Interior rolls out long term offshore O&G lease sales schedule
The U.S. Department of the Interior reports that, as directed by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), it is rolling out a long-term schedule for offshore oil and gas lease
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Woodside conducts first remote subsea inspection in U.S. waters
Australian-based Woodside Energy Group recently completed its first-ever remote subsea inspection in the United States, a move the company says improves safety, reduces costs, and enhances operational efficiency. The campaign, which began
Ulstein to retrofit 2024-built CSOV Olympic Notos for oil and gas contract
Underscoring the flexibility of today’s large offshore service vessels, Ulstein Verft has signed a contract to retrofit a recently delivered offshore wind vessel, the Olympic Notos, for operations supporting unmanned oil and
Kongsberg teams with Noble to bring innovative tech to offshore
Kongsberg Maritime has signed a long term development program framework agreement with offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation. The focus is on the joint development, piloting, and commercialization of solutions to enhance operational
Bourbon to deploy six new design crewboats for Eni Congo
Paris-headquartered offshore services major Bourbon reports that it has signed a five-year contract with Eni Congo for the renewal of its crewboat fleet. According to Bourbon, the new Eni Congo contract marks
Solstad books new $17M Petrobras contract for Normand Pioneer
Skudeneshavn, Norway-based Solstad Maritime ASA reports that it has won a contract award for the CSV Normand Pioneer with end-client Petrobras. Solstad consists of two main shipowning structures, Solstad Offshore ASA and
What’s in OBBBA for offshore?
With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) now signed into law, industries and their trade associations are either finding much in it to like, or not. So what’s in it for
First of three Zamil Offshore FSIVs completes trials
Zamil 80, the first of three new 60-meter Incat Crowther designed fast support intervention vessels (FSIVs) has completed sea trials at Singapore shipbuilder Lita Ocean. Designed for offshore marine services provider Zamil
New Barents Sea oil discovery near Johan Castberg field
Stavanger, Norway-headquartered Vår Energi and its partners Equinor and Petoro report a commercial oil discovery in the Equinor-operated Drivis Tubåen prospect in the Barents Sea. This adds too recent exploration success in
New ABS technical paper explores offshore floating CO2 injection
ABS has published a new technical paper on offshore floating CO2 injection that provides analysis of the offshore technologies supporting carbon capture and storage (CCS). This much-publicized approach to supporting heavy industry’s