Regional Reports

Courtesy AKOFS Offshore
Skandi Santos CSOV
The offshore support sector in Brazil sees significant developments with Petrobras renewing its contract with AKOFS Offshore and Wärtsilä upgrading vessel systems to enhance performance...
Oct. 7, 2025
Courtesy Vår Energi
offshore Gjøa platform
Oct. 7, 2025
Courtesy Teesworks Ltd.
First operational ship docks at Steel River Quay 09.24
Oct. 7, 2025
Courtesy Ventura Offshore
SSV Catarina semisubmersible rig
Oct. 6, 2025
Courtesy Vallourec
closeup of SUBMAGNÉTICO FREE FLOW
Oct. 6, 2025
Courtesy Woodside Energy
offshore Angel platform
Oct. 6, 2025
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Transocean Equinox offshore drilling rig
Oct. 6, 2025
Courtesy Vår Energi
Two Vår Energi offshore personnel
Oct. 6, 2025
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US District Court rules Biden offshore drilling ban illegal
Oct. 5, 2025

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Africa

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FLNG vessel
This will be the second deepwater gas development in Mozambique’s offshore Area 4 following Coral South, which started operating in 2022.
Oct. 3, 2025
Courtesy Northern Ocean
offshore Deepsea Mira rig
Rhino Resources has drilled a third discovery well this year in the PEL 85 license in Namibia’s deepwater Orange Basin. The well is said to have encountered high-yield gas-condensate...
Oct. 1, 2025
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West Africa map
The African offshore oil sector is experiencing significant growth with Eni expanding its deepwater exploration in Côte d’Ivoire, BW Energy exploring farm-in opportunities in ...
Oct. 1, 2025
Courtesy Eni's 2025 Capital Markets Update Media kit
Baleine Field offshore Côte d’Ivoire
Vitol has taken a 30% stake in Baleine, Côte d’Ivoire’s first deepwater oil development, operated by Eni.
Sept. 26, 2025
Courtesy TotalEnergies
TotalEnergies has signed production-sharing contracts for four exploration blocks offshore Liberia
Eni assessing Eban-Akoma field development in Ghana.
Sept. 18, 2025
Courtesy Galp
Petrobras, Galp join Shell in deepwater São Tomé and Príncipe block
The two companies have increased their positions in this frontier exploration area offshore Africa.
Sept. 16, 2025

Asia

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global offshore wind news roundup
The offshore wind sector sees rapid growth with Cadeler deploying the Wind Ally vessel for Hornsea 3, DEME securing Taiwan's Formosa 4 contract and Semco Maritime signing a multi...
Sept. 26, 2025
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offshore jackup rig
Seatrium Offshore Technology and Cochin Shipyard in India aim to jointly offer their respective offshore engineering and fabrication strengths for maintenance and overhaul projects...
Sept. 25, 2025
Courtesy Pharos Energy
Map of TGT Field offshore Vietnam
Pharos Energy will shortly start drilling six wells on its producing TGT and CNV fields offshore Vietnam, with a view to potentially increasing production.
Sept. 24, 2025
Courtesy Oil India Ltd.
offshore Krishna Godavari Basin
The company will conduct 3D and 2D seismic surveys for Oil India offshore India’s northeast coast.
Sept. 23, 2025
Courtesy Noble Corp.
PV Drilling acquires Noble Highlander jackup
Following reactivation, the rig will head to Vietnam and should be ready for service by April 2026.
Sept. 17, 2025
Courtesy ABB/Singapore LNG Corp.
ABB to power FSRU offshore Singapore
Hanwha Ocean has ordered power and propulsion equipment from for the newbuild vessel.
Sept. 17, 2025

