Texas-headquartered offshore energy services provider Helix Energy Solutions and Hornbeck Offshore Services, a Louisiana-headquartered supplier of offshore transport services, have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction, establishing what they say will become a pr
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the final environmental impact statement for proposed offshore well stimulation work at a platform off the coast of California, 28 days after the publication of the notice of intent. The final environmental impact statement evaluates DCO
Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has secured a multi-year contract with Apache North Sea Limited to decommission its platform wells and subsea wells in the Forties Field in the North Sea, inaugurated in 1975. Well-Safe Solutions will lead the contract across all w
Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist EnerMech has won a contract to deliver integrated topside process services across a portfolio of offshore assets on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The multi-year contract was awarded by a “leading UKCS operator”, EnerMech said on April 22. The
Bermuda-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Seadrill and U.S.-headquartered LLOG Exploration Company (LLOG), a subsidiary of London-listed oil & gas company Harbour Energy, have expanded their more than decade-long collaboration with contract awards for two ultra-deepwater drillships. The Wes
French maritime services player Bourbon has strengthened its fleet with 13 new offshore support vessels since the start of 2026, representing a value of over $180 million, with 10 of them already under contract. Bourbon has acquired six diesel-electric vessels from the Minsheng Group, five platform
Norway’s state-owned energy firm Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well off Norway in the North Sea, in a production license awarded in August 1985. Following the drilling permit awarded in January, the wildcat well 34/8-A-37 H was drilled in production licence 120, 140 kilometers west of
Canadian oil & gas company Valeura Energy has chartered a jack-up drilling rig owned by UAE-based Shelf Drilling for multi-year work in the Gulf of Thailand. The Enterprise jack-up rig has been chartered for a three-year term which runs until December 31, 2029. Valeura Energy has an option on the st
Italian engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has secured a new offshore contract with ExxonMobil in Guyana, covering the operator’s eighth oil discovery in the Stabroek block. Worth around $150 million, ExxonMobil Guyana Limited awarded Saipem with a limited notice to procee
Portland Port in the UK has received full approval to carry out liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship-to-ship (STS) transfers, adding to its existing oil and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) transfer services. At the port based in South Dorset, STS operations can be performed alongside one of the berths or
Oceaneering has performed the first piloting operation of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) on a drilling rig offshore Brazil from its onshore remote operations center (OROC), for Brazilian oil & gas giant Petrobras. The company’s Subsea Robotics segment and Brazilian subsidiary Marine Production Sy
Austria-headquartered oil & gas player OMV has appointed BP executive Emma Delaney as its first female chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding Alfred Stern. Delaney has been appointed by OMV‘s Supervisory Board as the Chairwoman of the Executive Board and CEO as of September 1, and will assume the
Innovex International, a Houston-based company established in 2024 by the merger of Dril-Quip and Innovex Downhole Solutions, has acquired Louisiana-headquartered Drilling Innovative Solutions (DIS), a manufacturer and distributor of downhole tool products for oil & gas exploration. Innovex said tha
Italy’s energy giant Eni has unveiled a new natural gas discovery off the coast of Indonesia, Southeast Asia. This find is said to confirm the strategic potential of the country’s Kutei Basin, unlocking significant new volumes for domestic and international markets.
