
Chinese shipyard Cosco has started working on a conversion of a VLCC into an FPSO for the Woodside -operated Sangomar project located offshore Senegal.

Carnarvon Petroleum is advancing its Buffalo oil field, offshore Timor-Leste, to drilling following a successful capital raise by partner Advance Energy.

Russia’s Lukoil will not be proceeding with its previous plans to take over Australia’s FAR Limited and enter the Sangomar project located offshore Senegal.

A Stena Drilling-owned drillship has arrived in Mexico ahead of its offshore contract with the Spanish oil company Repsol.

ExxonMobil is preparing to start up a gas compressor on its Liza Destiny FPSO, operating off Guyana, following a technical issue.

After several delays, KrisEnergy has completed a farm-out agreement for its entire working interest in Block 115/09 located offshore Vietnam.

Robots could replace hundreds of thousands of oil and gas jobs and save billions in drilling costs by 2030, according to a report by Rystad Energy.

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has received two consents from the country’s offshore safety regulator, the Petroleum Safety Authority.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for four wells located in the North Sea offshore Norway.

Thailand’s PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP) has made a new oil and gas discovery in the Sirung-1 wildcat exploration well offshore Sarawak, Malaysia.

Santos has taken a final investment decision to proceed with Barossa, the $3.6 billion gas and condensate project, located offshore Australia.

Neptune Energy has reduced its volume estimate for the Dugong discovery, located in the North Sea, following an appraisal well drilling.

Deltic Energy and Shell have made a positive well investment decision to drill the high impact Pensacola Prospect in the UK Southern North Sea.

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. decreased by one unit last week, according to weekly rig count reports by Baker Hughes.