Deepwater
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February 03, 2026
Tenaris has secured new contracts supporting Phase 3 development of Türkiye’s Sakarya gas project, one of the Black Sea’s most technically demanding ultra-deepwater fields. The awards advance drilling, flow assurance and production infrastructure as the project moves toward scaled offshore gas output in water depths exceeding 2,000 m.
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January 28, 2026
Africa is expected to remain the world’s most active region for high-impact oil and gas exploration drilling in 2026, driven by continued interest in ultra-deepwater and frontier basins, according to new analysis from Rystad Energy.
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January 23, 2026
Shell and partners are evaluating development of Nigeria’s Bonga South West deepwater oil field, a project that could attract up to $20 billion in investment and deliver peak production of 220,000 bpd from an estimated 820 million barrels of reserves.
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January 15, 2026
TotalEnergies has partnered with BluEnergies to advance seismic reprocessing and subsurface studies across the Harper basin fan play offshore Liberia.
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January 08, 2026
GEOLOG has acquired Quad Ltd and QO Inc., expanding its global wellsite geology, pore pressure and fracture gradient services to support complex drilling, HPHT and deepwater operations worldwide.
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December 31, 2025
Gabon is advancing major energy-sector reforms aimed at boosting upstream investment, separating its hydrocarbons framework into new oil and gas codes and unlocking deepwater potential. Growing production, offshore exploration agreements with bp and ExxonMobil, and LNG megaprojects position Gabon as a rising player in Africa’s oil and gas landscape.
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December 22, 2025
Harbour Energy has agreed to acquire deepwater operator LLOG for $3.2 billion, entering the U.S. Gulf and adding long-life, oil-weighted offshore assets.
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December 22, 2025
Shell and INEOS Energy have made a new oil discovery in the Gulf of America after confirming high-quality oil at the Shell-operated Nashville well in the deepwater Norphlet play.
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December 15, 2025
International operators are lining up for new acreage across the MSGBC basin, with rising interest in The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and deepwater frontier zones. As governments update fiscal terms and accelerate de-risking efforts, the region is positioning itself as West Africa’s next exploration hotspot.
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December 09, 2025
Shell is reportedly seeking a partner for its Gato do Mato offshore oil project in Brazil as it looks to share the capital burden of a multibillion-dollar deepwater development. The move would allow Shell to remain operator while bringing in additional investment as the project advances toward first production later this decade.
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December 08, 2025
Noble Corporation will sell six jackups in transactions totaling $424 million, exiting the standard jackup market as it shifts strategic focus toward deepwater and ultra-harsh-environment drilling.
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November 25, 2025
Seatrium has secured its second deepwater FPU contract from bp, winning the Tiber project in the U.S. Gulf. Leveraging a series-build approach and lessons from the Kaskida unit, the Tiber FPU will deliver 80,000 bpd from Keathley Canyon using fully integrated, single-lift topsides.
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November 25, 2025
TotalEnergies has finalized the sale of its 12.5% non-operated interest in Nigeria’s deepwater Bonga field (OML 118 PSC) to Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company and Nigerian Agip Exploration for a combined $510 million, marking a major portfolio shift in one of its key hydrocarbon regions.
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November 2025
In the future, the need for reliable, compact, and compliant human support systems will only grow. As offshore industries transition into deeper waters and begin to intersect with emerging sectors, the importance of safety-focused engineering becomes even more paramount.
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November 24, 2025
A new drilling surge is underway in the U.S. Gulf, as Beacon Offshore starts up record-setting high-pressure wells that could reshape long-term U.S. deepwater production.
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November 18, 2025
TechnipFMC has landed a substantial iEPCI™ contract for Eni’s Maha deepwater project offshore Indonesia—the first use of Subsea 2.0® technology in the country and a new tieback to the Jangkrik FPU.
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November 18, 2025
SLB OneSubsea has secured an EPC contract to deliver a standardized subsea boosting system for bp’s Tiber project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico—the second such award tied to bp’s Paleogene developments after Kaskida.
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November 18, 2025
Transocean has picked up $89 million in new backlog after operators in Brazil, Norway and Romania exercised options on three of its floating rigs, underscoring steady demand for ultra-deepwater and harsh-environment capacity.
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November 17, 2025
Petrobras has confirmed a new post-salt oil discovery in Brazil’s Campos basin, identifying high-quality crude at the Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde block. The well has been drilled and logged, with lab analysis now underway to assess full reservoir potential.
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November 12, 2025
TGS and Viridien have released early “Laconia Phase III” ocean bottom node (OBN) results revealing sharper imaging and reduced exploration risk across key Paleogene targets in the U.S. Gulf. The data comes just weeks before U.S. Lease Sale 262 (BBG 1) on Dec. 10, giving explorers new subsurface insight as they finalize bidding strategies.
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November 07, 2025
Petrobras will begin production from the P-78 FPSO at Brazil’s Buzios field in December, expanding output from the world’s largest deepwater oil field. The new platform adds 180,000 bopd of capacity, supporting Petrobras’s continued growth in pre-salt production.
