
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a drilling permit for operations in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be conducted with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling contractor.

Italy’s energy giant Eni has revealed the results of a drill stem test (DST) that was carried out for its recent natural gas discovery off the coast of Indonesia, which confirmed reservoir productivity, strengthening the case for a third Kutei Basin hub in the Southeast Asian country.

Excelerate Energy, a U.S.-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) and power infrastructure company headquartered in Texas, has secured a new assignment for its newbuild floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) at an LNG terminal in Jordan.

Intending to drive maritime and offshore energy innovation, the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), a classification society, has forged a partnership with Seatrium Technology and Innovation, a technology subsidiary of Singapore’s offshore, marine, and energy engineering solutions specialist Seatrium

Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has received authorization from the country’s authorities to embark on exploration drilling activities with one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

Houston-headquartered oil and gas company Murphy Oil has made progress across multiple onshore and offshore exploration and production projects, with two on track to achieve first oil this year in the Americas and Asia.

Amplitude Energy (formerly Cooper Energy), an Australian gas production company focused on supplying the Southeast domestic gas market, has obtained a production license, which entails an undeveloped gas discovery in the Otway Basin off the coast of Victoria, Australia.

Delfin Midstream, a U.S.-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) export infrastructure development company, has sealed a new multi-year LNG supply agreement with Gunvor International B.V. Amsterdam, Geneva Branch (Gunvor).

Italy’s energy giant Eni and its partner, UK-headquartered BP, have used advanced directional drilling technologies to spud an offshore well from onshore, which led to a new natural gas discovery off the coast of Egypt.

With subsea installation works underway, Prime Energy Resources Development (Prime Energy), a subsidiary of Prime Infrastructure Capital, is putting all the required pieces in place to bring the next stage of its natural gas project online off the coast of the Philippines.

While drilling activities are ongoing at one development in the Gulf of America (U.S. Gulf of Mexico), appraisal operations are slated to kick off at another project before the end of the second quarter of 2026.

Brazilian oil and gas company PRIO, formerly known as PetroRio, has unveiled the identity of its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), following the resignation of the previous COO.

England-based energy transition-focused player EnergyPathways is awaiting the award of a gas storage license (GSL) from the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) in connection with the firm’s flagship energy storage project off the Cumbria coast in the East Irish Sea.

Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean’s business combination with the Bermuda-incorporated Valaris is facing extended antitrust scrutiny, as the offshore drilling giants’ merger request is under review with the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the United Sta