Deepwater
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September 15, 2025
GATE Energy has been awarded the full commissioning scope for bp’s Kaskida Floating Production Unit (FPU) in the U.S. Gulf. Working with Seatrium, GATE will provide systems completion, dynamic commissioning, and interface coordination for the deepwater project.
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September 15, 2025
Global OTEC has been selected by the DeepStar consortium, backed by Chevron, ExxonMobil and bp, to study Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) as a renewable power source for deepwater oil and gas operations.
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September 11, 2025
Baker Hughes has secured a major award from Turkish Petroleum (TPAO) and TP-OTC to deliver subsea production systems and intelligent completions for the Sakarya Gas Field Phase 3 in the Black Sea, enhancing Turkiye’s domestic energy production.
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September 08, 2025
Expro has set a new benchmark for deepwater well construction, achieving the heaviest casing string deployment to-date for a major operator in the Gulf of America/Gulf of Mexico.
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September 01, 2025
Equinor has selected BW Offshore as preferred bidder for the FPSO unit for the Bay du Nord project offshore Canada. Bay du Nord, Canada's first deepwater project, is operated by Equinor and bp, and holds an estimated 400 million bbls of recoverable light crude in its initial phase.
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August 2025
The development of a fully electric subsea blowout preventer significantly improves BOP reliability and performance while reducing weight, wellhead fatigue, emergency disconnect times and OPEX. The full-scale testing of electric shear ram actuators on an 18¾-in BOP at HMH’s electrification lab validates the achievement of such benefits.
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August 2025
The Mero-3 FPSO is among the largest deepwater oil production vessels, using advanced technology and engineering to boost oil recovery, cut emissions and improve efficiency in Brazil's Santos basin. Siemens Energy supplied topside modules, power generation, compression and electrical systems, showcasing the importance of FPSOs in global energy and sustainability efforts.
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August 20, 2025
Strohm has won a contract to supply four TCP Jumpers for installation in a deepwater field offshore Malaysia. The end customer is a major Southeast Asian operator with international exploration projects.
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August 14, 2025
Tenaris has reached a new technical milestone in offshore Brazil with the successful deployment of corrosion-resistant alloy (CRA) tubulars with its renowned Dopeless® technology in two wells located in the Búzios and Jubarte fields.
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August 04, 2025
bp today announced its largest discovery in 25 years at the Bumerangue prospect in the deepwater offshore Brazil. bp drilled exploration well 1-BP-13-SPS and discovered hydrocarbons at the Bumerangue block, located in the Santos basin.
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July 31, 2025
In a first for both the region and the client, Strohm has completed fabrication of the first 13 water alternating gas injection (WAG) thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) Jumpers for ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail field offshore Guyana.
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July 28, 2025
Weatherford has been awarded a significant contract to deliver Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) services for the Trion project, a deepwater oil production project in Mexico operated by Woodside Petróleo Operaciones de México, S. de R.L. de C.V.
News
July 23, 2025
Expro on Wednesday announced the launch of its most advanced BRUTE® High-Pressure, High Tensile Packer System, designed to help operators work more efficiently and confidently in the extreme conditions of deepwater wells.
News
July 16, 2025
Seatrium Limited has announced the impending delivery of the P-78, the first of a series of turnkey FPSOs to Brazil’s Petrobras. Upon delivery, the P-78 will be deployed in Brazil’s prolific Buzios field, the largest global deepwater oil field.
News
July 15, 2025
Strohm has successfully completed the first field trials with Petrobras for its thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) pipe design offshore Brazil, at water depths of approximately 1,500 m.
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July 14, 2025
Expro has been awarded a major three-year contract by Woodside Energy in support of the Trion deepwater oil and gas development offshore Mexico. Expro will provide industry-leading tubular running services (TRS) and cementing services for what will be Mexico’s first deepwater oil production facility.
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July 08, 2025
Gabon’s newly-appointed Minister of Oil & Gas has committed to unlock new resources across the country’s oil and gas sector but shifting focus towards deepwater exploration.
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July 03, 2025
Longitude Engineering has landed a contract to provide detailed engineering and project management services for Petroleum Marine Services (PMS), the main EPIC contractor for the Phase XI Deepwater Project of the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) concession.
News
June 30, 2025
Danos Operations Services has been awarded a contract to provide production services for Beacon Offshore Energy’s new deepwater facility in the Gulf of America/Gulf of Mexico — the Shenandoah floating production system.
News
June 26, 2025
Salunda has fitted its next-generation Latch Hawk fingerboard-latch monitoring system to a semisubmersible rig in the Americas, extending the technology’s regional rollout. Integrated with the rig’s control system, the sensors give crews real-time status updates and help prevent DROPS incidents.
News
June 23, 2025
"The COD milestone marks a major achievement for one of Africa’s deepest offshore developments which introduce Mauritania and Senegal as LNG exporters," Golar LNG said in a news release.
