
Mistras, a New Jersey-headquartered provider of technology-enabled industrial asset integrity and testing solutions, has been hired for an assignment at a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) development project in Louisiana, operated by Australia’s Woodside Energy.

UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy has taken another consolidation step on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) by striking a deal to acquire the oil and gas portfolio of Spirit Energy Limited and its affiliates for an upfront consideration of £57 million (around $74 million).

Southeastern Europe’s integrated energy player OMV Petrom and NewMed Energy Balkan, a subsidiary of Israel’s NewMed Energy, are getting ready to begin drilling activities in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria.

Equinor has received the Norwegian authorities’ blessing for drilling activities in the Norwegian Sea, which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling player.

A 2019-built semi-submersible rig, owned by Northern Ocean, has now been acquired by Odfjell Drilling, which plans to rename this mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) in 2026.

French-based engineering company Technip Energies has secured a detailed engineering assignment for the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Gulf of Thailand.

Oslo-listed oil and gas E&P player BW Energy has secured a project lease agreement with Minsheng Financial Leasing Co (MSFL) for an offshore unit, which is expected to be repurposed from a jack-up rig into a fully integrated drilling and production platform.

Two players, MISC and China Offshore Engineering & Technology Company (China Offshore), have secured an approval in principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for their concept of an ammonia floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit.

The Netherlands-based exploration and production player ONE-Dyas, together with its partners EBN and Tenaz Energy, has tucked a new decarbonization milestone under its belt by breathing life into the first natural gas production platform in the Dutch and German sectors of the North Sea to run on off

Scotland-headquartered engineering and consulting company Wood has won a multi-year assignment with Houston-headquartered NextDecade Corporation for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Texas, United States.

Snam has taken a step to buy the stake its partner, Igneo Infrastructure Partners, holds in Italy’s floating regasification terminal operator, OLT Offshore LNG Toscana, which runs a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) moored off the coast of Livorno.

Oslo-listed oil and gas E&P player BW Energy has struck a deal to get hold of minor stakes in two blocks off the coast of Angola.

Valaris has landed a new rig deal with Shell, a UK-headquartered energy giant, which will enable one of its drillships to carry out drilling activities at an oil and gas development off the coast of Brazil.

London-listed oil and gas company Harbour Energy has taken a step to bring into its fold all subsidiaries of Waldorf Energy Partners Limited (WEPL) and Waldorf Production Limited (WPL), currently in administration, for $170 million. This move will bolster Harbour’s portfolio in the UK sector of the