Offshore
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November 20, 2025
Altera Infrastructure says Aberdeen’s deep offshore expertise is driving rapid progress at Ivory Coast’s Baleine field, where the Petrojarl Kong FPSO reached first oil in just 24 months and now supports growing local content and lower-emission operations.
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November 19, 2025
DeepOcean has won a UK North Sea subsea tie-back contract involving riser, flowline and umbilical installation, with engineering led from Aberdeen and offshore work set in two phases.
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November 19, 2025
New Xodus research estimates Australia’s full offshore oil and gas decommissioning liability at $43.6 billion—down from 2020 projections—reflecting rising efficiency and improved cost forecasting.
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November 19, 2025
BW Energy’s Kharas-1 appraisal well has confirmed the first liquid hydrocarbons in Namibia’s offshore Kudu block, delivering key subsurface data and shaping the operator’s next appraisal steps.
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November 19, 2025
Pakistan Petroleum Ltd. is constructing an offshore artificial island in the Arabian Sea to support continuous oil and gas exploration. The island—located 30 km off Sindh’s coast—will enable round-the-clock drilling operations as Pakistan accelerates its offshore program following renewed interest in its resource potential.
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November 18, 2025
At the Wider African Energy Summit in Aberdeen, operators and industry groups highlighted how UK offshore engineering and project-delivery expertise could help African nations accelerate upstream growth, strengthen gas monetization and improve emissions performance.
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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
A 40,000-bopd FPSO with 1.1 MMbbl storage—Tamara Tokoni—is now available offshore West Africa for rapid redeployment. The unit offers operators a near-term option to accelerate field development timelines with existing topsides capacity and flexible mooring configurations.
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November 17, 2025
Nexans has launched the hull of the CLV Electra at Ulstein Verft, marking a major step toward commissioning one of the industry’s most advanced subsea cable-laying vessels. Designed for high-voltage offshore wind and interconnector projects, Electra will begin sea trials in spring 2026.
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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 17, 2025
TGS has kicked off its Pelotas Norte Phase I 3D multi-client survey offshore southern Brazil, covering 14,800 km² of largely unheld acreage ahead of upcoming bid rounds. A Ramform Titan-class vessel using GeoStreamer® technology will acquire data through Q3 2026.
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November 14, 2025
K2 Energy Group has acquired Eutex’s global hazardous-area inspection services division, strengthening its offshore and drilling-sector compliance capabilities. The deal integrates Eutex’s inspection expertise with K2’s technology-led maintenance and engineering services, enhancing safety support for major operators worldwide.
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November 13, 2025
DeepOcean has secured a subsea construction and installation contract from Equinor for the Snorre Export and Import Gas Project (SNEIG), part of the broader effort to extend the Snorre field’s production life beyond 2040.
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November 12, 2025
Unique Group is partnering with DEEP to deliver key engineering and life-support systems for Vanguard, the world’s first DNV-classed subsea habitat. Vanguard will enable scientists to live and work underwater for up to a week, marking a major step forward in offshore research.
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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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October 2025
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November 11, 2025
TotalEnergies has signed a production sharing contract with QatarEnergy and Petronas for Block S4 offshore Guyana, becoming operator of the 1,788 km² shallow-water block. The partnership marks TotalEnergies’ entry as an operator in Guyana and supports its strategy to explore low-cost, low-emission resources in a prolific hydrocarbon basin.
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November 10, 2025
TMC Compressors has been awarded a contract by MODEC to supply a marine compressed air system for the Gato do Mato FPSO offshore Brazil, part of the Shell-operated Orca Project, which will produce 120,000 bopd in 2,000 meters of water.
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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.
