Emerson’s Automation Tech for BP’s Caspian Sea-Offshore-Renewables.com 
Archer Nets Two-Year Extension with ‘Major’ North 
Tanker Approaches Listing FSO Nabarima to Load 
ABS Grants Approval in Principle for DSME Floater-Offshore-Renewables.com 
Norway Rig Incident: Drilling Won’t Resume Until-Offshore-Renewables.com Emerson’s Automation Tech for BP’s Caspian Sea-Offshore-Renewables.com
Credit: Emerson Engineering services giant Emerson has won a $14 million contract to provide automation…
Archer Nets Two-Year Extension with ‘Major’ North
Credit: Archer Oilfield and drilling services firm Archer said Thursday it had secured a two-year…
Tanker Approaches Listing FSO Nabarima to Load
The FSO Nabarima listing in the Gulf of Paria on October 16 (Photo: Fishermen and…
ABS Grants Approval in Principle for DSME Floater-Offshore-Renewables.com
Maritime and offshore classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted Approval in Principle…
Norway Rig Incident: Drilling Won’t Resume Until-Offshore-Renewables.com
Drilling at the West Bollsta offshore rig, where a 26-ton pipe accidentally dropped on the…
Europa Oil & Gas Granted License Extension
Europa Oil & Gas has received an extension of its Inezgane Offshore Permit in Morocco,…
Third Straight Quarterly Loss for Baker Hughes-Offshore-Renewables.com
Baker Hughes Co reported a third straight quarterly loss on Wednesday, as a coronavirus-induced slump…
Offshore Equipment Hydraulic Maintenance-Offshore-Renewables.com
The human body’s organs and blood could be compared to individual components and the fluid…
Heerema’s Sleipnir Crane Vessel Installs
Dutch offshore installation contractor Heerema Marine Contractors has installed two jackets for wind farm developer…
Reach Subsea Nets Vessel Deal in Gulf of Mexico
Olympic Challenger – Credit: Paul Misje/MarineTraffic.com Norwegian subsea services firm Reach Subsea has said…
Huisman to Deliver Giant Skyhook Crane to Norway-Offshore-Renewables.com
Dutch crane specialist Huisman has signed a letter of intent with Norway-based Wergeland and PSW…
MENCK Assembles Pile Driver for-Offshore-Renewables.com
Credit: Acteon Germany-based MENCK, an Acteon offshore engineering firm specializing in hydraulic pile-driving services,…
GE’s Giant Haliade-X Offshore Wind Turbine
The world’s largest offshore wind turbine in operation, GE’s Haliade-X prototype, has been upgraded, or…
Nexans Aurora Fitted With Cable Lay
Photo: Maats Norwegian offshore shipbuilder Ulstein, constructing the Nexans Aurora cable layer for Nexans,…
USCG Performs Rescue Drill on Wind Turbine-Offshore-Renewables.com
(Photo: U.S. Coast Guard) As the U.S. offshore wind industry begins to build up,…
Former SNC-Lavalin CEO Joins McDermott Board-Offshore-Renewables.com
File Photo – Neil Bruce (Credit. SNC-Lavalin) Offshore installation firm McDermott has appointed Neil…
Equinor Gets Clearance to Drill Barents Sea-Offshore-Renewables.com
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has received approval to drill a wildcat well in the production…
Pacific Drilling Can’t Appeal Samsung Drillship
Offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilling can’t appeal the ruling under which it was in January…
Turkey May Work with Foreign Companies to Bring
Turkey may cooperate with foreign firms to bring online its giant gas find in the…
Digitizing Risk-based Integrity Management of-Offshore-Renewables.com
Industries are adapting to an increasingly digitalized landscape. The floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO)…
Bangladesh Cancels LNG Import Tender over High
Bangladesh is canceling another tender to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) in December, as it…
Former Petronas Exec to join EnQuest Board-Offshore-Renewables.com
(File Photo: EnQuest) UK-based, the North Sea and Malaysia focused, oil and gas company…
BW Offshore Liquidates Subsidiary after FPSO Stuck-Offshore-Renewables.com
Oslo-listed FPSO leasing specialist BW Offshore is liquidating its New Zealand subsidiary operating the FPSO…
The Digital Oilfield is Arriving Sooner-Offshore-Renewables.com
The Coronavirus and a surge of available connectivity means take-up of new E&P technologies is…
OHT’s Offshore Wind Vessel to Feature Kongsberg
Credit; Kongsberg Kongsberg Maritime, under a contract with maritime services and solutions provider MacGregor,…
CNOOC Hires Stena Drillship to Drill Offshore
Stena Forth – Credit: Oleksandr Bochalovsky/MarineTraffic.com Chinese oil company CNOOC has signed a contract…
PNOC, CNOOC to Start Offshore Exploration Venture
Credit; Jadestone Energy The president of the exploration arm of the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC)…
