
UK-headquartered energy giant BP has expanded its footprint off the coast of Namibia by acquiring three exploration blocks from Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas, an AIM-listed and Canada-headquartered oil and gas company focused on the Atlantic Margin.

London-based oil and gas player Energean has restarted production from a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel deployed at a field off the coast of Israel.

Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling player with its corporate base in Bermuda, has shed light on operational and contracting activities of its fleet, expecting to witness a boost in rig action.

Türkiye’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has confirmed the arrival of a seventh-generation drillship to Somalia, where it is expected to kick off hydrocarbon offshore exploration activities and spud what is described as the world’s second-deepest offshore well.

Brazilian deepwater offshore drilling contractor Ventura Offshore has revealed a contract extension for its sixth-generation ultra-deepwater drillship off the coast of Brazil.

The Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company (GUPCO) has started oil production from another well at an offshore field in the Gulf of Suez, further augmenting its oil arsenal off the coast of Egypt.

Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras has signed on the dotted line to buy out Petronas Petróleo Brasil Ltda. (PPBL), a subsidiary of Malaysia’s energy giant Petronas, and secure sole ownership of two assets in the Campos Basin off the coast of Brazil.

Houston-headquartered energy player Occidental (Oxy) has unveiled a new oil discovery at a prospect in the Gulf of America (U.S. Gulf of Mexico).

Following last month’s contract win in China, OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, has secured a contract with Texas-based Beacon Offshore Energy (BOE) Exploration and Production for a deepwater field in the Gulf of America. Under the contract, OneSubsea will deliver

London-based oil and gas player Energean has received the go-ahead to resume production from a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is working at a field off the coast of Israel.

French-based engineering player Technip Energies has received clearance to move forward with efforts to breathe life into a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project under development in Louisiana, United States.

Australian energy player Santos has disclosed a timeline for the resumption of production at its gas project off the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory.

The U.S. President Donald J. Trump has made a deal with Iran to suspend further attacks for two weeks on the Middle Eastern country in exchange for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which handles 15% of global oil and 20% of global liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply flows.

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD), reporting to Norway’s Ministry of Energy, has taken steps to carry out a study of one of the largest undeveloped gas discoveries on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) to speed up the process of attracting interest in its development while the infrastructu