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Vattenfall starts offshore construction of Nordlicht I OWF
2+ hour, 32+ min ago (119+ words) Thursday, July 2 2026 On July 1st, DEME installed the first monopile for the Nordlicht I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. This marks the start of a key offshore construction phase for Germany's largest offshore wind project, strengthening Vattenfall's offshore…...
Buchan OW has appointed Kent as owner's engineer
6+ hour, 44+ min ago (186+ words) Thursday, July 2 2026 Buchan Offshore Wind has appointed Kent as Owner's Engineer to drive their pioneering floating offshore wind farm project into its next phase of development. The project progresses towards Front End Engineering Design (FEED), marking another step on the…...
Shell to sell interest in Gulf of Mexico platform
6+ hour, 37+ min ago (180+ words) Thursday, July 2 2026 Shell Offshore has agreed to sell its 50% non-operated working interest in the Na Kika platform and associated fields in the Gulf of Mexico as well as its 100% owned Coulomb tieback. The assets will be acquired by subsidiaries of…...
All 62 jacket foundations in place at Dieppe Le Tr'port OWF
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (95+ words) Tuesday, June 30 2026 DEME reached a major milestone at the Dieppe'Le Tr'port offshore wind farm. Less than a year after the first jacket foundation was installed in September 2025, all 62 jacket foundations are now in place. Installed by the jack-up offshore installation…...
SBM Offshore completes US$465 million financing of FSO Chalchi
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (227+ words) Tuesday, June 30 2026 SBM Offshore announces that it has signed the project financing for the FSO Chalchi, totaling US$465 million. The project financing is provided by a consortium of international banks and institutional investors and includes partial insurance cover from China…...
Equinor walks away from Japan offshore wind market
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (152+ words) Tuesday, June 30 2026 Norway's Equinor has decided to end its offshore wind business activities in Japan and close its Tokyo office by the end of 2026, the company said on its website. "This decision reflects a reassessment of Equinor's strategic direction, with…...
Two-year charter for NOR SPIRIT MSU DP3 flotel
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (115+ words) Friday, June 26 2026 Nortrans Offshore announced that the NOR SPIRIT, its 500-POB MSU DP3 Flotel, has been awarded a new two-year contract with SBM Offshore to support Block 15s offshore operations in Angola. Under the charter, NOR SPIRIT will support the Life Extension…...
Jadestone brings first Malaysia campaign well online at 3, 000 bpd
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (217+ words) Thursday, June 25 2026 The Asia-Pacific-focused upstream company Jadestone Energy has drilled and brought its first well online in the 2026 Malaysia infill drilling campaign on the PM323 production-sharing contract. This discovery is now delivering around 3, 000 barrels of oil per day (bpd). The EBA…...
Brazil, Mexico oil giants to explore joint projects
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (91+ words) Ocean Energy Resources Thursday, June 25 2026 Petrobras and Pemex agreed on Tuesday to explore joint oil and gas projects, as Petrobras looks to apply its deepwater expertise in the Gulf of Mexico. The companies announced the signing of a two-year memorandum…...
Petronas makes new gas discovery offshore Suriname
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (285+ words) Thursday, June 25 2026 Malaysia's state-controlled energy producer Petronas has made another gas discovery at offshore Block 52 in Suriname. The country's President Jennifer Simons told the news on Tuesday, while a company executive said the block's eight discoveries contain more than 1 billion…...