The legal battle that may decide the fate of two of the largest undeveloped oil and gas fields off the coast of the United Kingdom (UK) is fast approaching with less than three weeks left until the set date.
Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an exploration well in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.
Shelf Drilling has now received the Norwegian offshore safety regulator’s stamp of approval after the watchdog’s initial rejection of its application to obtain an acknowledgment of compliance (AoC) for one of its jack-up rigs, which is gearing up for work on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) wit
Norway-based energy data and intelligence company TGS has reported record-high ocean bottom node (OBN) contract activity in the third quarter of 2024, the first quarter including PGS, with the utilization of its streamer fleet improving on high bid activity. In Q3 2024, TGS said that the activity le
Nebula Energy will foot the bill for its majority-owned AG&P LNG to spread its wings into the Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) arena with the acquisition of Venice Energy, a developer of an import terminal project in South Australia, which is said to be the world’s first floating LNG (FLNG) im
Noble Corporation is expecting a ramp-up in drilling demand for the floater fleet from late 2025 and 2026, which will spur further rig reactivations, as it perceives the oil and gas production from deepwater reservoirs as an important factor in the global security of energy supply.
A court decision, which was interpreted to pose a serious threat to new and existing oil and natural gas operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico with some fearing that it would have unintended consequences for the offshore wind program as well, has been replaced with a new one.
Equinor has confirmed that the production at an unmanned production platform on a gas field in the North Sea offshore Norway remains shut in, following the appearance of smoke, with no impact on committed gas exports currently anticipated.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has won a long-term time charter contract for a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), which will be built by South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean for deployment in Singapore.
Vår Energi, together with its partner, Kistos Energy, has greenlighted a final investment decision (FID) for a multi-well project, which aims to develop the next stage of a field life extension project in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.
Wison New Energies has picked up a new assignment with Kumul Petroleum related to Papua New Guinea’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit, which is planned to be deployed to the Gulf of Papua in Oceania to assist the Pacific island country in commercializing its offshore gas fields.
BW Energy has brought online another well on its list at an oil field in the Dussafu license off the coast of Gabon, Africa.
China’s CNOOC has started production from an oilfield development project in the South China Sea ahead of schedule.
While the preliminary findings indicate the presence of gas, Shell is continuing activities at its high-impact gas prospect in the UK sector of the North Sea, thus, more information will be available following a comprehensive review.
