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Allseas takes delivery of new cargo barge for offshore platform transport
25 Feb 2026 13:50 GMT
Allseas’ new cargo barge Braveheart, built by the CIMC Changhong Shipyard, which held a keel-laying ceremony for the new vessel in April 2025, has now departed China for the Netherlands.
Braveheart was purpose-built to fit precisely within Pioneering …
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Saipem Pilots AI System on Ultra Deepwater Drillship
23 Feb 2026 16:19 GMT
In a statement sent to Rigzone on Monday, Saipem announced that it has introduced an AI-based predictive maintenance system onboard its Saipem 12000 ultra deepwater drillship.
Saipem said the Saipem 12000 is the first vessel in the company’s drilling fleet …
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Saipem Rolls Out AI-Based Maintenance System on Ultra-Deepwater Drillship
23 Feb 2026 12:38 GMT
Saipem has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI)-based predictive maintenance system onboard its ultra-deepwater drillship Saipem 12000, aiming to improve operational efficiency and offshore safety.
The system uses real-time data and artificial …
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What happens if Iran closes Strait of Hormuz? Global oil and LNG fallout
23 Feb 2026 11:19 GMT
A sliver of sea no wider than a city commute carries the lifeblood of the global economy. When friction rises between Iran and the United States, that sliver, the Strait of Hormuz, becomes the world’s most watched waterway.
Tensions have sharpened as the …
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Iran-US tensions: What would blocking Strait of Hormuz mean for oil, LNG?
22 Feb 2026 14:47 GMT
… drills in the corridor, through which about 20 percent of global oil … uninterrupted operation.
How much oil and gas pass through the strait?
According … antiship missiles, alongside surface vessels, semisubmersible craft and submarines designed for …
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Vantris Energy agrees to market Dolphin Drilling semisubmersible rig in Southeast Asia
20 Feb 2026 08:28 GMT
Dolphin Drilling Offshore and Vantris Energy subsidiary Sapura Drilling Asia have entered a … roots date back to Robray Offshore Drilling, which was formed in Singapore … Dolphin owns and operates three semisubmersible drilling rigs.
“We believe that Vantris …
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Transocean Ltd. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results
20 Feb 2026 00:23 GMT
… provider of offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells. … offshore drilling units, consisting of 20 ultra-deepwater drillships and seven harsh environment semisubmersibles … level of activity in offshore oil and gas exploration and development, …
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How a US-Israeli attack on Iran could crash UK, German, NZ and Australian economies
23 Feb 2026 16:19 GMT
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
If Israel and the US attack Iran, the cosy worlds of Europe, Australia and New Zealand could be swept up in an economic catastrophe.
Should the Iranians survive a terrifying onslaught, they have vowed to strike back in a way …
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Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
21 Feb 2026 13:38 GMT
… capable drillship fleet and a high-spec fleet of semisubmersibles capable … new tender for three drillships and two semisubmersibles with contract durations of … companies pivoting back towards oil and gas, particularly offshore and deepwater. So it …
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Transocean’s backlog stands at $6.1 billion in the wake of $610M rig deals
20 Feb 2026 20:49 GMT
Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has obtained multimillion-dollar assignments and extensions for seven mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) from its rig fleet.
Transocean Deepwater Skyros drillship (former Ocean Rig Skyros); …