Offshore Magazine

It’s useful to highlight the benefit of edge-based analytics here, something we’ll be demonstrating at ADIPEC with our COEX cameras. Here, the analytics run within the camera itself, rather than …

Offshore: As offshore operations become increasingly digitalized, how do you see workforce requirements changing, and what skills will be most valuable for future wellsite personnel? Geddes: Future wellsite personnel will …

By Chris Kleinhans, OEG Middle East Daily transits through the Strait of Hormuz have fallen by more than 90% since the Middle East conflict began in February, regularly dropping into …

Offshore: How are offshore drilling contractors using multi-orbit networks to improve reliability and continuity of communications for mission-critical operations? Austen: The important change is that multiple links can be managed …

Bruce Beaubouef, Managing Editor Pipelay contractors have introduced several practical innovations in offshore pipelay over the past 2–3 years (roughly 2023–early 2026), focused on automation, safety, efficiency, sustainability, and monitoring. …

As drilling activity accelerates across the Middle East, operators are facing increasing pressure to boost production, reduce emissions and control costs. According to Aslaksen, processing drilling waste at source can …

Results from a new appraisal well on the 2008 Afrodite gas-condensate discovery in the Norwegian North Sea suggest recoverable volumes could be more than double previous estimates, Equinor and DNO …

By Kim Vikshåland, SLB Located in the Barents Sea about 85 km northwest of Hammerfest, the Goliat Field, with water depths ranging from 320 m to 420 m, is the …

Eni has started gas production from the Maha Field in Indonesia's Kutei Basin offshore East Kalimantan, 21 months after reaching final investment decision (FID). The field is located in the …

TotalEnergies says that it has signed a farm-out agreement to sell to South Atlantic Petroleum Limited (SAPETRO) a 40% participating interest in block OPL257, offshore Nigeria. Upon completion of this …

Seatrium reports that it has secured a major FPSO integration contract valued at over S$200 million from SBM Offshore N.V. Under the contract awarded, Seatrium’s scope of work comprises the …

Tullow Oil has commissioned DeepOcean for a riser re-termination program at the deepwater Jubilee Field offshore Ghana. The gas-lift riser connects the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah to the field’s subsea production …

Carigali-PTTEPI Operating Co. has issued a letter of award to Energy Drilling for a 30-month offshore drilling program in the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area. Value of the firm contract period …

ABS has granted Hanwha Ocean approval in principle (AIP) for its standardized floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) design. By developing a design that can be implemented for multiple projects, Hanwha …

Shell Offshore Inc. has announced the start of production at Phase 3 of the Silvertip project in the Alaminos Canyon area, which is now delivering production from two new wells …

An ROV has located the bodies of three individuals reported lost when the jackup Prospector 5 sank offshore Gabon last Saturday, Borr Drilling has confirmed. Of the 115 personnel on …

By Alessio Tarantini, RINA Digital technology is changing the way offshore assets are designed, inspected, monitored and operated. Automated analysis can process information far more quickly than traditional methods, while …

Equinor and Aker BP have agreed to collaborate to develop tight offshore reservoirs on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). They will target application of emerging technologies, standardization and greater scale …

Ahead of ADIPEC 2026, NMDC Group has outlined how it is applying artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous technologies across offshore marine and subsea operations, pointing to growing opportunities to improve …

Baker Hughes and Saipem have confirmed contract awards from Eni for the deepwater Cronos gas development offshore Cyprus as well as other projects offshore West Africa and Indonesia. For Cronos, …

PT Petroleum Energi (Prima Energy) has acquired a 28.3% stake in Singapore-based E&P company Jadestone Energy. This followed a review of Jadestone’s projects and field developments offshore Western Australia, Malaysia, …

The Far Commander will be the first vessel to work on in the project, with two further vessels due to participate. Survey operations will cover the Denise area offshore Port …

INPEX Browse E&P and partners TotalEnergies and Woodside Energy have started front-end engineering design (FEED) work for the Bonaparte Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in northern Australia. The planned …

PTTEP subsidiary PTTEP MENA and Eni Abu Dhabi have formed Seela Energies to manage their respective 10% interests in the Ghasha Concession Project offshore Abu Dhabi. They have obtained all …

