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  • Jumbo Offshore completes mooring pre-installation for Errea Wittu FPSO

    Jumbo Offshore completes mooring pre-installation for Errea Wittu FPSO Schiedam, Netherlands-headquartered Jumbo Offshore has completed mooring pre-installation activities for the FPSO Errea Wittu for Exxon Mobil Guyana Ltd. at Uaru Field, Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana. Jumbo Offshore awarded FPSO mooring pre-installation contract The scope of work, carried out on behalf of Modec, under a contract…

  • CSM Energy takes delivery of newbuild PSV

    CSM Energy takes delivery of newbuild PSV Cyprus-headquartered CSM Group member CSM Energy reports that it has taken delivery of its first managed newbuild PSV. Named CL SPEC Lisa, the vessel is the first large PSV in the SPEC SPP40 series and was built for Sinopacific Engineering & Contracting (SPEC) at Chinese shipyard Nantong Rainbow…

  • Transocean and Valaris to combine in $5.8BN all-share deal

    Transocean and Valaris to combine in $5.8BN all-share deal Offshore drilling contractors Transocean Ltd (NYSE: RIG) and Valaris Limited (NYSE: VAL) have signed a definitive agreement to combine the two companies under a deal that will see Transocean acquire Valaris in an all stock transaction valued at approximately $5.8 billion. The shareholding percentages of the…

  • Indian Navy takes delivery of domestically built ASW shallow water craft Anjadip

    Indian Navy takes delivery of domestically built ASW shallow water craft Anjadip The Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) is celebrating the delivery of the anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW SWC) Anjadip as a moment of pride. The vessel, the third of eight ASW SWC vessels, has been domestically designed and built by Garden Reach…

  • Helix Energy Solutions awarded multi-year North Sea plug & abandonment contract

    Helix Energy Solutions awarded multi-year North Sea plug & abandonment contract Houston-headquartered Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE: HLX) reports that it has secured a multi-year contract with a major operator for riserless plug and abandonment (P&A) operations on up to 34 subsea wells in the U.K. North Sea. The awarded scope of work is…

  • Valaris books $300 million Shell drilling contract offshore Brazil

    Valaris books $300 million Shell drilling contract offshore Brazil Offshore drilling contractor Valaris Limited [NYSE: VAL] reports that Shell has awarded it a multi-year contract offshore Brazil for its drillship Valaris DS-8. The contract is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2027, with an estimated duration of approximately 800 days and a total…

  • Big Beautiful Gulf 1 oil and gas lease sale generates $279.4M in high bids

    Big Beautiful Gulf 1 oil and gas lease sale generates $279.4M in high bids The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management successfully conducted Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 1, which is the first mandatory offshore oil and gas lease sale required under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.…

  • Bourbon awarded major contract by ExxonMobil Guyana

    Bourbon awarded major contract by ExxonMobil Guyana Marseille-headquartered offshore services major Bourbon reports that it has signed a major 5-year contract (with extension options) with ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) to provide maritime services in Guyana. It covers the transportation of products essential to offshore operations in one of the world’s most dynamic oil basins and…

  • Seatrium awarded second deepwater FPU contract from BP

    Seatrium awarded second deepwater FPU contract from BP Seatrium Limited has been awarded a contract from BP Exploration and Production Inc. for the engineering, procurement, construction and onshore commissioning of the Tiber Floating Production Unit (FPU) project in the Gulf of America. The Tiber FPU marks Seatrium’s second consecutive deepwater project for BP Exploration, further…

  • BOEM moves ahead on Gulf of America and Cook Inlet offshore lease sales

    BOEM moves ahead on Gulf of America and Cook Inlet offshore lease sales The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced two major steps toward expanding offshore energy development pursuant to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The agency released the Final Notice of Sale for Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 1 (BBG1), the…

  • Does offshore wind have safety lessons to learn from oil and gas?

    Does offshore wind have safety lessons to learn from oil and gas? As the U.K. advances towards its net zero emissions, DNV is proposing that it adopts a revised risk management framework for the offshore renewables industry, built on oil and gas best practices. DNV has just released a comprehensive study comparing major accident risks…

  • International launches Chartek ONE passive fire protection on European market

    International launches Chartek ONE passive fire protection on European market AkzoNobel’s International protective coatings brand has launched its Chartek ONE epoxy passive fire protection (PFP) product to the European market following its launch in the Middle East last year. Chartek ONE is a single coat, mesh-free solution that simplifies PFP application for assets in the…

  • VIDEO: NOIA launches new Gulf of America Forward initiative

    VIDEO: NOIA launches new Gulf of America Forward initiative The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) has released Gulf of America Forward, a comprehensive new report and digital platform showcasing the Gulf of America as one of the world’s most valuable and dynamic offshore energy regions, a critical engine of innovation, economic strength, and national security.…

  • BP to go ahead on Tiber-Guadalupe floating production platform project in Gulf of America

