Qatar’s state-owned oil and gas giant QatarEnergy and the U.S.-headquartered energy heavyweight ExxonMobil have inked a commercial discovery declaration for natural gas finds at a block off the coast of Cyprus.
Australian Energy Producers, representing Australia’s upstream oil and gas exploration and production industry, has welcomed the 2026 Integrated System Plan (ISP) from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), which highlights the need for new gas investments to enable grid reliability.
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a drilling permit for operations in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be conducted with a semi-submersible rig owned by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.
Dutch offshore floating solar company SolarDuck and the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) have secured a €3.2 million subsidy from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) to develop an offshore floating power hub for remote subsea assets. The Steady Seas research program will advance t
Tower Resources, the AIM-listed oil and gas company focused on Africa, has inched closer to the finish line of its farm-out deal for a license off the coast of Namibia.
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
An advanced underwater vehicle (AUV), obtained by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD), a government agency responsible for managing and overseeing Norway’s offshore energy and subsurface resources, has embarked on its first assignment to map subsea areas in the northern Norwegian Sea.
Norwegian oil and gas operators, Equinor and Aker BP, have each obtained drilling permits for operations in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be conducted with semi-submersible rigs owned by COSL Drilling Europe and Saipem.
A regulatory notice over a missed drilling deadline has placed a production sharing contract (PSC) for a gas asset under threat unless SundaGas Banda Unipessoal, a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK-based and AIM-listed Sunda Energy, shows proof that a rig has been booked to undertake the appraisal p
Three joint venture (JV) partners – MOL Group, Repsol, and Türkiye Petrolleri A.O. (TPAO) – have signed a production sharing agreement (PSA) for an offshore exploration area in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Libya.
Norwegian state-owned oil and gas giant Equinor has conducted drilling activities at a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea off the coast of Norway with one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs. The drilling activity did not result in commercial quantities of hydrocarbons.
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has received the Norwegian authorities’ blessing for plugging and abandonment (P&A) activities in the North Sea, which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling player.
