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BW Energy’s Planned Angola Entry Challenged by Pre-Emption Rights

Feb 06, 2026

BW Energy has informed that one of the existing joint venture partners in Angola's offshore blocks 14 and 14K has indicated its intention to exercise pre-emption rights in relation to the previously announced acquisition agreement.BW Energy and its partner Maurel & Prom had been notified of the move by a joint venture partner in the two licenses. The agreement signed between BW Energy, Maurel & Prom…

Bae Systems Launches Incubator Program to Propel Technologies Beyond Defense

Feb 06, 2026

BAE Systems Launchpad is a new incubator program designed to take dual-use technologies beyond the defense sector and help innovations reach their full commercial potential.Launchpad directly addresses the challenge of moving defense technologies…

Cheniere Energy Files Application to Build LNG plant in Texas

Feb 06, 2026

Cheniere Energy, the largest liquefied natural gas exporter in the U.S., has submitted an application to build a 24 million metric tonnes per annum LNG plant at its Corpus Christi location in Texas, according to a filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…

TotalEnergies Secures Operated Interest in Namibia’s Offshore License

Feb 06, 2026

TotalEnergies has signed agreements to acquire a 42.5% operated interest in the PEL104 exploration license offshore Namibia from Eight Offshore Investments Holdings and Maravilla Oil & Gas.Following completion of the transaction, TotalEnergies will become operator of the licence with a 42…

Oil Companies Snap Up West African Blocks in Search for Next Big Thing

Feb 04, 2026

Chevron and TotalEnergies are among the oil majors snapping up offshore blocks in West and Southern Africa as compelling geology, regulatory reforms, and the need to restock spur a hunt for the next Brazil.Companies are restocking their oil…

Rovtech, Unique Group to Expand ROV Reach to Middle East and Asia

Feb 04, 2026

Rovtech has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Unique Group to expand sales, service and support for its VALOR remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems in the Middle East and Asia Pacific.Under the agreement, Unique Group will promote…

ESVAGT-KMC JV Nets Long-Term Vessel Deal for Korea Offshore Wind Farm

Feb 04, 2026

KESTO, a joint venture between Denmark’s ESVAGT and South Korea’s KMC Line, has secured its first contracts to provide offshore service logistics for Vestas at the Shinan-Ui offshore wind farm in South Korea.From 2028 and for a minimum period of 10 years…

Kuwait to Tap International Oil Firms for Offshore Fields

Feb 03, 2026

Kuwait's prime minister Ahmad Abdullah al-Ahmad al-Sabah said on Tuesday that Kuwait Petroleum Corporation plans to invite international oil companies to assist Kuwait Oil Company in developing recently announced offshore oil and gas discoveries…

Dajin, Zima Plan Offshore Wind Foundations Plant at Spain's Gijon Port

Feb 02, 2026

China-based offshore wind foundations manufacturer Dajin Heavy Industry and Spanish industrial group Zima Equity Investments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop an offshore wind foundations manufacturing facility at the Port of Gijon in Asturias…

HSI Rolls Out Zingst Offshore Substation Topside for German TSO

Feb 02, 2026

The HSI Joint Venture, comprising HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and engineering company Iv, has rolled out the topside of OSS Zingst at HSM Offshore Energy’s yard in Schiedam.The milestone marks the next step in delivering Germany’s newest…

Russia’s Lukoil Agrees to Sell Foreign Assets to US’ Carlyle Group

Jan 29, 2026

Lukoil had agreed to sell most of its foreign assets, estimated to be worth around $22 billion, to U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group pending approval from the U.S. government, Russia's No. 2 oil producer said on Thursday.Under U.S. sanctions because of Russia's actions in Ukraine…

Massachusetts Offshore Wind Project to Resume Construction

Jan 28, 2026

A federal judge on Tuesday allowed Vineyard Wind to resume work on its Massachusetts offshore wind project, which President Donald Trump's administration halted along with four other projects last month.The ruling by U.S. District Judge Brian…

Australia and Timor-Leste Push to Advance Greater Sunrise Gas Field

Jan 28, 2026

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his East Timor counterpart, Xanana Gusmao, on Wednesday said the Greater Sunrise gas project should be developed 'as soon as possible', with Australia pledging a third of its state revenue to its small neighbor…

Chevron-Led Joint Venture Discovers Hydrocarbons Offshore Nigeria

Jan 27, 2026

A joint venture between Nigeria’s state oil company Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) and Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) has confirmed hydrocarbons across multiple reservoir zones following the drilling of the Awodi-07 appraisal and…

Noble Scoops $1.3B in Drilling Contracts, Enters Norway's Floater Market

Jan 26, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured new contract awards for nine rigs totaling about $1.3 billion in backlog, including a three-year deal that marks its entry into Norway’s harsh-environment floater market.The largest…

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