Haizea Wind Group has completed 186 tower sections for 62 Siemens Gamesa turbines bound for the 496 MW Dieppe-Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France.
DOF Group ASA secured four 12-year charter and service contracts in Brazil for newbuild RSVs supporting Petrobras deepwater IMR operations, with a total contract value close to $2.0 billion.
Ørsted reported higher offshore EBITDA in Q1 2026 as it advanced offshore wind projects in the US, Europe, and Taiwan while maintaining full-year guidance.
Vår Energi has exercised a second option for the COSLPioneer semi-submersible drilling rig operated by COSL Drilling Europe.
RWE Offshore Wind CEO Sven Utermöhlen will step down on 30 September 2026, with Tobias Keitel taking over from 1 October.
Norway has opened APA 2026 with 70 offshore exploration blocks across the Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea and North Sea, with bids due on 1 September 2026.
Kosmos Energy and Shell plan to drill the Trailblazer prospect in the Gulf of America in 2027, targeting about 200 million boe gross.
Valaris added about $560 million through new rig contracts and extensions, raising total backlog to around $4.9 billion after recent drillship and jack-up awards.
Valaris has sold Valaris DPS-1 for recycling after the 10,000-ft semisubmersible was stacked in Malaysia following its release from work offshore Australia.
