Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras has signed on the dotted line to look into establishing a collaboration with Mexico’s state-owned petroleum heavyweight Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) in the hydrocarbon realm.
Yinson Production, a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur-based energy infrastructure and technology company Yinson Holdings, has held a naming ceremony for a floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit slated for deployment at an oil field off the coast of Vietnam, Southeast Asia.
Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist EnerMech has completed a pipeline flushing and cleaning workscope for Subsea7 as part of a field decommissioning program in the Gulf of Mexico. EnerMech reported it was in charge of flushing and cleaning a long-distance deepwater oil export pipe
AIM-listed and Singapore-headquartered oil and gas player Jadestone Energy has made inroads in its infill drilling campaign off the coast of Malaysia by putting the first well into production mode, with the second one already drilled and activities at the third now underway.
Saipem has started operations for Suriname’s first large-scale offshore oil development, operated by TotalEnergies, as part of its subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) contract awarded in 2024. Saipem is in charge of the engineering, procurement, supply, construction, installation, pre-com
Sinolam International, a Singapore-based investment company focused on oil, gas, and power investments in emerging markets in Asia and Latin America, has confirmed the formation of an independent tribunal in an arbitration case related to the cancelation of permits for a gas-to-power development in
The UK National Grid has launched a public consultation in North Wales for Western Link 2, a new subsea electricity connection that will link Scotland and Wales. The project, jointly developed by National Grid and Scottish Power Energy Networks (SPEN), will be approximately 340 kilometers long and w
Italy’s Prysmian has secured a framework agreement with Greek electricity grid operator Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) valued at around €910 million for the development of electrical interconnections for the Dodecanese and North Aegean islands in Greece. Prysmian will design, manufac
Houston-headquartered oil & gas company Murphy Oil has made an oil discovery at the Bubale-1X exploration well in Block CI-709, located approximately 64 kilometers offshore Côte d’Ivoire. The Bubale-1X well was drilled to a total depth of 6,263 meters in 2,376 meters of water and encountered 30 mete
Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras has placed a $427 million order with the Estaleiro Rio Grande shipyard for the construction of four medium-range oil tankers that will transport oil and petroleum products along the Brazilian coast. The contract was signed through Petrobras Transporte
Italian cabling giant Prysmian has received the notice to proceed for the construction of the submarine power interconnection between Italy and Tunisia. The Elmed project will be the first direct current connection between Europe and Africa and will run from the Partanna electrical substation in Sic
Azule Energy, a joint venture between Italy’s Eni and the UK’s BP, has awarded Saipem and TechnipFMC with contracts for an ultra-deepwater development in Angola, following the announcement of the final investment decision (FID). Eni reported on June 22 that the FID had been reached for the Greater P
West Natuna Exploration Limited (WNEL), a majority-owned subsidiary of Singapore-headquartered natural gas firm Conrad Asia Energy, has awarded PT PAL Indonesia with an engineering, procurement, construction and transport contract for the conductor support frame (CSF) for its natural gas field in th
Rem Offshore’s second energy subsea construction vessel (ESCV) is currently on its way from Vietnam to Norway, where it will undergo outfitting and final completion. The Norwegian shipping company reported that REM Ocean was delivered from the hull yard in Song Cam, Vietnam, on June 15. The tow star