    BP to go ahead on Tiber-Guadalupe floating production platform project in Gulf of America BP has reached a final investment decision (FID) to go ahead on the Tiber-Guadalupe floating production platform project, approving its second new production platform in less than two years in the Gulf of America. “Our decision to move forward on the…

  • Interior rolls out long term offshore O&G lease sales schedule

    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 sales in the Gulf of America and Alaska’s Cook Inlet. The Department says…

  • Q&A: Navigating U.S. offshore energy’s legal maze

    Q&A: Navigating U.S. offshore energy’s legal maze As the U.S. offshore energy landscape rapidly evolves—with growing momentum in offshore wind and heightened regulatory scrutiny in oil and gas—developers are facing a complex legal environment shaped by shifting policies, environmental challenges, and financial risks. Marine Log spoke with Jana Grauberger, a partner at Liskow & Lewis…

  • Woodside conducts first remote subsea inspection in U.S. waters

    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 in late May and remains ongoing, is also believed to be one of the…

  • Ulstein to retrofit 2024-built CSOV Olympic Notos for oil and gas contract

    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 gas installations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. This project will provide…

  • Kongsberg teams with Noble to bring innovative tech to offshore

    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 efficiency, risk assessment, and sustainability in offshore operations. The first pilot project under…

  • Bourbon to deploy six new design crewboats for Eni Congo

    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 a strategic milestone in the reduction of emissions associated with the offshore transport…

  • Solstad books new $17M Petrobras contract for Normand Pioneer

    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 Solstad Maritime ASA, that have different ownership structures and the vessel will be on…

  • What’s in OBBBA for offshore?

    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 the offshore industry? More for offshore oil and gas than for offshore wind. “This is a major milestone…

  • First of three Zamil Offshore FSIVs completes trials

    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 Offshore, the new vessel exceeded expectations on sea trials, achieving a service speed of 28…

  • New ABS technical paper explores offshore floating CO2 injection

    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 journey to lower carbon energy solutions, frequently involving injection of carbon into depleted offshore…

  • BOEM publishes PNOS for U.S. Gulf oil and gas Lease Sale 262

    BOEM publishes PNOS for U.S. Gulf oil and gas Lease Sale 262 The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management yesterday announced the publication of a Proposed Notice of Sale (PNOS) for an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of America. As directed by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and outlined in the PNOS,…

  • Strategic delivers another Gen 4 fast crew boat

    Strategic delivers another Gen 4 fast crew boat Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine reports that it has successfuly delivered TMS Tah Muang, the latest 42-meter Gen 4 fast crew boat (FCB) to join the growing fleet of Bangkok-headquartered Truth Maritime Services (TMS), a subsidiary of Thailand’s Prima Marine Group. This is the fourth high-performance vessel delivered…

  • North and South Carolina governors call for continuation of offshore drilling moratorium

    North and South Carolina governors call for continuation of offshore drilling moratorium North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster yesterday called on the Trump administration to maintain its moratorium on offshore drilling off the North and South Carolina coasts. Gov. Stein is a Democrat. Gov. McMaster is a Republican. “Because of…

  • Oceaneering enters vessel services agreement for Harvey Deep Sea

    Oceaneering enters vessel services agreement for Harvey Deep Sea Houston-headquartered Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE:OII) reports that its offshore projects group (OPG) business segment has entered into a vessel services agreement with a major operator for use of the MPSV Harvey Deep Sea. The MPSV Harvey Deep Sea, currently chartered by Oceaneering through February 2027, is…

  • Gibdock completes renewal work on Technip’s Deep Blue

    Gibdock completes renewal work on Technip’s Deep Blue DeeGibraltar ship repair yard Gibdock has completed a significant assignment in the offshore market, after Technip entrusted the yard with the repair and renewal of Deep Blue – the flagship of its specialized pipelay and subsea construction fleet. Gibdock repeat customer Technip relocated Deep Blue from the…

  • Strategic Marine delivers two more fast crew boats to TMS

    Strategic Marine delivers two more fast crew boats to TMS Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered two more fourth-generation fast crew boats (FCBs) to Thailand’s Truth Maritime Services (TMS), a member of Prima Marine Group. This latest FCB delivery follows the successful handover of the first two generation-four FCBs, TMS Ranod and TMS Raman, in…

  • New U.S. OCS oil and gas lease sales in the works

    New U.S. OCS oil and gas lease sales in the works Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum last Friday directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to initiate the first step in a public engagement process to develop a new schedule for offshore oil and gas lease sales on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).…

  • DOF Sea Dragon OSV will feature a range of Kongsberg Maritime solutions

    DOF Sea Dragon OSV will feature a range of Kongsberg Maritime solutions More details are emerging about the OSV (offshore support vessel) that the Crist shipyard in Poland is building for DOF. Provisionally named Sea Dragon, the OSV is set to assist operations off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. As we reported earlier, the 110…