Keppel subsidiary Rigco Holding and Seatrium have agreed to jointly complete construction of four offshore rigs owned by RigCo, under an existing master services arrangement between the two parties. The …

1. Barrier qualification Barrier qualification should be based on evidence, not on the lowest-cost assumption. A mature well may appear to offer several options, including existing cement, a natural formation …

Eni has signed main engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) and drilling contracts for the deepwater Cronos gas field development offshore southern Cyprus. The awards, which signify the start of the project's …

Woodside has agreed to sell its 33.4% interest in the Sunrise joint venture, including the Greater Sunrise fields offshore Timor-Leste, to the state-owned oil and gas company TIMOR GAP. Subject …

SLB OneSubsea has completed the Brazil All-Electric Joint Industry Project, a collaboration with TotalEnergies, Equinor, bp and Chevron aimed at advancing fully electric subsea production technologies for deepwater developments in …

The Subsea Wireless Group (SWiG) has released SWiGoptical Level 1, a new industry specification designed to enable interoperability between subsea free-space optical communication devices from different manufacturers. The protocol establishes …

In Uruguay, the Noble BlackHawk will drill one well for Apache Corp. on Block OFF-6, which the company operates in partnership with Eni. The 50-day program is due to start …

Equinor and Aker BP have agreed to collaborate to develop tight offshore reservoirs on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). They will target application of emerging technologies, standardization and greater scale …

BP and its partners have marked the 20th anniversary since first oil flowed from the East Azeri platform in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea. The facility is part …

TGS has extended a digital operations agreement with Aker BP for Norway’s Yggdrasil development while launching major seismic reprocessing programs offshore Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau aimed at improving exploration and …

Saipem and Modern Drilling Co. (MDC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to investigate collaboration opportunities in offshore drilling. The initial focus would be on Egypt, where MDC operates three …

1947 Oil & Gas plc, the newly formed oil and gas production company focused on aggregating and redeveloping assets in the United States Gulf Coast and US Gulf of Mexico, …

ScottishPower Renewables has completed a subsea drilling and duct pull-in operation at its £4-billion ($5.35 billion) East Anglia TWO offshore wind development in the UK southern North Sea. The program, …

Decision-making during gas events The sharpest readings of the campaign came not from benzene but from H 2 S. When fluid returned from one well’s B annulus during attempted circulation …

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Borr Drilling’s Prospector 5 jackup drilling rig sank late on Saturday, October 24, 2026, off the coast of Mayumba, Gabon, during jacking and preload operations. Of the 115 personnel on …

Allum Engineering will supply the gas balcony for ECOnnect Energy’s IQuay F-Class jettyless LNG transfer system for a gas import terminal in Colombia. The IQuay technology is said to enable …

Kumagai Gumi has become the second Japanese company to join the floating offshore wind demonstrator project DemoSATH project, developed by Saitec Offshore Technologies. Kansai Electric Power Company Co. (KEPCO) is …

Karpowership has contracted Seatrium to develop, convert and integrate five hydrogen-ready Whale Class Powerships. The full work scope covers equipment integration, mechanical completion and pre-commissioning works. Engineering is under way, …

The installation of the offshore substations (OSS) Darß and Zingst in the German Baltic Sea has been successfully completed, according to developer Skyborn Renewables. The substations will be key components …

Three of Australia’s leading E&P companies have issued updates on their field development and decommissioning projects in the country’s major offshore basins. Woodside: Browse, Scarborough and Pluto projects progress Woodside …

Aker BP and Höegh Evi have secured EU funding of EUR223 million (US$250.2 million) for their planned Atlas Project, a carbon capture and storage (CCS) network that would transport CO …

Equinor, on behalf of its partners has awarded Aibel a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study contract for the topsides of the Wisting floating production vessel in the Barents Sea. …

UK Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh is reportedly “minded” to reject the Rosebank oilfield after approving the smaller Jackdaw gas field, though no final decision has been made. On Oct. 21, …

Viridien has started Phase 1 of a regional 3D seismic reimaging project offshore Guyana, covering more than 10,000 sq km of existing seismic data across the Kaieteur, Canje, Kanuku and …

Masirah Oil Ltd. (MOL) has started operations on the first well in its 2026 infill drilling campaign at the offshore Yumna Field in Oman. The Yumna Field, located in Block …