
Turkey has begun drilling a second borehole on the Sakarya natural gas field in the Black Sea where it made its largest-ever discovery earlier this year with the Tuna-1 (Danube-1) well.

Japanese offshore drilling contractor Japan Drilling Company (JDC) has been awarded a new drilling contract by Pertamina for operations offshore Indonesia.

Oil and gas company Apache Corporation has selected its fifth exploration well offshore Suriname in Block 58 and filed appraisal plans for two previous discoveries.

Oil major Shell has reaffirmed its commitment to drill an exploration well on the Pensacola gas prospect in the UK North Sea.

Maersk Drilling has secured a contract from Petrogas in the Dutch North Sea for the harsh environment jack-up rig Maersk Resilient but it has also received a cancellation for a UK North Sea job.

Petrobras has decided to create a climate change executive management, reinforcing the growing importance of the activities related to the low-carbon transition.

Impact Oil & Gas has entered into an agreement with Shell for the farm-out of a 50% working interest and operatorship in a block offshore South Africa.

Tamarind Resources has bought the FPSO Rubicon Intrepid, which is operating on the Tamarind-operated Galoc field located offshore Philippines, from Rubicon.

Russian oil major Gazprom has reported ‘record high’ results following a test of the upper levels of an exploration well at the Leningradskoye field.

Australia-based Searcher Seismic has announced a new multi-client 2D and 3D seismic rectification project offshore South Africa. The project is in collaboration with the Petroleum Agency of South Africa. The South Africa seismic data covers the Outeniqua Basin and its sub-Basins; the Bredasdorp, Inf

Energy intelligence firm Rystad Energy believes that if Trump should win it may make oil prices great again while Biden effect is more mixed.

Nigerian operator First E&P has started oil production from a shallow-water project located offshore Nigeria through the Abigail-Joseph FPSO.

Oil and gas operators in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico are returning to their offshore facilities following Hurricane Zeta, which at its highest point closed up to 85 per cent of oil and 58 per cent of gas production from the Gulf.

Dana Petroleum has started production from a new well on the Bittern field located offshore the UK. The well is tied back to Dana’s Triton FPSO.