Australia & New Zealand

Courtesy BW Offshore
BW Opal FPSO
Gas has begun flowing to the FPSO for the Santos-operated Barossa LNG project, with strong deliverability from five of the subsea wells tested to date.
Sept. 23, 2025
Courtesy Woodside Energy
Government go-ahead issued for NWS project extension offshore Australia
Final reviews have cleared the way for further investments by the North West Shelf JV partners.
Sept. 15, 2025
Courtesy CUE Energy
offshore Maari Field wellhead platform and Raroa FPSO
OMV and its partners have obtained authorization to continue operations at the Maari oil field until 2027, allowing them to invest in further production enhancement measures.
Aug. 28, 2025
Courtesy NOPSEMA
Scarborough Project Map
The plan enables the development of the Scarborough Field, expected to produce up to 8 MMtonnes of LNG annually, with first cargo targeted for late 2026.
Aug. 23, 2025
Courtesy Jadestone Energy
Montara FPSO offshore Australia
Jadestone Energy’s Skua-11ST development well has increased throughput at the Montara FPSO and should extend operations at the offshore hub by a further year.
Aug. 20, 2025
Courtesy Australian Government Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Northern Endeavour FPSO and oil fields diagram
Kent has been awarded a two-year contract by the Australian government to provide technical advisory services for the decommissioning of the Laminaria-Corallina oil fields, including...
Aug. 14, 2025

Canada

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SeaRose FPSO offshore Belfast, Ireland, in October 2024
Vessel motions during operations at the White Rose field offshore Newfoundland caused two gas cylinders to break free from a rack, falling to the deck.
Sept. 23, 2025
Courtesy BW Offshore
BW Offshore to become preferred bidder for the Bay du Nord FPSO project
BW Offshore and Equinor say that the FPSO will be tailored for the harsh sub-Arctic environment.
Sept. 2, 2025
Courtesy Van Oord
Van Oord completes ballasting and scour protection for offshore West White Rose project
Work started in 2024 with installation of a seabed preparation layer at the platform’s offshore location. Pipeline stabilization will begin shortly.
Aug. 29, 2025
Courtesy Allseas
Pioneering Spirit delivers first topsides offshore Canada
From heavy-lift operations to pipelaying, Allseas' Pioneering Spirit, Lorelay and Solitaire vessels have been busy working on offshore Canada and North Sea projects.
July 24, 2025
Courtesy Cenovus Energy LinkedIn
West White Rose gravity structure nearing tow-out
Preparations are underway for towing the concrete structure to its site location offshore Newfoundland & Labrador.
May 8, 2025
Courtesy Suncor Energy Inc.
Cenovus probes dropped object incident on SeaRose FPSO
Recently upgraded vessel experienced motions after a container was landed in the laydown area.
March 12, 2025

Latin America

Courtesy Petrobras
P-78 FPSO at the offshore Búzios Field
Petrobras has taken delivery of the FPSO P-78, which will now undergo installation and further commissioning at the Búzios Field in Brazil’s presalt Santos Basin.
Oct. 2, 2025
Courtesy MODEC
Map of Hammerhead FPSO location offshore Guyana
ExxonMobil has commissioned MODEC to supply its second FPSO for the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.
Sept. 30, 2025
Courtesy Saipem
Shen Da vessel
Saipem and TechnipFMC have confirmed contract awards for the SURF structures and subsea production systems for the Hammerhead deepwater development project.
Sept. 29, 2025
Courtesy SBM Offshore
First steel cut on Trion floating storage and offloading vessel
SBM Offshore reports that the FSO will be named Chalchi after the Aztec water deity.
Sept. 25, 2025
Courtesy TechnipFMC
TechnipFMC's iEPCi susbea field layout
These contracts highlight ongoing investment and collaboration in Brazil’s offshore oil industry.
Sept. 24, 2025
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ExxonMobil issues FID for Hammerhead project offshore Guyana
The $6.8-billion project calls for a new FPSO and 18 production and injection wells.
Sept. 22, 2025

Middle East

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Offshore equipment on the coast of the Persian Gulf at the Saudi Arabia port
Low development costs and a deep pipeline of projects give the Middle East a competitive edge, ensuring its share of global offshore supply climbs to nearly half by 2030.
Oct. 2, 2025
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Chevron and Israel to build gas pipeline from the Leviathan field to Egypt
Nitzana pipeline expected to start moving gas to Egyptian markets starting in 2028.
Sept. 19, 2025
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Subsea power cable added offshore Iran, at the Nowruz field
Production from Nowruz field ramps up as new cable brings power to subsea pumps.
Sept. 16, 2025
Courtesy ABS
Saudi vessel operator Jana gets ABS cyber resilience notation
The award, said to be an industry first for the offshore sector, covers three self-elevating vessels.
Sept. 16, 2025
Courtesy Energean
Karish FPSO
Energean expects to produce first gas from the Katlan cluster project offshore Israel in 2027, after finalising the main development contracts.
Sept. 12, 2025
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bp signs MoU to drill five wells in the Mediterranean Sea
bp shared its plans with Egyptian government officials to drill more wells to prove up further gas in the West Nile Delta concession in the Mediterranean Sea.
Sept. 9, 2025

