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
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
Norway’s VARD has completed upgrades of DOF Group’s 2018-built subsea vessel Skandi Minder to strengthen its capabilities and extend service life. The repair and conversion described as “major” were performed at Vard Langsten and included a remotely operated vehicle (ROV)/LARS upgrade with installat
Netherlands-based heavy lifting and transport provider Mammoet has streamlined two topside decommissioning projects in the North Sea by employing combined planning to curb costs and delivery time.
Dajin Heavy Industry has launched King Two, its second self-built heavy deck carrier that can transport components for offshore wind turbines of up to 25 MW, at its Panjin shipbuilding facility. The company’s first vessel of this type, King One, was launched in October 2025 and has already completed
Dubai-based independent energy and commodities trading group BGN is expanding its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fleet capacity with the order for four new dual-fuel very large gas carriers (VLGCs) to be built in Korea. HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) will construct the four VLGCs at its shipyar
As negotiations on a landmark climate agreement introducing the world’s first global carbon price on any polluter are set to catch a second breeze, the resumption of talks at the UN is seen as a big test whether countries can unite against the U.S. and other largely oil-producing states to defend th
Dajin Heavy Industry has signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Zhengli Marine Engineering to develop offshore wind installation vessel solutions for the European market. Under the agreement, the two Chinese companies will jointly assess the feasibility of retrofitting Zhengli Offsh
Dubai-based offshore vessel operator Astro Offshore, an Adani Group company, has enlarged its fleet with a new multipurpose support vessel (MPSV). This addition is described as the largest vessel in the firm’s fleet.
A U.S.-UK partnership has launched what is said to be the first-ever pilot project that will see the extended at-sea trial of a system designed to remove methane during normal ship operations. California-headquartered climate technology company Bennu Climate and Lomarlabs, an innovation arm of Lomar
A vessel, described as the first U.S.-flagged liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier dedicated to serving Puerto Rico, has transported more than 500 million gallons to the North American country during its first year of operation, according to Crowley, a U.S.-owned and operated maritime, energy, and lo
Inpex Shipping, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan’s Inpex, has sealed a deal with MOL Encean, a subsidiary of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), to expand its liquefied natural gas (LNG) fleet with a new vessel for which a naming ceremony has now been held in South Korea.
LD TravOcean, a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LD Armateurs), has acquired the DP2 multipurpose support vessel SIDDIS Mariner, which will be renamed TVO Mariner and support the company’s operations across several sectors, including offshore wind. The vessel is already familiar to LD TravOcea
Aberdeen-headquartered Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has further extended its contract with the subsea support vessel Island Valiant, which it has used for North Sea operations for the last three years. Mermaid Subsea Services began using the 93.4-meter-long vessel in 2024 for well plug & abandonment
