
A years-long sage seems to be coming to an end, as Woodside Energy has secured environmental approval from the Western Australian government for its giant gas project off the coast of Australia. This decision has restarted the Federal environmental approvals process.

Vår Energi has discovered oil resources in an appraisal well near the Goliat field in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway. As the firm believes the new find has unlocked further potential in the area, it plans to drill 20 more wells in the Barents Sea over the next four years.

Houston-based Vaalco Energy has disclosed a new contract with Borr Drilling for a jack-up rig that will carry out its 2025/2026 drilling program off the coast of Gabon, Africa.

ExxonMobil has unveiled its new corporate plan up to 2030, expecting to deliver a growth potential of $20 billion in earnings and $30 billion in cash flow.

Air Liquide has been awarded a grant of €110 million from the European Innovation Fund for its ENHANCE project in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium, that aims to produce and distribute low-carbon and renewable hydrogen derived from ammonia.

As the Department of Energy (DOE) has confirmed the environmental reviews will need to be completed with all agencies before pending projects can get back on track, the pause appears to still be in effect, even though a preliminary injunction from a court in Louisiana seemingly ended a temporary lul

TotalEnergies has expanded its gas portfolio with more assets off the coast of Malaysia by wrapping up the acquisition of stakes OMV and Sapura Upstream held in SapuraOMV Upstream Assets, a Malaysian independent gas producer and operator.

France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has started production from a well in the Harald East area, with the gas set to be exported through the Tyra facilities in the Danish sector of the North Sea. Once a final investment decision (FID) was made by the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC), including Tot

Borr Drilling has won a new long-term, multi-well assignment for one of its jack-up rigs with an undisclosed operator off the coast of West Africa.

Wintershall Dea has undertaken appraisal activities with one of Transocean’s rigs at a gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea, 270 kilometers north of Kristiansund, off the coast of Norway.

Equinor has crossed the finish line for the divestment of its upstream assets in Azerbaijan and Nigeria, bringing a consideration of up to $2 billion to fuel the firm’s oil and gas portfolio optimization mission.

Sunda Energy has set the wheels in motion to ensure its drilling plans for an appraisal well at a gas field off the coast of Timor-Leste can move forward by reaching a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) with an undisclosed drilling contractor regarding commercial negotiations for a definitive deal.

PRIO has expanded its footprint off the coast of Brazil by acquiring non-operated interests of two Chinese players in a field offshore Rio de Janeiro, said to be Equinor’s largest operated field outside Norway.

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has taken steps to set the stage for the next oil and gas leasing round to be held for offshore acreage in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) by revealing a draft programmatic environmental impact statement (EIS) for which it is seeking public comments.