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September 10, 2025
PACC Offshore Services (POSH) has appointed Longitude to deliver marine operations engineering for the Republic of Congo’s Nguya FLNG. The project, part of Eni’s Congo LNG Phase 2, will boost LNG export capacity to 2.4 MMtpa.
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September 10, 2025
Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has been awarded a contract to upgrade two remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) for a global vessel operator. The upgraded systems will be equipped with FET’s latest control system, ICE Unity, plus FET’s proven system architecture.
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September 09, 2025
bp has signed an MoU with the Egyptian government for a five-well drilling program to boost natural gas production. The agreement comes as bp plans to increase production to 2.3-2.5 million boed in 2030 with the capacity to increase production out to 2035.
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September 08, 2025
Expro has set a new benchmark for deepwater well construction, achieving the heaviest casing string deployment to-date for a major operator in the Gulf of America/Gulf of Mexico.
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September 08, 2025
Petrodec’s newly constructed heavy lift jackup vessel, named “Obana,” has begun decommissioning work in the Southern North Sea for Perenco UK (PUK)'s Galahad platform.
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September 08, 2025
EXCLUSIVE -- Well, a few days have gone by, and SPE Offshore Europe (OE) in Aberdeen is now a collection of memories. But, what to make of what was seen and heard during the four-day conference and exhibition? There were many different viewpoints, and, honestly, many contradictions and hypocrisies.
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September 04, 2025
Unity Well Integrity has announced a strategic partnership with Clear Cut Interventions (CCI) Australia, marking a significant step forward in delivering advanced intervention and well integrity solutions to operators across the Asia-Pac region.
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September 04, 2025
Equatorial Guinea will launch its EG Ronda 2026 licensing round later this month. The licensing round forms part of the country’s broader strategy to revitalize its upstream sector, attract new investment and unlock offshore E&P opportunities.
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September 04, 2025
PRIO SA, Brava Energia and BW Energy are considering buying Petronas' stake in the Brazilian oil field Tartaruga Verde to expand in Latin America’s largest producing country, according to people familiar with the matter.
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September 03, 2025
Subsea asset integrity management software company Elementz has announced a new digital initiative to fast track the development of AI in subsea operations. The new AI accelerator program, Tide Breaker, was unveiled at Offshore Europe on Wednesday.
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September 03, 2025
JDR Cable Systems (JDR) has been awarded a contract by Liverpool Bay CCS Limited, a member of the Eni SpA group, to supply subsea power cables for its project which will be the backbone of the HyNet North West industrial decarbonization cluster.
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September 03, 2025
Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) has appointed experienced sector leader James Christie to head up activities across Europe and Africa following significant growth and plans for further global expansion. 
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September 02, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Offshore Europe’s first-day plenary session was highlighted by Opposition Leader, Conservative Member of Parliament Kemi Badenoch, delivering a somewhat fiery speech in favor of maximizing the UK North Sea’s potential.
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September 02, 2025
“TotalEnergies is honored to be the first international company to be awarded exploration licenses in a bid round in Nigeria in more than a decade,” commented Kevin McLachlan, Senior Vice-President Exploration at TotalEnergies.
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September 02, 2025
TechnipFMC has been awarded two subsea contracts by Petrobras for flexible pipe solutions. The first award involves the design, engineering, and manufacturing of flexible gas injection risers in the Santos basin, while the second award involves flexible risers and flowlines for deployment in the Campos basin.
News
September 01, 2025
TotalEnergies has been awarded the Nzombo exploration permit in the Republic of the Congo. The 1,000 square km Nzombo permit is located 100 km off the coast of Pointe-Noire, close to the Moho production facilities.
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September 01, 2025
Equinor has selected BW Offshore as preferred bidder for the FPSO unit for the Bay du Nord project offshore Canada. Bay du Nord, Canada's first deepwater project, is operated by Equinor and bp, and holds an estimated 400 million bbls of recoverable light crude in its initial phase.
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August 28, 2025
Two SLB OneSubsea™ subsea compressor stations recently came online at Ormen Lange, the second largest gas field in Norway. The subsea compressor stations will help Shell unlock 30–50 billion cubic meters of additional gas reserves for export to Europe.
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August 28, 2025
Oceaneering has won contracts to provide work class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services, specialized tooling packages, and survey services onboard multiple anchor handling and ROV support vessels working on Petrobras projects offshore Brazil.
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August 27, 2025
Verlume has entered into a strategic collaboration with Kraken Robotics, marking an industry-first crossover: the introduction of military-grade battery technology into the commercial offshore energy sector for the first time.
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August 27, 2025
Subsea7 has landed a major contract with the Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center (TP-OTC) for the development of phase 3 of the Sakarya field development in the Black Sea, offshore Türkiye.
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