
A massive explosion caused by a mud volcano on Sunday shook the Caspian Sea where Azerbaijan operates offshore oil and gas fields.

Sembcorp Marine has secured an amendment contract from Tupi B.V. valued at $175 million for modification work on the P-71 FPSO.

Malaysian FPSO provider Yinson has secured a contract extension for the PTSC Lam Son FPSO in Vietnam with Vietnam’s PTSC AP.

Russia’s Lukoil has entered into an agreement to acquire a 50 per cent operator interest in the Area 4 project located offshore Mexico.

ExxonMobil has failed to find commercial hydrocarbons at its Jabillo-1 located offshore Guyana and will be moving on to the next well soon.

State-owned Qatar Petroleum has entered into agreements with TotalEnergies to acquire working interests in three offshore exploration blocks in South Africa.

A fire on the ocean surface dubbed the “Eye of fire” that broke out early on Friday in the Gulf of Mexico near Pemex’ Ku Maloob Zaap oil development was put out.

Following an undercover reporter filming a lobbyist for ExxonMobil stating that the company’s climate policy was just a PR stunt, the chief executive officer (CEO) of ExxonMobil issued a statement refuting those claims.

Chevron, the operator and the Gorgon joint venture, will proceed with the approximately $4 billion Jansz-Io Compression project in Australia.

Oil and gas companies Jadestone Energy and OMV’s New Zealand arm have agreed to give themselves more time to complete the transaction for the Maari offshore field in New Zealand.

Equinor has secured regulatory consent to start-up facilities and modifications associated with the Troll phase 3 project in the North Sea.

The Australian Government has released a Request for Expressions of Interest for Phase 1 works to decommission the Northern Endeavour FPSO.

Norwegian oil major Equinor has awarded Modern American Recycling Services Europe (M.A.R.S) a contract for deconstruction and recycling of the Veslefrikk B platform in the North Sea offshore Norway.

Norwegian Simon Møkster Shipping has been awarded more work with Aker BP to support its drilling campaign offshore Norway.