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First oil flows from Brazilian subsea tie-back project

19 Mar, 2026
Brazilian oil and gas company PRIO, formerly known as PetroRio, has brought online the first well at its subsea tie-back project in the Campos basin off the coast of Brazil. FPSO Valente (formerly known as FPSO Frade) operating in the Frade...

Saipem’s subsea drone clears tests with Petrobras ahead of offshore deployment

19 Mar, 2026
Saipem’s underwater inspection drone (UID) FlatFish has completed a test campaign with Brazil’s oil & gas major Petrobras as part of a contract awarded in 2023, ahead of deployment in a real offshore environment. Source: Saipem The func...

Aker Solutions bags FEED contract for Lithuanian CO2 terminal

19 Mar, 2026
Lithuanian liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal operator KN Energies has awarded Aker Solutions with a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for its CO2 transshipment terminal infrastructure project in Klaipėda. Source: KN Energi...

Missile strikes leave fires and ‘extensive damage’ in its wake at QatarEnergy’s LNG assets

19 Mar, 2026
Qatar’s state-owned oil and gas giant QatarEnergy has confirmed missile attacks at multiple liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities, which sustained significant damage during the assault that left the targeted LNG infrastructure in flames. R...

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...