
Equinor has received consent from the offshore safety authority to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea using the Transocean Enabler rig.

Joint venture partners in the Corentyne block offshore Guyana – Frontera Energy and CGX Energy – have concluded collaborative discussions with the Government of Guyana concerning the rescheduling of the work commitments on the block.

Malaysian energy giant Petronas posted a loss for the nine months of 2020.

Some 262 oil service workers at Schlumberger’s Norwegian entity plan to go on strike from 3 December if negotiations with employers over pay and working conditions fail.

London-listed oil company Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) has raised the cost estimates for the drilling operation of its Perseverance #1 off the Bahamas citing COVID-19 mitigation measures.

Classification society DNV GL has suspended work on Gazprom’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project over fears of sanctions by the United States.

A new chairperson of oil and gas company Cairn Energy would join the company with effect from 1 January 2021.

Talos Energy has encountered difficulties in reaching stabilized production from the Bulleit field located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) giant Shell could be gearing up to restart production from its Prelude FLNG facility offshore Western Australia.

Spanish oil company Repsol has unveiled its 2021 – 2025 strategic plan which will advance its net-zero emissions objective.

Singapore’s offshore rig and vessel builder Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has won a contract from a repeat customer worth about S$100 million ($74.7M) for the fabrication and integration work on a floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO).

BP and Ithaca Energy have started production from the Vorlich development, in the UK North Sea, which was the target of environmental protests back in 2019.

The United Nations has received official approval from the Houthi authorities in Yemen to carry out the planned expert mission to the decaying FSO Safer oil tanker, which poses a danger of massive oil spill to the region. The Safer oil tanker is moored north of Hodeidah and is believed to be loaded

Jersey Oil & Gas has entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement to acquire CIECO V&C, which will give it full ownership of a North Sea licence.