Interocean Marine Services has signed a deal with JERA Nex bp to provide marine support for offshore wind work in the North Sea and international markets, with services to be delivered from Aberdeen.
Borr Drilling said four jack-up rigs in the Middle East are on standby amid the current regional situation. Three units in Qatar and the UAE were downmanned, while Arabia III was shut down safely after a 7 March 2026 incident.
Liberia has started offshore exploration work with TotalEnergies across four PSA blocks, while new seismic processing and storage plans support broader energy sector activity.
Petrobras controls 36 of Brazil’s 49 offshore rigs, while Westwood Global Energy Group data point to 5,472 minimum rig days of demand through 2029.
Equinor has secured Norwegian consent to use Deepsea Bollsta for drilling, completion, temporary plugging and workover on Johan Sverdrup, following a rig contract extension tied to an eight-well program.
SFL Corporation has secured a new Canada drilling contract for the Hercules semi-submersible. The deal is worth about $170 million and covers a minimum 400-day term from Q1 2027.
Wellesley Petroleum has secured consent to drill the 35/10-16 S exploration well in the Norwegian North Sea, with Deepsea Yantai set to handle the work.
The Sèmè field offshore Benin moved closer to regular production after Lime Petroleum completed the connection between MOPU Stella Energy 1 and FSO Kristina, with oil now flowing into the storage vessel during commissioning.
Hanwha Ocean won a Chevron contract to build additional modules for the Leviathan expansion offshore Israel, supporting added wells, subsea work and higher gas deliveries, with start-up targeted toward decade-end.
