
Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant Petronas has signed production sharing contracts (PSCs) with multiple partners for three discovered resource opportunities (DRO) clusters and one exploration block as part of the Malaysia Bid Round (MBR) 2024.

Noble Corporation has secured further work for two floaters in Nigeria with France’s TotalEnergies and in the UK with TAQA while one of its jack-up rigs also got more work in Britain with BP. However, Inpex has decided to break off the deal in Australia for one of the rig owner’s floaters.

PRIO has expanded its footprint off the coast of Brazil by acquiring non-operated interests of two Chinese players in a field offshore Rio de Janeiro, said to be Equinor’s largest operated field outside Norway.

The UK-based classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has shared the rationale behind granting an approval in principle (AiP) to French technological containment specialist Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) for its 200,000 cubic meters (cbm) liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier concept.

TechnipFMC has put the first equipment part of a subsea production system in place for an oil development at the Stabroek block off the coast of Guyana, which ExxonMobil Guyana Limited, a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy giant ExxonMobil, operates.

KN Energies has taken possession of a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) working at its LNG terminal on Lithuania’s Kiaulės Nugara Island.

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has taken steps to set the stage for the next oil and gas leasing round to be held for offshore acreage in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) by revealing a draft programmatic environmental impact statement (EIS) for which it is seeking public comments.

TGS has won a new deal in South Atlantic and joined forces with Blue River Analytics, creators of the Analytics for Energy (A4E) Suite on the Spotfire platform, to optimize well and production data analysis.

Sembcorp Fuels, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries, has signed a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with the Singaporean branch of U.S.-headquartered energy giant Chevron.

Equinor has prolonged a well intervention assignment for one of Oslo-headquartered AKOFS Offshore’s vessels on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Malaysia’s state-owned energy player Petronas for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Ruwais LNG plant.

Northern Ocean (NOL) has confirmed a short-term assignment with an undisclosed operator on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) for a semi-submersible rig, which is currently under contract in Africa.

Petrobras and its partner, Ecopetrol, have confirmed a giant natural gas discovery off the coast of Colombia.

Swiss marine power company WinGD has received an order for 16 X-DF dual-fuel engines that are set to power eight liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers following a late-stage change of heart by what the firm says is a “major shipowner.”