PDVSA Plans to Offload Oil from Tilting FSO
Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) plans to offload crude from the Nabarima…
Equinor Starts Onshore Prep Works for Northern-Offshore-Renewables.com
Norwegian energy company Equinor has signed a contract with Skanska for building site preparation and…
Cadeler Nets Hornsea 2 Offshore Wind Farm
Offshore wind farm installation company Cadeler, until recently known as Swire Blue Ocean, has signed…
Maersk Drilling’s Drillship to Drill More Wells
Credit: Maersk Drilling Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has secured more work for…
Turkey Raises Size Estimate of Giant Black Sea Gas
Turkey has raised the estimated reserves in a gas field off its Black Sea coast…
Harvey Gulf Equipping Four More PSVs for Tri-fuel
U.S. offshore support vessel company Harvey Gulf International has ordered Wärtsilä’s energy storage system for…
Offshore Surveyors OFG, EMGS Enter CSEM Tech Pact-Offshore-Renewables.com
Schematic view of a controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) survey. A horizontal electric dipole (HED) is…
Lounsbury Joins Harvey Gulf Subsea Solutions
LaDawn Lounsbury (Photo: Harvey Gulf Subsea Solutions) U.S.-based Harvey Gulf Subsea Solutions said it…
Shelf Drilling’s Jack-Up Rig Contract Suspended
Illustration: Jack-up rig being towed – Credit: bomboman/AdobeStock Jack-up rig drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has…
Eni CEO Should Be Acquitted in Nigeria Graft Case,-Offshore-Renewables.com
Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi ( Credit: Eni – File Photo) Eni Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi…
W. Africa Crude-Angolan CLOV cargo sold,-Offshore-Renewables.com
CLOV FPSO – Credit:Gwenolé de KERMENGUY/MarineTraffic.com The number of unsold November-loading Angolan crude cargoes fell…
TDI-Brooks Wraps Ivory Coast Offshore Survey for-Offshore-Renewables.com
Credit: TDI Brooks TDI-Brooks International, in partnership with the French environmental firm Créocéan and…
Oceaneering ROVs for Harvey Gulf Subsea Solutions
Credit: Harvey Gulf Subsea Solutions U.S. subsea services firm Harvey Gulf Subsea Solutions has…
NYSE Warns Transocean of Potential Delisting Risk
Illustration only – A drillship – Credit: Andrei/AdobeStock Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has received…
Caspian Sunrise Buys Shallow Water Drilling
Caspian Sunrise, an oil and gas firm focused on Kazakhstan, has completed the acquisition of…
Heerema’s Sleipnir Installs Premier Oil’s
Heerema Marine Contractors has completed the installation of Premier Oil’s Tolmount platform in the UK…
Boris Johnson’s Offshore Wind Pledge is-Offshore-Renewables.com
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, some countries have announced significant spending pledges to…
Seadrill Secures Drillship Charter Extension with
Vest Vela – Credit: Jose Perez/MarineTraffic Oil major BP has extended the charter deal…
Polarcus Nets 3D Survey Gig in W. Africa-Offshore-Renewables.com
Illustration – Polarcus Adira – Antonio RODRIGUEZ/MarineTraffic.com Marine seismic survey company Polarcus has said it…
Prelude FLNG Won’t Restart in 2020-Offshore-Renewables.com
Prelude FLNG – Credit: CapTom/MarineTraffic.com Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday its Prelude floating…
Gulf of Mexico Drilling: Weatherford Achieves
A Weatherford lead mill is gauged before being attached to the bottomhole assembly. Oilfield services…
U.S. to Offer 10-Year Terms for Offshore Blocks in-Offshore-Renewables.com
The U.S. offshore oil and gas regulator BOEM said Thursday it would offer longer terms…
As Oil Rout Hits Services Demand, Schlumberger-Offshore-Renewables.com
©Art Konovalov / Adobe Stock Top oilfield services provider Schlumberger NV on Friday posted…
Environmental Protection Notation for Saudi
Saudi oil giant Saudi Aramco plans to achieve the ABS ENVIRO notation for its 23-strong…
China, Philippines Eyeing Joint Offshore Oil
The Philippines energy secretary said on Friday the government’s decision to lift a six-year-old moratorium…
Gulf of Guinea Kidnappings by Pirates Rise 40%
Illustration only – Pirates in Africa – Credit: U.S. Navy/Wikimedia Kidnappings rose by 40%…
Maersk Supply Service Nets Mooring Line
Maersk Maker AHTS – Credit: kees torn/Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 Maersk Supply Service…
Borr Drilling Names Veteran Oilfield Services Exec
Illustration – A Borr Drilling rig – Credit: Simon Wolf/MarineTraffic.com Jack-up drilling rig contractor Borr…
All Offshore Rigs Return to GoM after Hurricane.
