African energy exploration player Rhino Resources has booked a drillship from Italy’s Saipem to undertake appraisal activities at a light oil-bearing reservoir discovery made during a drilling campaign on Block 2914 in the Orange Basin off the coast of Namibia.
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has obtained a drilling permit for operations in the Barents Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be conducted with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling contractor.
Australia’s energy player Santos has disclosed a timeline for a production increase following a restart of output from a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel deployed at its gas project off the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory.
Australian energy giant Woodside and Greenpeace Australia Pacific (GAP), an independent campaigning organization, have reached a settlement in an emissions lawsuit, which has now been dismissed in the Federal Court of Australia.
As the European Union (EU) continues to take steps to constrain Russia’s revenue streams and energy export capacity to bring the Ukraine crisis to an end, it has rubber-stamped a new raft of sanctions against the country, expanding its crackdown on the Russian energy industry and widening the net ar
Colombia’s state-owned oil and gas company Ecopetrol has taken a step to expand its footprint in Brazil’s energy landscape with a move that will enable it to get an equity interest in the country’s oil and gas player Brava Energia.
Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has secured a multi-year contract with Apache North Sea Limited to decommission its platform wells and subsea wells in the Forties Field in the North Sea, inaugurated in 1975. Well-Safe Solutions will lead the contract across all w
Bermuda-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Seadrill and U.S.-headquartered LLOG Exploration Company (LLOG), a subsidiary of London-listed oil & gas company Harbour Energy, have expanded their more than decade-long collaboration with contract awards for two ultra-deepwater drillships. The Wes
Norway’s state-owned energy firm Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well off Norway in the North Sea, in a production license awarded in August 1985. Following the drilling permit awarded in January, the wildcat well 34/8-A-37 H was drilled in production licence 120, 140 kilometers west of
Canadian oil & gas company Valeura Energy has chartered a jack-up drilling rig owned by UAE-based Shelf Drilling for multi-year work in the Gulf of Thailand. The Enterprise jack-up rig has been chartered for a three-year term which runs until December 31, 2029. Valeura Energy has an option on the st
Italian engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has secured a new offshore contract with ExxonMobil in Guyana, covering the operator’s eighth oil discovery in the Stabroek block. Worth around $150 million, ExxonMobil Guyana Limited awarded Saipem with a limited notice to procee
Italy’s energy giant Eni has unveiled a new natural gas discovery off the coast of Indonesia, Southeast Asia. This find is said to confirm the strategic potential of the country’s Kutei Basin, unlocking significant new volumes for domestic and international markets.
Sable Offshore, a Texas-headquartered oil and gas company, has confirmed the timeline for the restart of production from its third platform off the coast of California.
AIM-listed and Singapore-headquartered oil and gas player Jadestone Energy has sealed a deal with PV Gas, a subsidiary of Vietnam’s state-owned national energy group Petrovietnam. This unlocks the doors for the development of gas discoveries off the coast of Vietnam, Southeast Asia.
