
Offshore driller Awilco Drilling has terminated its offshore rig construction order with Singapore’s Keppel due to a “breach of contract“ and is seeking a refund.

Russian independent oil company Lukoil has exceeded a cumulative production of 35 million tonnes from its Yury Korchagin and Vladimir Filanovsky fields in the North Caspian Sea.

After the completion of the drilling operations, one of BP’s more important wells in 2020 – the Ironbark-1 well offshore Australia – has not encountered a significant amount of hydrocarbons.

Romanian oil and gas company OMV Petrom has sold its onshore oilfields in Kazakhstan to focus on its portfolio in the Black Sea region.

Oil major Shell has completed a 50 per cent stake acquisition in three Colombian deepwater oil and gas blocks from Ecopetrol.

KrisEnergy started producing oil from Cambodia’s first oil field in the offshore Cambodia Block A concession on 28 December 2020.

The Russian pipe-laying vessel Fortuna has completed the 2.6-kilometre pipeline stretch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline offshore Germany.

Australia-based Talon Petroleum has been awarded three new exploration licenses in the UK Central North Sea (UKCS).

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has named a new chief financial officer (CFO), with effect from 28 December 2020.

Australian energy major Santos has been granted an offshore exploration license in Australia’s Northern Carnarvon Basin.

Offshore transportation and installation contractor Jumbo Offshore has completed mooring work on Energean’s Karish gas field offshore Israel.

The U.S. is preparing wider sanctions for the Russian gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2 and is urging European allies to stop the work.

BP is only about 460 meters shy of its primary reservoir target at the giant Ironbark prospect located offshore Australia.

Australian marine and subsea services provider MMA Offshore has secured two new contracts for its multi-purpose support vessel the MMA Privilege.