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EDITOR’S LETTER hile “Top 10” lists have evolved into little more than online

SEO click bait fodder, the end of the calendar year is that traditional time of refecting and projecting, so we asked several of our expert contributors to weigh in with their

W V ol. 50 No. 6 thoughts on the markets that drive your business. Looking big picture is

ISSN 0305-876x USPS# 017-058 my job, and per usual looking across the offshore energy landscape that are generous mixes of both opportunity and challenge. From all that we’ve heard, 118 East 25th Street, read and written this year, fnd here our list – in no particular order, and as I

New York, NY 10010 generally eschew the trite, fnd here a ‘Top 8’ List – on some key business and tel: (212) 477-6700; fax: (212) 254-6271 tech drivers heading in to 2026.

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Brownfeld Optimization: Operators have, and will continue to lean harder into maximizing output from existing assets —debottlenecking, tie-backs, and secondary

EDITORIAL recovery — with the benefts of speed, reduced risk and lower environmental impact.

GREGORY R. TRAUTHWEIN

President | Editor & Publisher it’s faster, lower-risk, and often lower-carbon than greenfeld. Recent Gulf of Mexico [email protected] moves highlight renewed emphasis on life extension + enhanced recovery.

AMIR GARANOVIC

Deepwater = a Growth Engine: Offshore deepwater is still a major slice of glob-

Managing Editor al supply and is projected to keep growing into 2026, but project sanctioning is [email protected] more selective, with “only-the-best” economics and execution readiness required,

Contributors according to Clarkson’s.

BARRY PARKER, New York

Hard Barrels & Complex Wells: Easy barrels are far from gone, but mostly

WENDY LAURSEN, Australia

PHILIP LEWIS, U.K.

spoken for reports the Houston Chronicle. More developments are pushing into

JOSEFINE SPIRO, Norway higher-pressure, higher-temperature and more complex drilling environments,

PRODUCTION | GRAPHIC DESIGN lifting demand for advanced well design, managed-pressure drilling, high-end

NICOLE VENTIMIGLIA

BOP stacks, and tighter well integrity programs. [email protected]

The Subsea Workhorse: Subsea architectures increasingly favor standardized

SALES trees, manifolds, controls and templates, plus “factory-like” project execution to

GARY LEWIS reduce schedule risk and cost blowouts. [Read here on “The Ormen Lange Moon (516) 441-7258 | [email protected]

Landing”]. That’s paired with heavier use of tie-backs and phased developments.

TERRY BREESE, VP Sales

FPSOs and Floating Production: After several years of strong growth, 2025 +1 (561) 732-1185 | [email protected] was unbalanced in award activity in some basins, but the medium-term picture

JOHN CAGNI remains positive. [email protected] | +1 631-472-2715

The Digital (R)evolution: “AI” is quickly gaining trite status, but the move to

FRANK COVELLA digitalization is real and gaining speed. Using AI is one thing, effectively harnessing [email protected] | +1 561-732-1659 the power of AI to cut maintenance costs and boost effciency is another. Operators

MIKE KOZLOWSKI continue to explore digitally enabled operations: condition monitoring, predictive [email protected] | +1 561-733-2477 maintenance, digital twins, automation of routine reporting and better logistics/

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STEFY PICIOTTI THOMPSON, Europe crew planning. the 2026

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The Supply-Chain: The supply chain story is not just cost, it’s as importantly

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[email protected] via the QR schedule integrity. Whether it’s fabrication slot availability, labor or OSV availabil-

Code Below ity de-risking the supply chain is a priority.

CORPORATE STAFF

Regulation: Last, but certainly not least, is regulatory pressures. While at

CEO

JOHN O’MALLEY home the regulatory chains have been loosened, globally emissions pressure con- [email protected] tinues to expand.

IT Director

In short, in 2026 expect to see more segmentation: premium assets (modern

VLADIMIR BIBIK foaters, high-spec subsea, proven FPSO execution houses) do fne; marginal proj- ects and older equipment could struggle. While fnding hydrocarbons is perpetu-

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MARK O’MALLEY ally core, the next bottleneck is more about predictable schedules, predictable costs [email protected] and tightening carbon scrutiny.

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