Canadian oil & gas company Valeura Energy has chartered a jack-up drilling rig owned by UAE-based Shelf Drilling for multi-year work in the Gulf of Thailand. The Enterprise jack-up rig has been chartered for a three-year term which runs until December 31, 2029. Valeura Energy has an option on the st
Italian engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has secured a new offshore contract with ExxonMobil in Guyana, covering the operator’s eighth oil discovery in the Stabroek block. Worth around $150 million, ExxonMobil Guyana Limited awarded Saipem with a limited notice to procee
Oceaneering has performed the first piloting operation of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) on a drilling rig offshore Brazil from its onshore remote operations center (OROC), for Brazilian oil & gas giant Petrobras. The company’s Subsea Robotics segment and Brazilian subsidiary Marine Production Sy
Austria-headquartered oil & gas player OMV has appointed BP executive Emma Delaney as its first female chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding Alfred Stern. Delaney has been appointed by OMV‘s Supervisory Board as the Chairwoman of the Executive Board and CEO as of September 1, and will assume the
Innovex International, a Houston-based company established in 2024 by the merger of Dril-Quip and Innovex Downhole Solutions, has acquired Louisiana-headquartered Drilling Innovative Solutions (DIS), a manufacturer and distributor of downhole tool products for oil & gas exploration. Innovex said tha
Italy’s energy giant Eni has unveiled a new natural gas discovery off the coast of Indonesia, Southeast Asia. This find is said to confirm the strategic potential of the country’s Kutei Basin, unlocking significant new volumes for domestic and international markets.
Sable Offshore, a Texas-headquartered oil and gas company, has confirmed the timeline for the restart of production from its third platform off the coast of California.
Australia’s energy giant Woodside has revealed award allocations of over $1 billion to Louisiana suppliers for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) development project in the Pelican State, United States (U.S.).
AIM-listed and Singapore-headquartered oil and gas player Jadestone Energy has sealed a deal with PV Gas, a subsidiary of Vietnam’s state-owned national energy group Petrovietnam. This unlocks the doors for the development of gas discoveries off the coast of Vietnam, Southeast Asia.
Netherlands-based heavy lifting and transport provider Mammoet has streamlined two topside decommissioning projects in the North Sea by employing combined planning to curb costs and delivery time.
Norway’s oil and gas company OKEA has struck a deal with Japex Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX), to divest its interest in an offshore gas/condensate discovery on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has reported an equipment-handling incident on a 17-year-old semi-submersible, which halted rig activity pending repairs.
As negotiations on a landmark climate agreement introducing the world’s first global carbon price on any polluter are set to catch a second breeze, the resumption of talks at the UN is seen as a big test whether countries can unite against the U.S. and other largely oil-producing states to defend th
Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras has expanded its oil and gas portfolio with a new exploration block off the coast of São Tomé and Príncipe, Africa.
