United Offshore Support GmbH (“UOS”) has announced that it has completed its acquisition of the commercial and technical-nautical management businesses of both UOS United Offshore Support GmbH & Co KG and Hartmann Offshore GmbH & Co KG.

Equinor has signed an agreement with PGNiG to sell its non-operated interests in the Tommeliten discovery on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) for a total of USD 220 million.

Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), through its affiliate Shell Overseas Holdings Limited, has reached an agreement with publicly listed Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco), to sell its shares in Shell Olie-og Gasudvinding Danmark B.V. (SOGU) for a consideration amount of $1.9 billion. SOGU is a wholly-owned Shell subsidiary that holds a 36.8% non-operating interest in the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC).

The technology group Wärtsilä opens an International Maritime Cyber Center of Excellence (IMCCE) in Singapore.

Fluor Corporation announces that Stork, part of Fluor’s Diversified Services segment, was awarded a two-year contract extension by Chrysaor to deliver integrated specialist asset integrity services for its Armada, Everest and Lomond offshore production platforms located in the Central North Sea. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in the third quarter of 2018.

On October 17^th, 2018, the world’s largest LNG bunker supply vessel “Kairos” has started its voyage from the shipyard in South Korea to the ship’s primary area of operation in Northwest Europe. The ship, with an LNG capacity of 7,500 m•, will be ready for operations before the end of 2018.

On Wednesday, October 17, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced three major developments in American offshore wind energy spanning from coast to coast.

UTEC, a global surveying company in subsea services group Acteon, recently successfully commissioned its new launch and recovery system (LARS) for the fleet of seven autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) it uses for seabed surveys in the oil and renewables industries.

In an official ceremony at the Abu Dhabi Boat Show, Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with Abu Dhabi Ports and its subsidiary Abu Dhabi Marine Services (Safeen) for the supply of two new Damen ASD Tugs 2411.

Walking through sunny Amsterdam streets carpeted with golden autumn leaves and into a vast hall full of smiles and perfectly-polished multi-million dollar machines, you could be forgiven for thinking nothing was amiss in the offshore helicopter world.

Talos Energy Inc. announces that the Company entered into a transaction with Hokchi Energy, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Pan American Energy LLC, to cross assign the Company's Participating Interest ("PI") in Block 2 and Hokchi's PI in Block 31, both in the Sureste Basin offshore Mexico.

Coretrax has successfully saved a North Sea operator more than £500,000 during a well abandonment campaign in the UKCS.

Unique Group, a leading integrated offshore solutions provider, has recently delivered its twin lock Hyperbaric Reception Facility (HRF) to Oceaneering International, Inc.

BP announced on October 18, 2018, that it has started up the Thunder Horse Northwest Expansion project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, four months ahead of schedule and 15 percent under budget.

Damen Shipyards Galati has made provisional delivery of the 74-meter Fishery Research Vessel Baía Farta to the Angolan Ministry of Fisheries. The Damen FRV 7417 type vessel was ordered in July 2016 and officially launched in November 2017. She will remain in Galati until November, when she will set sail for Angola where the final delivery will take place.

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