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GLO Marine to Invest $7M in New Vessel Retrofit Hub in Romania

Feb 23, 2026

Retrofit specialist GLO Marine has announced a $7 million (€6 million) investment in a new integrated assembly and production facility in Galați, Romania, as it seeks to expand its end-to-end vessel upgrade and decarbonization capabilities.The new facility will allow the company to engineer…

Transocean-Valaris Tie-Up to Create $17B Offshore Drilling Major with 73 Rigs

Feb 10, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has agreed to acquire Valaris in an all-stock transaction valued at about $5.8 billion, creating one of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors with a fleet of 73 drilling rigs.The combined company…

MODEC, Eld Energy Partnership Targets Low-Carbon FPSO Power

Jan 27, 2026

MODEC has signed a joint development agreement with Norway-based Eld Energy to advance an integrated solid oxide fuel cell and CO2 capture system for floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels, as the offshore industry looks to cut emissions from power generation…

Seadrill Firms Up Offshore Drilling Workload with Multi-Region Contract Awards

Jan 21, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured multiple contract awards for its West Capella, West Elara and West Carina drilling rigs across Malaysia, Norway and Brazil.In Malaysia, the ultra-deepwater drillship West Capella secured a well-based contract with an undisclosed operator…

Turkish Petroleum, Chevron Discuss Joint Oil and Gas Exploration

Jan 21, 2026

Turkish Petroleum is in talks with Chevron to jointly explore oil and gas, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a Turkish official familiar with the discussions.Turkey's state energy company would work with Chevron on seismic studies and drilling…

Saipem Lands $425M Turkish Gas Contract in Sakarya Expansion

Dec 31, 2025

Italy's Saipem has been awarded a new offshore contract worth approximately $425 million by Turkish Petroleum OTC for additional work on the third phase of the Sakarya gas field development in the Turkish sector of the Black Sea.The contract includes engineering…

Russia Gives ExxonMobil More Time to Exit Sakhalin-1 Oil and Gas Project

Dec 26, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended by one year the deadline for the sale of U.S. oil major ExxonMobil's stake in the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project until January 1, 2027, according to a decree published on Wednesday.The extension…

Saipem Nets Multibillion-Dollar Job at World's Largest Offshore Gas Field

Dec 22, 2025

Italian engineering group Saipem has secured an offshore engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract in Qatar with a total value of about $4 billion, of which its share amounts to approximately $3.1 billion.The contract…

EnQuest Set to Top 2025 Production Forecast on Southeast Asia Gains

Dec 17, 2025

North Sea-focussed oil producer EnQuest said on Wednesday it expects to meet or exceed the upper end of its 2025 output forecast of 40,000–45,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) as it steps up expansion in Southeast Asia.The company…

India's ONGC Set to Retain 20% stake in Russia's Sakhalin-1 Project

Dec 08, 2025

India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) will pay into Russia's Sakhalin-1 oil and gas field abandonment fund in roubles, using Indian companies' frozen dividends to retain its 20% stake in the project, three sources familiar with the matter said…

Finder Energy Buys Petrojarl I FPSO for Timor-Leste Oil and Gas Projects

Dec 04, 2025

Finder Energy has agreed to acquire the Petrojarl I floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel from Amplus Energy for $15 million in cash and shares, in a move the company said will accelerate development of its Kuda Tasi and Jahal (KTJ) oil fields project…

Russia Seeks to Boost Oil Exports to China as Sanctions Tighten

Nov 25, 2025

Moscow and Beijing have been discussing ways to expand Russian oil exports to China, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday.China and India have become the main buyers of Russian oil since the start of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022…

Russia's Lukoil Takes Up Gunvor’s Offer for Foreign Assets

Oct 30, 2025

Russia’s Lukoil has accepted an offer from commodity trader Gunvor Group to buy Lukoil International, the wholly owned unit that holds the oil producer’s overseas assets, following the sanctions and restrictive measures introduced primarily by the United States…

US Pressure on India Could Propel Russia's Shadow Oil Exports

Oct 20, 2025

Donald Trump is putting more pressure on India to slash its Russian oil purchases. This could deprive Moscow of vital revenue, but it will mostly just push more Russian oil into an increasingly large shadow market.The U.S. president said on…

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