
The Norwegian government believes that the Barents Sea contains more undiscovered hydrocarbons, thus, more exploration is encouraged.

The U.S. has extended its break in offshore rig count activity by keeping the total number unchanged for the second consecutive week.

Repsol has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for the life extension of a field in the North Sea off Norway.

Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of Odfjell Drilling’s rigs for drilling ops in the Norwegian Sea.

The Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of Saipem and followed it up with an order.

Shelf Drilling has been awarded a new contract for one of its jack-up rigs by Equinor for operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has restarted production from an oil field project in the Gulf of Thailand.

Havila Shipping has secured a contract extension for one of its platform supply vessels (PSVs) with TotalEnergies.

Tullow has inked an asset swap agreement with Perenco to optimise its equity ownership across – what it describes as – key fields in Gabon.

Neptune Energy has brought on stream an oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea off Norway, which has been tied back to Equinor’s platform.

ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision (FID) to proceed with the fifth oil development project in Stabroek block offshore Guyana.

U.S.-headquartered energy giant ExxonMobil has made a new oil discovery at the Stabroek block offshore Guyana.

The European Parliament’s Environment and Industry Committees have voted to extend the scope of the methane emissions regulation.

Enauta has restarted production from two wells offshore Brazil while a third well is expected to come on stream after a pump replacement.