
Activists from environmental organisations have staged protests in the UK in response to the government’s approval of Shell’s Jackdaw gas project.

ConocoPhillips has been granted consent for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea by Norway’s offshore petroleum safety regulator.

McDermott has been awarded a FEED contract, its the largest ever received in the Middle East, for work on Qatar’s largest offshore oil field.

Following last year’s rejection, Shell has now received regulatory approvals for the development of the Jackdaw field in the UK North Sea.

Valaris is disappointed following the receipt of a drilling contract termination for a drillship which was supposed to work in the Gulf of Mexico.

Centrica has revealed that the sale of its Norwegian business and the Statfjord UK field has been completed for $1.1 billion.

Vaalco Energy is anticipating a boost to its reserves and production after its third well in 2022 goes online off Gabon later this month.

Hurricane Energy has decided to give up another licence in the Greater Warwick Area on the UK Continental Shelf.

Following the extensions of licences for two of the largest undeveloped discoveries off the UK, operators of these two projects are laying the groundwork for their final investment decisions.

Offshore drilling contractor Aquadrill has secured two new contracts, which will see it reactivating two assets.

IOG is looking forward to doubling the output at its North Sea gas project, after restoring the production following modifications.

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has made a minor gas and oil discovery near the Valhall field in the North Sea off Norway.

Canada’s Cenovus Energy and its partners have agreed to restart the West White Rose Project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.

The European Union leaders have decided to ban almost 90 per cent of Russian oil by the end of the year following an agreement on the sixth round of sanctions against Russia.