
Finder Energy has expanded its UK North Sea portfolio after entering into an agreement to buy a licence close to the giant Buzzard oil field.

PetroRio is gearing up to start a revitalisation campaign off Brazil after the country’s regulator approved its drilling programme.

Vaalco Energy has brought on stream its second well in the 2021/2022 four-well drilling campaign off Gabon with strong initial flow rates.

Activists are blocking a Russian tanker from offloading oil in Norway, calling on the government to ban the imports of Russian fossil fuels.

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has announced a new contract has been secured by Sonadrill, Seadrill’s 50:50 joint venture with an affiliate of Angola’s Sonangol. Sonadrill has secured a 10-well contract with options for up to 8 additional wells in Angola for the West Gemini drillship, Seadril

Shell and Deltic Energy are planning to drill an exploration well on the Pensacola gas prospect in the UK North Sea later this year.

The Government of Guyana expected to receive its first entitlement lift of the Unity Gold crude from the Liza Unity FPSO over the weekend.

Following its takeover of the operatorship steering wheel at fields in the Gulf of Thailand, PTTEP plans to ramp up production.

Chinese oil and gas player CNOOC Limited has kicked off production from two oilfield development projects located in the Bohai Sea off China.

Even though Norway recorded a slight increase in gas production in March 2022, the oil output fell behind NPD’s predictions.

BW Energy has decided to proceed with the Maromba development project off Brazil and signed an agreement to buy an FPSO from BW Offshore.

Equinor has received two types of consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for ops in the North Sea with Odfjell Drilling-owned rigs.

PetroRio will keep its stake in the Petrobras-operated field off Brazil as the conditions set for the sale have not been fulfilled.

Germany and Dutch ONE-Dyas are looking into possible natural gas production in the North Sea to reduce the country’s reliance on Russian fossil fuels.