U.S.-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has picked up new assignments for nine drilling rigs in its fleet, including a job for one of its semi-submersible units, which enables it to make its entrance into the Norwegian harsh environment floater market.
As global energy security concerns keep the demand for oil and gas alive, Malaysia’s Velesto Energy, owner of premium jack-up rigs and hydraulic work-over units, has dived into its expectations for 2026, highlighting its belief that the jack-up rig market will remain on stable ground during the year
Beacon Offshore Energy, a Texas-based exploration and production company, has brought its initial well on stream at a field in the Gulf of America (the U.S. Gulf of Mexico) and drilled another one, which is anticipated to begin production by the end of the first quarter of 2026.
Glenfarne Alaska LNG, a subsidiary of Glenfarne Group, has taken steps to move the first phase of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export development in Alaska from development into early execution by announcing conditional awards for pipeline construction and line pipe supply, following a multi-roun
Vitol, an energy and commodities company, has prolonged its liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Brunei Energy Services & Trading (BEST), ensuring LNG supplies for four additional years.
The Norwegian offshore safety regulator has given Aker BP consent to deploy one of Floatel’s semi-submersible accommodation and construction support vessels at a field off the coast of Norway.
Equinor has secured the green light from the Norwegian authorities for drilling activities in the Norwegian Sea, which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling player.
McDermott has landed a major assignment, worth between $750 million and $1 billion, for an expansion project designed to boost offshore oil production at a development operated by the United Arab Emirates-headquartered energy heavyweight Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).
Italy’s energy giant Eni has sealed a deal to divest a partial stake in an oil and gas development project off the coast of Côte d’Ivoire to the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR).
France-based geophysical services company Viridien and U.S.-headquartered technology player SLB are set to begin a large seismic acquisition and imaging program offshore Egypt that will help explorers and investors identify new opportunities for exploration and enhanced production. Viridien and SLB
Santos has confirmed the ongoing loading of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from its gas project off the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory. This LNG cargo is destined for Japan.
Norway-based TMC Compressors has received an order for a complete marine compressed air system for a newbuild floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit, which SBM Offshore, headquartered in the Netherlands, is in charge of providing for a deepwater oil project off the coast of Mexico, North America
UK-headquartered shipping company Union Maritime has taken delivery of the first of two newbuild long-range (LR2) tankers equipped with liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel and wind-assisted propulsion solutions.
Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor, has secured work assignments for a drillship and a jack-up rig off the coasts of Malaysia and Norway, alongside a contract extension for another drillship deployed in Brazilian waters.