North Sea & Europe

Courtesy Heerema Marine Contractors
Andrew Offshore Platform Decommissioning
Heerema Marine Contractors will remove the remaining topsides, jacket and skirt piles for bp’s Andrew platform in the UK North Sea.
Oct. 3, 2025
Courtesy Bifrost
offshore Harald Field operations
CarbonVault has agreed to join the TotalEnergies-led CCS project in the Danish North Sea, designed to transport and store industrial CO2 emissions in depleted gas/oil fields or...
Oct. 2, 2025
Courtesy Ardler Ltd.
offshore Andrew platform
The newly formed joint venture will manage all stages of the decommissioning campaign, from preparations of the platform, well and subsea facilities to final disposal for recycling...
Sept. 30, 2025
Courtesy DeepOcean
Edda Freya construction vessel
Equinor has commissioned DeepOcean for multiple installation activities next summer at the Åsgard and Visund fields offshore Norway.
Sept. 30, 2025
Courtesy Serica Energy's "Acquisition of portfolio of assets in the UK North Sea" presentation
North Sea assets map
The transaction, which should complete early next year, would give Serica operatorship of the Greater Laggan Area gas fields and pipeline system in the Shetlands area, and minority...
Sept. 30, 2025
Courtesy Corallian Energy's Victory Field Development Environmental Statement, July 2022
Map of Offshore Victory Field Development
The single-well subsea development, approved early in 2024, will produce up to 150,000 MMcf/d of gas.
Sept. 30, 2025

Russia

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Lukoil has opened a new center for core and reservoir fluids research in Perm, Russia.
Jan. 9, 2024
Courtesy Lukoil
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Lukoil has proven a large new gas-condensate field in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.
Feb. 7, 2023
Courtesy Nord Stream
Nord Stream 1 Castoro Dieci Lowering The Pipeline 62d73205d779e
Russian leader blames Western sanctions for the shutdown.
Sept. 8, 2022
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In Memoriam
Ravil Maganov, chairman of Russia's second largest oil producer Lukoil, died on Sept. 1 after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, a source familiar with the situation told...
Sept. 2, 2022
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Construction takes place on the offshore section of the Nord stream-2 gas pipeline on the bottom of the Baltic sea.
Russia will halt gas supplies to Europe for three days at the end of the month via its main pipeline into the region, Gazprom said on Friday, piling pressure on the region as ...
Aug. 19, 2022
Courtesy Rystad Energy August 2022
Iran Direct Octg Imports Rystad Energy
Metallurgical issues could impact Gazprom’s plans to support Iran’s offshore gas field development plans, according to Rystad Energy.
Aug. 15, 2022

US & Gulf of Mexico

Courtesy Noble Corp.
Noble drillships win bp contracts for work in US Gulf
The drilling contractor says that the total firm contract value is approximately $620 million.
Oct. 3, 2025
Courtesy Cogbill Construction
SmartPad on red pipe network
Six years into its application, the SmartPad System shows promising results in corrosion prevention and noise reduction, with operators continuing to monitor long-term structural...
Oct. 1, 2025
Courtesy bp
bp issues FID for Tiber-Guadalupe project
The $5-billion project represents bp’s second high-pressure Paleogene development in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Sept. 29, 2025
Courtesy Kiewit Offshore Services/Port of Corpus Christi
LLOG announces start of production at Salamanca FPU
The company says that reuse of the existing platform played a key role in reaching first oil this year.
Sept. 29, 2025
Courtesy TGS
Amendment West-1 updated map by TGS
TGS’ Amendment West-1 ocean-bottom node (OBN) survey involves deployment of multiple technologies designed to improve subsurface imaging in the East Banks area, ahead of future...
Sept. 29, 2025
Courtesy Viridien
Viridien imaging Laconia III OBN dataset over US Gulf Paleogene trend
Early results will be available to bidders for December’s offshore lease sale.
Sept. 19, 2025