  • Sea1 Offshore orders two more ST-245 offshore energy support vessels

    Sea1 Offshore orders two more ST-245 offshore energy support vessels Doubling down on a two-ship order placed in November last year, Norway’s Sea1 Offshore (the former Siem Offshore) has now placed an order at Chinese shipbuilder Cosco Shipping (Qidong) Offshore Co. Ltd. for two more high-end ST-245 design offshore energy support vessels. Based on the…

  • Twin Brothers Marine secures $12M in landmark projects

    Twin Brothers Marine secures $12M in landmark projects Franklin, La.-based Twin Brothers Marine (TBM), which specializes in heavy steel fabrication for the oil and gas, infrastructure, and renewables industries, has been awarded three contracts. With a combined value of over $12 million, the contracts will provide pressure vessels and infrastructure components for a major marine…

  • Joint resolution scraps rule seen as hindering offshore energy development

    Joint resolution scraps rule seen as hindering offshore energy development In a move applauded by Secretary of the Interior Doug Bergum as fostering offshore energy development, President Trump last week signed S.J.Res.11, a joint resolution disapproving the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s rule titled “Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources.” The BOEM rule, published under the…

  • Kongsberg wins contract for two new UT7623 SEV design vessels

    Kongsberg wins contract for two new UT7623 SEV design vessels Kongsberg Maritime has signed at contract for the design of two UT7623 SEV design multipurpose subsea vessels for Fosnavåg, Norway-headquartered Olympic Group. The “SEV” in the designation stands for “Sustainable Energy Vessel” and they will be methanol-ready and feature battery hybrid technology. The first references…

  • MAN 175D picked to power DOF Sea Dragon OSV newbuild

    MAN 175D picked to power DOF Sea Dragon OSV newbuild Poland’s Crist Shipyard has ordered six MAN 12V175D variable speed gensets in connection with the construction of an OSV (offshore support vessel) for DOF. Provisionally named Sea Dragon, the OSV is set to assist operations off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Designed by Gdynia-based MMC…

  • ST Engineering opts for Kongsberg design for new walk-to-work OSV

    ST Engineering opts for Kongsberg design for new walk-to-work OSV Kongsberg Maritime is to supply the design and integrated equipment package for a new walk-to-work offshore service vessel (OSV), to be built by ST Engineering Marine in Singapore for an undisclosed leading oil & gas company. The 97-meter OSV will be built to Kongsberg Maritime…

  • Seadrill sells 2007-built jack-up West Prospero for $45M

    Seadrill sells 2007-built jack-up West Prospero for $45M Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited (NYSE: SDRL) reports that it has completed the sale of the jack-up rig West Prospero for cash proceeds of $45 million. “With the sale of the West Prospero , we have monetized a non-core asset that has been stacked since 2016 and…

  • Hanwha Ocean wins ABS AiP for standard FPSO design

    Hanwha Ocean wins ABS AiP for standard FPSO design ABS has awarded Hanwha Group member Hanwha Ocean an Approval in Principle (AIP) for its Pre-FEED Standard FPSO Design. Intended to create an asset optimized for deployment in the deep waters of West Africa, the FPSO design is 340 meters long and capable of storing approximately…

  • Kongsberg to supply Brazil’s CMM with design and tech for six new hybrid PSVs

    Kongsberg to supply Brazil’s CMM with design and tech for six new hybrid PSVs Another major Petrobras PSV contract is in the works: Kongsberg Maritime is to supply a design and equipment package for six hybrid PSVs to Brazil’s Compagnie Maritime Monegasque (CMM). The company ranked first in a Petrobras tender for six hybrid large…

  • INEOS acquires CNOOC’s U.S. GoM business

    INEOS acquires CNOOC’s U.S. GoM business London-headquartered global chemical company INEOS said today that it has acquired the U.S. Gulf of Mexico business held by CNOOC Energy Holdings U.S.A. Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Company’s CNOOC International Limited unit. A Reuters report cites “a person with direct knowledge of the matter…

  • Petrobras signs contracts for 12 new hybrid PSVs

    Petrobras signs contracts for 12 new hybrid PSVs Edison Chouest Offshore’s Brazilian affiliate Bram Offshore is one of two companies that will each build and operate six new hybrid PSVs (platform support vessel) under contracts awarded yesterday by Brazilian energy major Petrobras. The other company is Starnav Serviços Marítimos, a subsidiary of Brazil’s Detroit Group.…

  • BOEM announces next steps for Gulf oil and gas leasing program

    BOEM announces next steps for Gulf oil and gas leasing program The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the availability of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Regional Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sales Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). API slams BOEM’s 5-year oil and gas lease sale program In…

  • Noble Corporation adopts ABS Wavesight eLogs

    Noble Corporation adopts ABS Wavesight eLogs Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation is to adopt ABS Wavesight eLogs electronic logbooks on its entire fleet of offshore assets. ABS Wavesight says that this marks a major milestone in offshore adoption of ABS Wavesight eLogs, bringing a new dimension to compliance management in the maritime and offshore sector.…