
Azinam Limited and Panoro Energy have received governmental approval and closed the previously announced farm-out agreement on Block 2B offshore South Africa with Africa Energy.

Australia’s Carnarvon Petroleum has completed the farm-out of the Buffalo project, located offshore Timor-Leste, to Advance Energy.

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has signed a contract with TAQA Bratani for the platform supply vessel Sea Flyer.

According to official information so far, the bodies of four workers have been recovered with nine still missing after a liftboat incident.

The board of directors of Petrobras has officially confirmed Joaquim Silva e Luna as the company’s new chief executive officer (CEO) and chosen its new division heads.

Offshore rig owner Awilco Drilling has been awarded a contract with Ithaca Oil and Gas Limited for the provision of the WilPhoenix rig.

The first appraisal well on the CNOOC-operated Glengorm gas field in the UK central North Sea has found “no commercial hydrocarbons”.

Cooper Energy has hired the Helix Energy Solutions-owned Q7000 light well intervention rig for a decommissioning campaign offshore Australia.

Canadian oil and gas companies Frontera Energy and CGX Energy have entered into a term sheet for a $19 million loan that will enable CGX to continue to finance its share of costs related to the Corentyne, Demerara, and Berbice blocks off Guyana.

An in-house investigation team from Equinor has studied the deviation in quality of welding and inspection of the Johan Castberg FPSO.

Worley has been awarded a contract by Chevron for one of its deepwater production facilities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

BW Energy has kicked off its 2021 Gabon drilling campaign with the spudding of the Hibiscus Extension well on the Dussafu Marin Permit.

The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. is up by one unit over the last week, according to a weekly rig count report by Baker Hughes.

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has completed the acquisition of Houston-based offshore driller Pacific Drilling, effective 15 April 2021.