
France-headquartered energy giant TotalEnergies and its U.S.-based peer Chevron have set the wheels in motion to embark on offshore drilling and appraisal activities off the coast of Nigeria in search of more deepwater oil and gas arsenal in West Africa.

Canada-headquartered Stamper Oil & Gas Corp., a Namibia-focused oil and gas exploration company, has confirmed an extension of a Namibian offshore petroleum exploration license (PEL), as energy majors continue to move in across multiple basins in the African country to pursue hydrocarbon exploration

France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has teamed up with the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), an Egyptian state-owned player, to pursue oil and gas exploration activities off the coast of Egypt.

Three international oil and gas players, France’s TotalEnergies, Qatar’s QatarEnergy, and U.S.-headquartered ConocoPhillips, have joined forces with the Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC), Syria’s state-owned oil exploration and production company, to embark on a hydrocarbon quest in the Mediterranean S

Aberdeen-headquartered energy solutions business OEG has obtained a long-term multimillion-dollar contract extension to provide assistance during drilling activities off the coast of Australia.

Dolphin Drilling, an Oslo-listed, Aberdeen-headquartered owner and operator of a fleet of three harsh environment mid-water and deep-water semi-submersible drilling rigs, has firmed up a multimillion-dollar assignment for its 36-year-old semi-submersible rig on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), while

With a final investment decision (FID) now out of the way, Australia’s energy giant Santos and its joint venture partners will move forward with the development of a tie-in gas project in Papua New Guinea (PNG), Oceania.

Australian energy giant Woodside has highlighted the findings of a new report, which indicates that the development of what is said to be Australia’s largest untapped conventional gas resource could bring a multibillion-dollar boost to the country’s economy, while fortifying its energy security.

Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor, has secured a batch of rig assignments and extensions across the U.S. Gulf, Brazil, and Angola, with LLOG, a subsidiary of Harbour Energy, Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras, and France’s energy giant TotalEnergies..

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, a subsidiary of the U.S. energy giant ConocoPhillips, has made inroads in clearing regulatory requirements for its redevelopment project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

U.S. oilfield services company Weatherford International has lined up new assignments with two offshore drilling players, U.S.-headquartered Noble Corporation and Brazil’s Constellation Oil Services.

West Natuna Exploration Limited (WNEL), a majority-owned subsidiary of Singapore-headquartered natural gas exploration and development company Conrad Asia Energy, has awarded Indonesian Timas Suplindo with an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract for the subsea umb

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 COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling contractor.

Italy’s energy giant Eni has revealed the results of a drill stem test (DST) that was carried out for its recent natural gas discovery off the coast of Indonesia, which confirmed reservoir productivity, strengthening the case for a third Kutei Basin hub in the Southeast Asian country.