News
July 01, 2025
Equinor and Aker BP are investing NOK 13 billion (~$1.29 billion USD) in the third phase of Johan Sverdrup, one of the world’s most carbon-efficient oil fields. New subsea infrastructure will increase recovery by 40–50 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe).
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 30, 2025
Petrobras has awarded Fugro four significant multi-year contracts for the inspection and monitoring of critical subsea infrastructure in Brazil. The contracts will see an expansion of Fugro’s remote operations capabilities, including the remote piloting of ROVs.
News
June 27, 2025
The Energy Workforce & Technology Council (EWTC) has released a statement praising the Trump Administration’s announcement of a historic offshore lease sale in the Gulf of America/Gulf of Mexico, slated to offer nearly 80 million acres for oil and gas development.
News
June 27, 2025
TotalEnergies has agreed to purchase Moeve’s 25 % stake in offshore Suriname Block 53, joining operator APA and Petronas. The licence sits next to Block 58’s GranMorgu project and contains the Baja-1 discovery.
News
June 26, 2025
Ashtead Technology and Ocean Science Consulting have formed a strategic alliance to offer integrated environmental monitoring and compliance services for offshore wind and oil-and-gas projects. The partnership combines Ashtead’s subsea technology fleet with OSC’s noise-monitoring and regulatory-reporting expertise.
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 26, 2025
Equinor and its Fram partners will invest more than $2 billion (NOK 21 billion) in a new subsea development, Equinor announced Thursday. The Fram Sør project is a combined development of several discoveries that will export oil and gas via Troll C in the North Sea. Recoverable volumes are estimated at 116 MMboe, and production is scheduled to start at the end of 2029.
News
June 25, 2025
The Forum Energy Technologies (FET) Subsea product line has secured a contract to provide two work class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to CCC Underwater Engineering (CCC UE), the UAE-based offshore construction organization.
News
June 25, 2025
Israel ordered the resumption of production at its biggest natural gas field following a truce in hostilities with Iran, setting the stage for higher exports to Egypt. Chevron is working to resume regular production within a few hours, sources said.
Article
June 2025
Following the initial oil find in Block 30, offshore Mexico, Harbour Energy drilled.
News
June 24, 2025
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called his government’s 10-year industrial strategy “a turning point” for the nation’s economy, but for an oil and gas lobby the plan must include tax reform for North Sea energy producers. 
News
June 23, 2025
ROSEN UK has secured a major contract to provide design verification and subsea engineering support for one of the UK’s most significant carbon capture projects. As part of this contract, ROSEN will conduct comprehensive design verification of the project’s CO₂ transportation pipelines.
News
June 23, 2025
Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has successfully completed a complex wellhead severance project in the Southern North Sea. Previous efforts to remove the target well were unsuccessful, meaning Mermaid had to use dedicated precision subsea tooling and expert project execution to sever and recover the well conductor.
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.
News
June 19, 2025
SBM Offshore has signed an operations and maintenance contract with TotalEnergies for the FPSO GranMorgu. The contract marks a significant milestone as SBM Offshore becomes the first FPSO operator in Suriname.
News
June 19, 2025
Namibia will offer financial incentives to help kick-start the development of oil fields managed by a group led by TotalEnergies, according to a special adviser in the presidency. Namibia is targeting first oil output in the next five years,
News
June 19, 2025
Expro has been commissioned by UK's Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) to provide critical services that will be needed to appraise two wells in the Endurance reservoir for future CCS suitability.
News
June 18, 2025
The contract includes a firm commitment to drill two exploration wells, targeting drill-ready prospects that offer significant resource potential and are strategically positioned to unlock synergies with Petronas’ existing operations in Suriname.
News
June 18, 2025
Subsea7 has secured a substantial contract offshore Norway. Subsea7’s scope includes engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of pipeline bundles, spools, protection covers and tie-ins using key vessels from Subsea7’s fleet. 
News
June 17, 2025
Petrobras, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. have won exploration rights in Brazil’s Equatorial Margin, betting that the nation’s environmental regulator will finally open the promising offshore oil region for drilling after years of delay.
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