Norway’s government expects to maintain higher output on the NCS to supply Europe with high gas exports, bolstering its energy security.
Baker Hughes’ rig count report has revealed that the international offshore rig count experienced an increase of 30 units in 2022 compared to the figures from the year before. The overall international rig count including both offshore and onshore rigs was up 66 rigs from the 2021 count of 834. Acco
Conrad Asia Energy has inked PSCs for two Indonesian blocks with existing gas resources and a multi-trillion cubic feet exploration potential.
Transocean has secured contract awards and extensions for five drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), North Sea, Norway and Suriname.
To scale up its decarbonisation efforts by 2030, ADNOC has hammered out a multi-year action plan, allocating $15 bln for low-carbon projects.
Talos Energy has discovered commercial quantities of oil and natural gas at two deepwater discoveries in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Odfjell Drilling has agreed on a contract for the use of the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible rig for one well located in the Norwegian Sea, with further options. The company agreed on the contract with PGNiG Upstream Norway, part of Poland’s oil and gas company PGNiG, on behalf of CIMC Offshore. The
Norwegian offshore safety regulator has given Equinor its consent to use a COSL Drilling-owned rig for drilling at a field in the North Sea.
Oil & gas lease sales, held for acreage in Cook Inlet off Alaska, were welcomed by the government but came under fire from environmentalists.
Shelf Drilling has secured a contract extension for one of its jack-up rigs, which will continue carrying out operations in Angola.
ONGC has welcomed the first oil flowing into a jack-up rig, which was recently converted into a mobile offshore production unit (MOPU).
Uruguay’s state-owned oil and gas company ANCAP has awarded two offshore blocks in the second instance of the 2022 Open Bidding Round.
TotalEnergies has confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons in an appraisal well in the Central North Sea of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
Calls for replacing natural gas with hydrogen are gaining ground, but many still see gas as a major player in propelling the energy transition.
