July 21 (Reuters) - Halliburton edged past Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit on Tuesday as gains in its other international markets offset declines in the Middle East, but shares fell 4.3% in premarket trading on subdued demand in North America. The Middle East conflict has dominated energy markets this year as repeated flare-ups keep a crucial oil-producing... Continue Reading →
US energy firms boost rig count to highest since April 2025, Baker Hughes says
July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week added rigs for a fifth week in a row for the first time since early June, boosting the total count to its highest since April 2025, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday. The total rig count, an early indicator of... Continue Reading →
World-First Floating Wind Technology to Help Power Oil Rigs
July 16 (oilprice.com) It’s not often that wind power and oil and gas are mentioned in the same breath. The rare occasion concerns a new type of offshore wind turbine launched in China that will power the extraction of fossil fuels by offshore oil platforms. Developed by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the... Continue Reading →
Suriname’s GranMorgu FPSO Project to Evaluate Wind-Assisted Towing
July 16 (OE) STS joint venture, formed by SBM Offshore and Technip Energies, and TotalEnergies EP Suriname have signed an agreement with French company Beyond the Sea to evaluate wind-assisted kite traction towing for the GranMorgu floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel offshore Suriname. The partners will develop, install, test and operate a Wind... Continue Reading →
Gulf Marine Services Expands Brazil Presence with New Jack-Up Accommodation Unit Charter
July 16 (OE) Gulf Marine Services (GMS) has secured a four-year charter for one of its self-elevating accommodation units to support offshore operations in Brazil, strengthening its presence in the Latin American market. The contract, signed with an international offshore accommodation services provider, comprises 1,461 days of firm charter. The vessel is scheduled to be... Continue Reading →
Equinor Completes Installation of Torpedo Piles for the Raia Project FPSO in the Campos Basin
July 15 - The Raia project has reached another milestone in its development schedule with the completion of the installation of the 24 torpedo piles that make up the mooring system for the FPSO to be used at the field. Jhordann Barrera, the Raia project’s SURF (Subsea, Umbilicals, Risers, and Flowlines) offshore operations manager, stated... Continue Reading →
Experimental Floating Axis Wind Turbine Installed Offshore Japan
July 15 (offshoreWIND.biz) The Floating Axis Wind Turbine (FAWT) consortium of six Japanese companies has installed an experimental low-cost next-generation floating wind turbine in the bay of Iki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The concept aims to make a fully domestic supply chain of offshore wind possible. The demonstration has started as of July 2026 and... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Postpones Bidding for Búzios 12 FPSO Construction
July 15 - Petrobras has extended the bid submission deadline for the Búzios 12 project FPSO ( P-91) by 180 days. The original deadline was September 9 of this year. Interested suppliers now have more time to prepare their offers, a move Petrobras believes will likely increase competition for the contract. The oil company chose... Continue Reading →
Principle Power Wins O&M Contract for EFGL Floating Foundations
July 15 (offshoreWIND.biz) Principle Power has been awarded the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support contract for the 30 MW Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) project in the French Mediterranean operated by Ocean Winds (OW) in partnership with la Banque des Territoires. The agreement with EFGL covers the three WindFloat® foundations, which host three... Continue Reading →
Golar LNG tasks Axess with work on FLNG pair bound for South American project
July 14 (offshore-energy.biz) Norway-headquartered asset integrity management company Axess Group has picked up new assignments with Golar LNG, the Bermuda-headquartered owner and operator of liquefied natural gas (LNG) midstream infrastructure, for two floating LNG (FLNG) units destined to be deployed at Argentina’s LNG project on the South American country’s Atlantic coast. Axess Group has been... Continue Reading →