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Norway-made adaptive mooring technology pilot installed at Portuguese testing site

19 Mar, 2026
Oslo-headquartered Fred. Olsen 1848 has completed the pilot installation of automatic Tension Buoys at Europe’s first open-access laboratory dedicated to testing technologies for floating and hydro solar power generation, an adaptive moorin...

American activist investor targets MOL

19 Mar, 2026
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Japan’s largest shipowner, saw its share price leap 11% yesterday to a record high after the US’s Elliott Investment Management disclosed a significant stake in Tokyo firm. Elliott, which has a long history in invest...

Bristow’s helicopter pair tasked with flights across Norwegian oil & gas fields

18 Mar, 2026
Bristow Norway, a subsidiary of the offshore aviation services provider Bristow Group, has secured a multimillion-dollar assignment on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) for two helicopters with Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor....

Training simulator in the making for Jan De Nul’s Fleeming Jenkin

18 Mar, 2026
Jan De Nul has appointed the Dutch company Tree C Technology to develop a training simulator for its XL cable-laying vessel (CLV) Fleeming Jenkin. Fleeming Jenkin. Source: Jan De Nul Jan De Nul placed an order for Fleeming Jenkin at China’s...

Woodside promotes from within to fill CEO role

18 Mar, 2026
Australia’s energy giant Woodside has finished its hunt for a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) by assigning this position to its Acting CEO. Illustration; Source: Woodside Woodside Energy’s board has appointed Elizabeth (Liz) Westcott, who...

South American waters yield more gas: Petrobras makes new find in Colombia

18 Mar, 2026
Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras has boosted South America’s energy arsenal with a new gas discovery off the coast of Colombia. Noble Discoverer semi-submersible rig; Source: Noble via LinkedIn While confirming a new gas discover...

Baker Hughes lands five-year job with Petrobras in Brazil

18 Mar, 2026
U.S.-headquartered energy technology giant Baker Hughes has won a multi-year deal with Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras to support critical turbomachinery equipment for the South American country’s offshore and refinery operation...

Pancontinental picks up 12-month extension for Namibia’s Orange Basin permit

18 Mar, 2026
Pancontinental Orange, a subsidiary of Australia-based petroleum exploration player Pancontinental Energy, has secured a one-year extension of its license off the coast of Namibia. PEL 87 location map; Source: Pancontinental Pancontinental ...