
Operations in the Gulf of Mexico are returning to normal in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura with just below 20 per cent of oil and gas production still shut-in.

The UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has offered for award 113 licence areas over 259 blocks or part-blocks to 65 companies in the latest offshore licensing round.

Mexican national oil company Pemex and Hokchi Energy have begun the first stage of unitization negotiations over a possible offshore shared reservoir in the southern Gulf of Mexico.

Jadestone Energy has set up a new offtake arrangement for the Stag oil field following Altera’s decision to retire the FSO Dampier Spirit.

Canadian oil and gas company Husky Energy is nearing the startup of the Liuhua 29-1 field at the Liwan Gas Project offshore China.

Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has launched an investigation into challenges related to the completion of the hull and equipment for Equinor’s Johan Castberg FPSO.

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor tagged Aibel for the Hammerfest LNG plant modification front-end engineering and design (FEED) job.

U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil is assessing whether to cut jobs worldwide after announcing a voluntary lay-off programme in Australia.

The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday responded to a report of a natural gas release from an oil platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Another former female employee of oilfield services giant Schlumberger has been added as a second plaintiff in a $100 million sexual harassment class-action lawsuit against the company.

Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has been awarded an $83 million worth contract with Mexican operator Pemex.

Offshore helicopter operator Bristow Group will rename its Aeróleo division in Brazil to Bristow and remain focused on its support of the oil and gas industry and other vertical lift solutions.

Turkey is carrying on with its exploration attempts in a disputed area of the East Mediterranean until mid-September which tensed up the relationship between Ankara and Athens even further.

Digital twin solutions provider Akselos has deployed a structural digital twin for Shell’s Bonga Main FPSO located offshore Nigeria.