform marketing and operations management services for the ultradeepwaer drillship Deep Value Driller. In addition, Ventura Offshore has signed …

Eni has awarded McDermott a wide-ranging subsea contract covering the production facilities for the Cronos gas field development in Block 6 offshore southern Cyprus. McDermott will provide project management, engineering, …

Shearwater Geoservices and SLB have launched the Amapá 3D multi-client seismic survey to expand seismic coverage across northern Brazil's underexplored Equatorial Margin. The survey area offshore Amapá lies about 130 …

Long-term growth in offshore wind will depend not only on technological advances, but also on the industry's ability to lower costs, reduce risk and create more predictable investment environments. As …

Why is offshore different? Offshore assets may operate for years without access to shore-based infrastructure or waste reception facilities. Water and waste systems must therefore be designed to accommodate limited …

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a US Department of the Interior agreement that canceled a planned 2-gigawatt floating offshore …

Eni has signed, together with MIWEN (a wholly owned subsidiary of YPF) and the Uruguayan National Oil Company ANCAP, the official agreement for the entry in the OFF-5 exploration block …

The subsea sensor is a self-powered, externally mounted smart clamp that harvests thermal energy directly from the pipeline and eliminates the need for batteries, cables or pressure penetrations. The technology …

Are cycle times improving? Looking at the offshore oil and gas project market since 2014, the honest answer is not a single “yes” or “no.” Industry-wide, discovery-to-production lead times have …