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  • Idle vessel from Shearwater’s fleet finds new owner

    27 April 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    As part of its fleet optimization journey, Norway’s Shearwater GeoServices is selling a 14-year-old vessel that has been in lay-up since 2021 to be converted into a dedicated source vessel. Through one of its wholly owned subsidiaries, Shearwater Geoservices has entered into an agreement with an undisclosed party for the sale of the 2012-built vessel […]

  • TotalEnergies’ upstream merger with NEO NEXT crosses finish line

    30 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    The merger between TotalEnergies’ UK North Sea upstream oil & gas business and NEO NEXT has been completed, resulting in what the French energy giant says is the largest independent oil & gas producer in the UK. To remind, the partners signed an agreement in December 2025 under which TotalEnergies would merge its upstream business […]

  • DeepOcean and Vår Energi shake hands for five-year subsea IMR services

    17 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean and Norway’s oil & gas player Vår Energi have extended their decade-long subsea collaboration by signing a new long-term inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) frame agreement. DeepOcean’s scope includes subsea work across all Vår Energi’s operated assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), covering IMR activities, project support for offshore […]

  • Seal of approval for Equinor’s drilling ops with Transocean’s 2016-built rig

    15 May 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has received clearance from the Norwegian authorities to conduct drilling activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling contractor.

  • Two new campaigns with Equinor to keep Reach Subsea’s USV at work

    30 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Norway’s Reach Subsea has secured two new call‑offs under its frame agreement with compatriot state-owned energy firm Equinor which will see its uncrewed surface vessel (USV) Reach Remote 1 deployed for gas reservoir monitoring and subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) services on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The first call‑off supports gas reservoir monitoring […]

  • Serica’s North Sea expansion boost: Acquisition wrap-up ensures oil & gas portfolio growth

    11 June 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy has enhanced its long-term resource outlook by bringing to a close the acquisition of previously disclosed assets from the Netherlands-based exploration and production player ONE-Dyas.

  • Ithaca Energy books AF Offshore for North Sea decom gig

    5 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    AF Offshore Decom (AFOD), a subsidiary of AF Gruppen, has landed a new decommissioning project on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) with Ithaca Energy, a North Sea oil and gas operator and producer.

  • Perenco enlarges its Southern North Sea asset arsenal

    14 April 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Perenco UK (PUK), part of Anglo-French oil and gas player Perenco, has augmented its portfolio in the Southern North Sea, with the acquisition of two licenses on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • Norwegian CO2 transport and storage project gathers three industry majors

    4 May 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Storage, Transition, Vision

    Aker Solutions, Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers (KNCC), a joint venture of Knutsen Group and NYKLine, and Vår Energi CCS AS, the project’s operator, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance the Trudvang CO2 transportation and storage project in the Norwegian North Sea. The partnership will combine KNCC’s specialized CO2 carriers equipped with dynamic […]

  • Aker BP gets hold of larger stake in huge North Sea oil field

    8 June 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP has augmented its interest in a giant field in the North Sea, which is considered to be one of the largest producing oil fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

  • Equinor-Aker BP pact accelerating development of oil & gas discoveries

    21 May 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production

    Two Norwegian energy players, Equinor and Aker BP, have forged a strategic alliance to augment future production and value creation across selected parts of their oil and gas portfolios on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), enabling them to better align ownership interests, support coordinated development, and enhance overall resource recovery.

  • Saipem loses drillship deal to higher bidder

    26 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Norwegian drillship owner Deep Value Driller has decided to sell its seventh-generation drillship Deep Value Driller to Eldorado Drilling after having received a higher bid, cancelling the recently announced sale agreement with Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem. It was reported on February 17 that Deep Value Driller had entered into an agreement […]

  • Go-ahead for North Sea drilling ops with Saipem’s rig

    27 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norwegian authorities have given the all-clear for drilling activities Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP is planning to undertake in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), with a rig owned by Saipem, an Italian engineering, drilling, and construction services giant.

  • Aker Solutions lands major five-year contract for key Aker BP assets off Norway

    16 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Aker Solutions has secured a five-year contract with Aker BP for maintenance, modification and operation services (MMO) across all of its key assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The work will be executed within the next-generation MMO alliance covering Valhall, Fenris, Ula, EIGA (Edvard Grieg and Ivar Aasen), Skarv, Alvheim, and the Yggdrasil area.  Engineering and […]

  • Prosafe firms up North Sea vessel gig with UK oil & gas operator

    18 May 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Oslo Stock Exchange-listed semi-submersible accommodation vessel owner and operator Prosafe has signed on the dotted line with North Sea-focused Ithaca Energy to deploy one of its flotels on an assignment on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • Noble’s giant semi-sub rig scores new drilling gig with BP in UK waters

    9 June 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has lined up a new multi-well drilling assignment for one of its semi-submersible rigs with the UK-headquartered energy giant BP on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • Kraken Robotics buying Sonardyne and EIVA’s parent company for $615 million

    27 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Vision

    Canada-headquartered marine technology player Kraken Robotics is set to acquire the UK’s Covelya Group, the parent company of Sonardyne International and EIVA, among others. Covelya Group designs, manufactures, sells and supports high-performance underwater technology for maritime defense and commercial customers, through its subsidiary companies Sonardyne International, EIVA, Forcys, Wavefront Systems, Voyis Imaging, and Chelsea Technologies. […]

  • Oil & gas operator keeping Saipem’s 2012-built rig busy into 2028

    19 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has landed a third contract extension for its 13-year-old semi-submersible drilling rig with Aker BP, a Norwegian oil and gas player, for operations off the coast of Norway.

  • ADES’ 1982-built rig scoops up multimillion-dollar drilling gig in Nigerian waters

    14 May 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    ADES Holding Company, which is part of Saudi Arabia-headquartered ADES Group, has won a new offshore drilling assignment off the coast of Nigeria for one of its jack-up rigs.

  • Probe into offshore rig incident uncovers serious breaches

    1 May 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has been served with an order from Norway’s offshore safety regulator, which investigated an incident that resulted in an injury at a semi-submersible rig deployed on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

  • OKEA sheds its stake in Norwegian gas/condensate discovery

    20 April 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Norway’s oil and gas company OKEA has struck a deal with Japex Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX), to divest its interest in an offshore gas/condensate discovery on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

  • UK oil & gas consolidation continues: Serica makes move on Spirit Energy’s North Sea assets

    16 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy has taken another consolidation step on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) by striking a deal to acquire the oil and gas portfolio of Spirit Energy Limited and its affiliates for an upfront consideration of £57 million (around $74 million).

  • BOEM issues environmental review for multi-well stimulation at Californian offshore platform

    23 April 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Regulation & Policy

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the final environmental impact statement for proposed offshore well stimulation work at a platform off the coast of California, 28 days after the publication of the notice of intent. The final environmental impact statement evaluates DCOR’s proposal to conduct well stimulation treatments, including hydraulic fracturing, on […]

  • North Sea hydrocarbon drilling ops hit a dead end

    12 February 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norway’s oil and gas player Vår Energi and its partner, Kistos Energy, have drilled an exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which yielded no commercial hydrocarbons.

  • UK’s carbon storage drive advances with go-ahead for North Sea appraisal well

    5 March 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Great Britain’s regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), has given its blessing for the drilling of a carbon storage appraisal well on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).