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Shell Sells 20% Stake in Brazil’s Orca Deepwater Project to Kuwaiti Firm

Feb 03, 2026

Shell Brasil Petróleo, a subsidiary of Shell, has agreed to sell a 20% interest in the Orca deepwater project offshore Brazil to Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC).Orca, formerly known as Gato do Mator, is a deepwater development located in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin. Following completion of the transaction, Shell will remain operator of the project, retaining a 50% interest…

Shell Nigeria Starts Maintenance on Bonga FPSO, Trims Oil Exports

Feb 02, 2026

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company has begun planned maintenance on its Bonga deepwater oil vessel, a move that will temporarily cut Nigeria’s oil export capacity by about 225,000 barrels per day but could extend the asset’s lifespan…

Subsea7 Gets Shell’s Contract for Deepwater Development off US

Jan 30, 2026

Subsea7 has secured a sizeable contract by Shell for the Kaikias Waterflood project, a deepwater development in the Mars-Ursa Basin, off the Louisiana coast in the United States.The scope of work includes the transportation and installation of a subsea umbilical…

TotalEnergies, BluEnergies Agree Joint Study on Liberia Deepwater Play

Jan 16, 2026

TotalEnergies has entered into a joint study and application agreement with Canada’s BluEnergies to assess the hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Harper Basin fan play offshore Liberia.Under the agreement, BluEnergies and the Liberian upstream…

ExxonMobil Enlists Shearwater for 3D Seismic Survey in South America

Jan 15, 2026

Offshore seismic services firm Shearwater Geoservices has secured a contract for a large 3D seismic acquisition program for ExxonMobil Trinidad and Tobago Deepwater.The deepwater survey offshore Trinidad and Tobago will cover approximately 6…

Archer Awarded Integrated Deepwater P&A Contract in the Gulf of America

Jan 14, 2026

Archer, in collaboration with SLB, has been awarded an integrated plug and abandonment (P&A) contract with Equinor for the Titan platform in the Gulf of America (GoA).The service offerings under the contract includes project management, well engineering…

Delfin LNG Project Moves Closer to FID as SHI Gets Extension

Jan 12, 2026

Delfin Midstream has extended a letter of award with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and placed orders for critical liquefaction equipment, as the company moves toward a final investment decision on the first floating LNG vessel for its Delfin LNG project…

Jereh Group Delivers Oil Separation Systems for Petrobras’ FPSO Units

Jan 06, 2026

Chinese multinational oilfield equipment and services provider Jereh Group has delivered slop treatment units and oil purifiers to CIMC Raffles for Petrobras’ P84 and P85 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units, bound for deployment at the Atapu and Sépia fields…

Harbour Energy Expands to Gulf of America in $3.2B LLOG Acquisition Deal

Dec 22, 2025

Harbour Energy has entered into an agreement to acquire LLOG Exploration Company for $3.2 billion, marking its entry into the deepwater U.S. Gulf of America and strengthening its global offshore portfolio.The deal, which includes $2.7 billion in cash and $0…

Fugro Nets Mubadala Energy’s Deepwater Gas Job in Asia

Dec 17, 2025

Fugro has secured a large contract with Mubadala Energy to deliver advanced soil investigation services for the South Andaman Deepwater Development, located offshore Indonesia.The strategic project will inform the Front-End Engineering Design Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) award…

Transocean’s Ultra-Deepwater Drillship Up for $130M Australian Job

Dec 09, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has signed a six-well contract with an undisclosed operator for its Deepwater Skyros drillship, offshore Australia.The estimated 320-day campaign is expected to start in the first quarter of 2027 and contribute approximately $130 million in backlog…

BP Hires Seatrium to Deliver Tiber FPU in Gulf of America

Nov 26, 2025

Seatrium has secured a contract from BP for the engineering, procurement, construction and onshore commissioning of the Tiber floating production unit (FPU) in the Gulf of America.The Tiber FPU marks Seatrium’s second consecutive deepwater project for BP…

TechnipFMC to Supply Subsea Systems for Eni’s Maha Deepwater Project

Nov 18, 2025

TechnipFMC has been awarded an integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation (iEPCI) contract by Eni for the deepwater Maha project offshore Indonesia.The project represents Eni’s first deployment of TechnipFMC’s Subsea 2…

Vallourec to Supply Line Pipes for Shell’s Deepwater Project off Brazil

Oct 31, 2025

French tubular solutions supplier Vallourec has secured a contract with TechnipFMC to supply line pipes for the Orca project, formerly known as Gato do Mato, a major Shell-operated deepwater development in Brazil’s Santos Basin.The integrated contract covers more than 20…

PTTEP Orders OneSubsea Systems for Two Deepwater Projects off Malaysia

Oct 31, 2025

OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, has secured two sizeable engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts by PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) for two deepwater projects offshore Malaysia…

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