Harbour Energy will buy the Waldorf subsidiaries for $170 million, adding about 20,000 boe/d, 35 million boe of 2P reserves and larger interests in the Catcher and Kraken oil fields in the UK North Sea.
Consortia led by Equinor–Vargronn and Deep Wind Offshore–EDF Power Solutions have each secured a project area in Norway’s 1,500 MW Utsira Nord floating wind round, with access to a state-aid tender capped at NOK 35bn.
Former CNOOC deputy GM Yuan Guangyu has been formally charged by prosecutors in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, over allegations that he took extremely large bribes while holding senior posts at CNOOC Bohai and CNOOC Limited.
Seatrium and GE Vernova have secured TenneT’s BalWin5 2.2 GW offshore grid connection in Germany, lifting Seatrium’s 2025 orders above S$4 billion (US$3.08 billion) with commissioning planned in 2032.
Shell has chartered the semi-submersible rig Deepsea Mira from Northern Ocean for a one-well drilling campaign offshore Namibia starting in April 2026, with an option well and $16 million of firm backlog.
Ukraine says drones hit the Filanovsky rig in the Caspian Sea, halting output at a Lukoil-owned platform serving more than 20 oil and gas wells.
Australia has launched its first offshore oil and gas acreage package since 2022, offering five Otway Basin blocks off Victoria as it seeks to manage future gas supply risks on the east coast.
DeepOcean and Equinor have renewed their subsea IMR frame agreement, ensuring continuous IMR services from 2006 to 2035 and vessel-based and onshore support through 2026 and into 2027.
BOKA Ocean has completed the final inter-array cable at Ørsted’s 913 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm after more than 18 months and four campaigns, working closely with Ndeavor.
