As part of its development of remote subsea capabilities, ocean services provider DeepOcean has performed its first subsea intervention project with offshore management based onshore. The operation was performed at Aker BP’s Idun Nord field in the Norwegian Sea and included a work-class remotely ope
Energy technology company Baker Hughes and Dutch thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) manufacturer Strohm are developing a hybrid flexible pipe (HFP) for ultradeepwater risers and flowline applications that will be half as heavy as a conventional flexible pipe. Under an inked memorandum of understandi
Norwegian DOF Group is set to construct four ROV support vessels (RSVs) that will be deployed for respective 12-year charter/service contracts with Brazilian oil & gas giant Petrobras. Following a competitive tender process, DOF has been awarded the long-term contracts with Petrobras, with a value c
Bermuda-incorporated offshore drilling contractor Valaris has secured new rig assignments and contract extensions in Brazil, Brunei, Indonesia, and the UK and Dutch sectors of the North Sea.
Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) has disclosed the go-ahead for the production individualization agreements (AIPs) for shared reservoirs in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin.
U.S.-headquartered oil and gas exploration and production company Kosmos Energy and its partner, Shell, are planning to spud a prospect in the Gulf of America (U.S. Gulf of Mexico) next year.
Saipem’s 165-meter-long pipelay vessel Castoro 10 has begun the construction of an offshore pipeline in the Romanian part of the Black Sea that will transport natural gas from an offshore production platform to shore as part of the Neptun Deep project. With estimated investments of up to €4 billion,
Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has shed light on the expanded award in pre-defined areas 2026 (APA 2026) round for oil and gas exploration activity, encompassing the predefined areas on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) with blocks in the North Sea, Norwegian Sea, and Barents Sea.
Subsea7 has awarded Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist EnerMech with a subsea pre-commissioning contract for what is described as the first ultra-deepwater oil development in Mexico. EnerMech will deploy its pre‑commissioning spreads and will deliver flooding, cleaning, gauging,
Norway-based energy services provider Aker Solutions has lined up a new front-end engineering and design (FEED) assignment for a gas condensate subsea tie-in development project in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea with the country’s state-owned energy giant Equinor.
DOF Group has secured a contract valued at between $25 million and $50 million for subsea commissioning services in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region which will begin next year. The contract, defined as substantial, will see the deployment of the construction support vessel (CSV) Skandi Inventor for th
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has brought online a subsea tie-back development in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, unleashing more gas supplies for the European market.
Texas-headquartered offshore energy services company Helix Energy Solutions is divesting its shallow water abandonment business, stating that the move furthers its strategic focus on deepwater operations. Helix Energy Solutions is selling all of the equity interests of its Gulf of America-focused Sh
Norway’s Reach Subsea is set to charter a Solstad construction support vessel (CSV) for deployment in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region as part of its commitment under a newly secured letter of intent (LOI). Reach Subsea’s new LOI is for a contract covering inspection, maintenance, and repair (