All dynamically positioned offshore drilling rigs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico that moved away…
Erdogan to Reveal Total Size of Black Sea
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he will announce the total size of gas…
Importance of Diversity in Energy Industry-Offshore-Renewables.com
Subsea services group Acteon has recently interviewed Laura Wood, Business Development Manager at UTEC, an…
UK North Sea Oil Output Will Never Again-Offshore-Renewables.com
The recent downgrade of Hurricane Energy’s Lancaster field recoverable reserves estimates has led Norwegian energy…
Seismic Surveys in East Med: ‘Ankara Toying with
The European Union’s latest strategy to defuse tensions with Turkey is unraveling, two weeks after…
The Philippines: Duterte Lifts Offshore Drilling
Rodrigo Duterte (File Photo) – Credit: Republic of Korea/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0 Philippines President Rodrigo…
Petrobras Taps Oceaneering for BOP Tethering
Credit: Oceaneering Subsea services provider Oceaneering has been awarded a BOP tethering services contract…
Pandemic May Have Caused a Rise in-Offshore-Renewables.com
The Norwegian offshore oil and gas safety body PSA Norway has launched a probe into…
ABS Offers Remote Surveys for "Majority of World’s Offshore Drilling Units"
Maritime and offshore classification company ABS has expanded its remote surveying capabilities in the offshore…
Wood Wins $75M Mariner Field Deal with Equinor-Offshore-Renewables.com
Aberdeen , Scotland, Monday, 1 July 2019 Equinor Mariner installation Picture by Abermedia /…
ABB’s Batteries for KNOT Shuttle Tankers
ABB has won a contract to equip KNOT’s shuttle tankers with battery technology and other…
Don’t Go Chasing (Deep) Waterfalls: The Future of
The oil majors’ retreat from frontier plays limits future drillship demand with deepwater, investment looks…
West Bollsta Offshore Drilling Rig Spuds Its First
Credit: Lundin Energy Swedish oil and gas company Lundin Energy has spudded the Polmak…
Dominion Energy’s 12MW Offshore Wind Farm-Offshore-Renewables.com
Dominion Energy has said that its two-turbine, 12-megawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project,…
Energy Enticer Jack-Up Rig Starts Drilling in
Illustration – Credit: Northern Offshore Jack-up drilling contractor Northern Offshore has said that its…
Turkey Says Greece Has No Right to Oppose Its
Oruc Reis Turkey said on Monday Greece had no right to oppose Turkish seismic…
India: Reliance Extends Transocean’s Drillship-Offshore-Renewables.com
Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1/Image by nenoo/MarineTraffic.com Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has won a contract extension…
C-Innovation Orders Sonardyne Tech for ROV Ops in-Offshore-Renewables.com
The Bongo RSV is one of C-Innovation’s vessels being upgraded with Sonardyne technologies. – Credit:…
Malaysia’s Handal Nets Offshore Crane Maintenance
Illustration – Credit: xmentoys – AdobeStock Malaysian offshore services firm Handal Energy has won…
Cathie, BGS to Develop Ground Model for Two-Offshore-Renewables.com
Offshore geoscience and geotechnical engineering consultancy, Cathie and the British Geological Survey have won a…