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June 26, 2025
Salunda has fitted its next-generation Latch Hawk fingerboard-latch monitoring system to a semisubmersible rig in the Americas, extending the technology’s regional rollout. Integrated with the rig’s control system, the sensors give crews real-time status updates and help prevent DROPS incidents.
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June 26, 2025
Equinor and its Fram partners will invest more than $2 billion (NOK 21 billion) in a new subsea development, Equinor announced Thursday. The Fram Sør project is a combined development of several discoveries that will export oil and gas via Troll C in the North Sea. Recoverable volumes are estimated at 116 MMboe, and production is scheduled to start at the end of 2029.
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June 25, 2025
The Forum Energy Technologies (FET) Subsea product line has secured a contract to provide two work class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to CCC Underwater Engineering (CCC UE), the UAE-based offshore construction organization.
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June 25, 2025
Israel ordered the resumption of production at its biggest natural gas field following a truce in hostilities with Iran, setting the stage for higher exports to Egypt. Chevron is working to resume regular production within a few hours, sources said.
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June 24, 2025
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called his government’s 10-year industrial strategy “a turning point” for the nation’s economy, but for an oil and gas lobby the plan must include tax reform for North Sea energy producers. 
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June 23, 2025
ROSEN UK has secured a major contract to provide design verification and subsea engineering support for one of the UK’s most significant carbon capture projects. As part of this contract, ROSEN will conduct comprehensive design verification of the project’s CO₂ transportation pipelines.
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June 23, 2025
Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has successfully completed a complex wellhead severance project in the Southern North Sea. Previous efforts to remove the target well were unsuccessful, meaning Mermaid had to use dedicated precision subsea tooling and expert project execution to sever and recover the well conductor.
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June 23, 2025
"The COD milestone marks a major achievement for one of Africa’s deepest offshore developments which introduce Mauritania and Senegal as LNG exporters," Golar LNG said in a news release.
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June 19, 2025
SBM Offshore has signed an operations and maintenance contract with TotalEnergies for the FPSO GranMorgu. The contract marks a significant milestone as SBM Offshore becomes the first FPSO operator in Suriname.
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June 19, 2025
Namibia will offer financial incentives to help kick-start the development of oil fields managed by a group led by TotalEnergies, according to a special adviser in the presidency. Namibia is targeting first oil output in the next five years,
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June 19, 2025
Expro has been commissioned by UK's Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) to provide critical services that will be needed to appraise two wells in the Endurance reservoir for future CCS suitability.
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June 18, 2025
The contract includes a firm commitment to drill two exploration wells, targeting drill-ready prospects that offer significant resource potential and are strategically positioned to unlock synergies with Petronas’ existing operations in Suriname.
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June 18, 2025
Subsea7 has secured a substantial contract offshore Norway. Subsea7’s scope includes engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of pipeline bundles, spools, protection covers and tie-ins using key vessels from Subsea7’s fleet. 
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June 17, 2025
Petrobras, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. have won exploration rights in Brazil’s Equatorial Margin, betting that the nation’s environmental regulator will finally open the promising offshore oil region for drilling after years of delay.
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June 17, 2025
Geospace Technologies Corporation have secured a Permanent Reservoir Monitoring contract award for Mero Fields 3 and 4 from Petrobras. The contract encompasses the supply and installation of nearly 500km of the OptoSeis® Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM) system.
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June 17, 2025
The American Petroleum Institute has joined more than 100 other energy trade groups and organizations in urging the Department of the Interior to develop a new five-year offshore leasing program that fully leverages the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.
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June 16, 2025
EnerMech has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil to deliver a complete flowline decommissioning package for the Hoover Diana development in the Gulf of Mexico/Gulf of America. The scope marks EnerMech’s first major decommissioning campaign in the region.
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June 16, 2025
Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has successfully and safely completed a well intervention on the Teal P2 well in the North Sea. The operation was carried out on behalf of Anasuria Operating Company (AOC), the FPSO Operator for Teal and Teal South.
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June 13, 2025
The five-year contract, worth approximately $203 million (£150 million), encompasses ASCO’s full suite of integrated logistics services. The award represents a major milestone for ASCO, marking one of the largest logistics contracts in its recent history.
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June 13, 2025
Rotork has supplied over 200 actuators to ONE-Dyas for the N05-A upstream gas processing platform, located in the Dutch North Sea. The actuators will support the electrification and automation of the platform.
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June 13, 2025
Perenco Congo has confirmed a major investment project with the construction of a new offshore platform, Kombi 2. The Kombi 2 construction project, including the upcoming drilling phases, represents an investment of over $200 million.
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