
Arabian Drilling, said to be Saudi Arabia’s largest onshore and offshore drilling company by fleet size, has revealed temporary suspensions for some offshore rigs in the Arabian Gulf, as its land fleet remains unaffected by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras has made a new oil discovery in the pre-salt of the Campos Basin off the coast of Brazil.

Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed Shizuoka Gas has decided to widen its liquefied natural gas (LNG) footprint with an investment in MidOcean Energy, an LNG player formed and managed by the U.S.-headquartered investment company EIG Global Energy Partners (EIG).

UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy has wrapped up the acquisition of an interest in West of Shetland gas fields and assets from France’s energy giant TotalEnergies. The move expands the British player’s footprint on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

A joint venture, formed by Tokyo-headquartered Kawasaki Heavy Industries and JFE Engineering, has landed a new job at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.

UAE-headquartered Mubadala Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company owned by the government of Abu Dhabi, has enlarged its presence in the Andaman Sea with a new exploration block off the coast of Indonesia, Southeast Asia.

Switzerland-based electrification and automation technology provider ABB has upgraded propulsion systems across a fleet of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers (LNGCs) owned and operated by Cool Company (CoolCo).

The United Kingdom (UK) has made a move to designate British shipbuilding, steel, artificial intelligence (AI), and energy infrastructure as priority sectors for government contracts, as these are perceived to be key industries required to ensure national security.

Given the reported damage and shutdowns impacting liquefied natural gas (LNG) assets, refineries, fuel terminals, and gas-to-liquids facilities across the Middle East region amid the military conflict between the U.S.-Israel alliance and Iran, Rystad Energy, an energy market intelligence group, esti

ADES International, a subsidiary of ADES Holding Company, which is part of Saudi Arabia-headquartered ADES Group, has confirmed suspensions of operations for multiple rigs in its fleet as a result of the ongoing conflict between the U.S.-Israel alliance and Iran in the Middle East.

As the industry’s shift from automation-assisted drilling to repeatable, scalable well construction automation continues, the U.S.-headquartered oilfield services player Halliburton has tucked a new milestone under its belt by pooling resources with ExxonMobil, Sekal, Noble, and the Wells Alliance G

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has appointed Hugo Bouvy, Managing Director of DEME Offshore Energy, as its new president, succeeding Luca Gentili, Head of Asset, Fabrication, and Project Services at Saipem. According to IMCA, Bouvy has served as the Managing Director of the

Norway’s oil and gas company OKEA has upped the recoverable resource estimates from discoveries at an oil field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

French technological containment specialist Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has secured new tank design assignments for four liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers (LNGCs) with China’s Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard.