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Home Fossil Energy Dolphin Drilling’s 52-year-old rig secures longer run in India’s oil & gas exploration game July 8, 2026, by Dolphin Drilling, an Oslo-listed, Aberdeen-headquartered owner and operator of a fleet of harsh-environment mid-water and deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, has revealed that one of its units is staying longer at an assignment off the coast of India with Oil India Limited, an exploration and production company. Blackford Dolphin rig; Source: Dolphin Drilling Dolphin Drilling has

Blackford Dolphin rig; Source: Dolphin Drilling Dolphin Drilling has announced that the 1974-built Blackford Dolphin deepwater-capable semi-submersible rig will continue its drilling contract with Oil India Limited, following a new extension that will keep the unit busy until at least August 28, 2026

The rig owner values its ongoing partnership with Oil India Limited and remains committed to delivering safe and efficient operations. The rig embarked on its 14-month hydrocarbon exploration campaign with the Asian player in November 2024

A steel-cutting ceremony has been held at Seatrium’s Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore

Kinetics’ FSRU; Courtesy of Kinetics, a Karpowership initiative Kinetics describes the start of construction of LNGT Karadeniz, its first high-capacity FSRU, as “a major milestone” in the expansion of its floating LNG infrastructure portfolio. A steel-cutting ceremony has been held at Seatrium’s Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore

Home Fossil Energy Karpowership-backed Kinetics kicks off work on flagship high-capacity FSRU July 8, 2026, by Kinetics, a Karpowership initiative, has embarked on the construction of the first in its series of planned next-generation floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) at Seatrium’s Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore

subsea engineering and applied technology firm Oceaneering International and Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras have expanded their collaboration with a four-year contract for remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services. Source: Oceaneering Following a competitive tender process, Oceaneering’s Brazilian subsidiary, Marine Production Systems do Brasil LTDA (MPS), has been selected to deliver ROV services to Petrobras offshore Brazil, with operations to begin in 2027

Home Subsea Oceaneering and Petrobras extend collaboration through four-year ROV agreement July 8, 2026, by U

The scopes include ROV support of inspection, maintenance, and repair (IRM) and decommissioning activities, as well as services related to surface and subsea positioning, FPSO hook-ups, mooring inspections, and pile installations. Furthermore, Oceaneering announced earlier this year that it had performed the first piloting operation of an ROV on a drilling rig offshore Brazil from its OROC for Petrobras