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Three Dead in Chevron's Angolan Oil Patform Fire

May 28, 2025

A second person died from their injuries in hospital following a fire at a Chevron-operated oil platform offshore Angola, bringing the number of fatalities to three, government and company officials said late on Tuesday.Two workers were initially…

Report: Gas Investments in Australia Stalling

May 27, 2025

Australia is losing its competitive edge in attracting investment in natural gas exploration and production, threatening the nation’s energy security, economic growth and emissions reduction targets, a new report by Wood Mackenzie has found…

Navantia Seanergies Delivers Second Substation Jacket for French OW Farm

May 23, 2025

Navantia Seanergies, Spanish shipbuilder Navantia’s green energies division, has delivered its second substation jacket for Ocean Winds for the offshore wind farm at Dieppe Le Tréport in France.The jacket departed from the south basin of the Puerto Real shipyard…

DeepOcean Expands Subsea Market Scope with Shelf Subsea Acquisition

May 22, 2025

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has acquired Shelf Subsea, creating a ‘global subsea services player’ with an extensive portfolio of solutions, now also covering the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions.DeepOcean has acquired 100% of the shares in Shelf Subsea…

Terradepth Lands Long-Term Offshore Survey Contract in Asia Pacific

May 22, 2025

Terradepth, a provider of Ocean Data as a Service (ODaaS), has secured a five-year Master Services Agreement with a major offshore energy company in Asia Pacific region.Terradepth will deliver autonomous hydrographic survey and data services…

Chevron Hires MMA Offshore’s PSV to Support Assets off Australia

May 20, 2025

MMA Offshore, a subsidiary of Cyan Renewables, has secured a multi-year contract from Chevron Australia for its platform supply vessel (PSV) MMA Plover.The vessel has been contracted to provide marine logistics support to Chevron’s Barrow Island and Wheatstone assets…

TotalEnergies Signs Long-Term LNG Export Deal from Canadian Project

May 20, 2025

TotalEnergies has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Ksi Lisims LNG for the purchase of 2 Mtpa of LNG for 20 years from the future liquefaction plant, subject to the final investment decision of the project.In parallel, TotalEnergies has acquired a 5% stake in Western LNG…

Lamprell, Dong Fang Offshore Sign Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Deal

May 19, 2025

Lamprell has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) for a newbuild NG-9000X wind turbine installation and maintenance vessel.The newbuild vessel will support offshore wind activities in the Asia Pacific region…

Industry Leaders Set to Discuss Future of US Offshore CCS Market

May 16, 2025

National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) and the Offshore Operators Committee (OOC) are organizing fourth annual Offshore CCS & Emerging Technologies Symposium, where industry leaders will gather to discuss the future of U.S. carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects…

CorPower Ocean to Develop 5MW Wave Energy Farm off Scotland

May 14, 2025

Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has signed a berth agreement to build a 5 MW wave energy project at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland.Scheduled for deployment in 2029, the 5 MW array is expected to become the UK’s largest wave energy project…

CIP Sells 10% Stake in Fengmiao I Offshore Wind Farm to MOL

May 09, 2025

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), on behalf of its fund Copenhagen Infrastructure V (CI V), has entered into an agreement to divest a 10% stake in the 495MW Fengmiao I offshore wind farm in Taiwan to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL).The transaction…

DeepSea Bollsta Set to Spud Two Wildcat Wells in Norwegian Sea

May 09, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted OMV (Norge) a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the Norwegian Sea, which will be drilled with Odfjell Drilling-managed DeepSea Bollsta semi-submersible rig.The permit is for wellbore 6606/4-1 S and 6606/4-1 A in production license 1194…

SKF to Deliver PTO System for Australian Wave Energy Developer

May 08, 2025

SKF has entered into partnership with wave energy technology developer Carnegie Clean Energy to deliver power take-off (PTO) system for its CETO wave energy device.CETO is a fully submerged, point absorber type wave energy technology where a…

The Future of Long-Idle Drillships: Cold-Stacked or Dead-Stacked?

May 02, 2025

Noble Corporation’s recent decision to sell the Pacific Meltem and Pacific Scirocco for non-drilling purposes highlights a key issue in the drillship market: What happens to cold-stacked rigs that are unlikely to return to work? With the floater…

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