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Decom Engineering Secures US Patent for Subsea Cutting Tech

Apr 07, 2026

Aberdeen-based subsea technology specialist Decom Engineering has secured a United States patent covering key elements of its Chopsaw cutting technology, strengthening its position in the subsea and onshore cutting market.The patent protects a combination of mechanical and operational features…

ABL Transports Northern Endeavour FPSO to Recycling Yard

Apr 07, 2026

ABL has completed its work scopes supporting the transportation of the Northern Endeavour floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel from Australia to a recycling facility in Denmark.The project involved multiple phases, including wet tow preparation…

Eni Makes Gas Discovery Offshore Egypt, Eyes Fast-Track Development

Apr 07, 2026

Eni has made a gas and condensate discovery offshore Egypt, with preliminary estimates indicating about 2 trillion cubic feet of gas in place.The discovery was made at the Denise W-1 exploration well in the Temsah concession in the Eastern Mediterranean…

PRIO Ramps Up Wahoo Output with Third Well Offshore Brazil

Apr 07, 2026

Brazilian oil and gas firm PRIO has brought a third producing well online at its Wahoo field offshore Brazil, as it advances plans to ramp up output to 40,000 barrels per day by the end of April.The company said production from the third well has stabilized at around 10…

Dolphin Drilling Nears Deal for North Sea Harsh-Environment Rig

Apr 07, 2026

Dolphin Drilling, an Oslo-listed, Aberdeen headquartered offshore drilling contractor, has signed a letter of intent (LOI) for a potential new contract for its Paul B. Loyd Jr semi-submersible rig, which could keep the unit working through 2030…

Fire at ONGC's Offshore Platform Injures 10, Operations Normalized

Apr 07, 2026

India’s state-owned oil firm Oil and Natural Gas Limited (ONGC) has contained the fire that broke out at its SHP platform in the Mumbai High offshore field, with multiple workers sustaining minor injuries.The company said the incident occurred at around 17:45 local time on April 6…

CPC Oil Exports via Black Sea Stable After Attack Reports

Apr 07, 2026

Kazakhstan's energy ministry said on Tuesday that oil shipments via the Caspian Pipeline Consortium were stable after Russia's military accused Ukraine of damaging loading facilities belonging to the group in the Black Sea.Russia's Defence Ministry…

Aker BP Brings Symra Field On Stream Nine Months Early

Apr 07, 2026

Aker BP has started oil production from the Symra field in the North Sea nine months ahead of original schedule.The field is estimated to contribute approximately 63 million barrels of oil equivalent to the Eiga area.Symra is located approximately…

BW Energy Extends Dussafu License off Gabon to 2053

Apr 07, 2026

BW Energy has agreed a 25‑year extension of the Dussafu Marin production license offshore Gabon.Following an agreement with the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Gabonese Republic, the license period has been extended from 2028 to 2053.The extended license provides long‑term visibility for production…

Russia’s Yamal LNG Resumes Shipments to China After Months-Long Gap

Apr 07, 2026

Yamal LNG, controlled by Russia's largest liquefied natural gas producer Novatek, has sent its first cargo to China since last November, LSEG data showed on Tuesday, weeks before the gradual enforcement of Europe's ban on Russian LNG imports…

Energy Crisis from War on Iran Deeper Than Widely Assumed

Apr 07, 2026

The U.S. and Israeli war against Iran has been characterised by a series of miscalculations by most of the involved and peripheral parties, but the real danger is the delusion over the scale of the resulting energy crisis.It is delusional of any nation to think that it…

Oil Shoots Over $110 as Trump's Iran Deadline Looms

Apr 07, 2026

Global stocks wavered on Tuesday, while oil prices were perched above $110 per barrel as the prospect of escalation in the war in the Middle East and the looming deadline for a deal to be reached kept nervy investors on the sidelines.Markets have been rattled since the U…

IEA: Current Oil And Gas Crisis Exceeds Past Shocks Combined

Apr 07, 2026

The current oil and gas crisis triggered by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is 'more serious than the ones in 1973, 1979 and 2022 together', Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), told Le Figaro newspaper.'The world…

Valaris Nets $447M Brazil Drillship Extension, Inks Suriname Collaboration Deal

Apr 06, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has secured a multi-year contract extension with Petrobras offshore Brazil and entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Petronas and Halliburton for offshore development in Suriname.The company said the drillship VALARIS DS-4 was awarded a 1…

SLB Expands Digital Operations Partnership with Azule Energy off Angola

Apr 06, 2026

SLB has signed a three-year agreement with Azule Energy to expand the use of its enterprise digital platform across the company’s operations in Angola.The platform is expected to support execution reliability, accelerate decision-making and…

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