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BOEM Seeks Public Comment for Eleventh National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program

Apr 29, 2025

On April 18, 2025, the Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) would soon initiate the first step in an engagement process to develop the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program)…

ExxonMobil, Egypt’s EGAS Bolster Mediterranean Oil Exploration Efforts

Apr 29, 2025

Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) and ExxonMobil have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen the collaboration for Mediterranean Sea oil and gas exploration.The MoU was signed to establish the necessary foundations for developing the agreements system if ExxonMobil Egypt…

Saipem Gets On Bard Eni’s Liverpool Bay CCS Project

Apr 28, 2025

Italian energy contractor Saipem has secured a $590 million contract by Eni in the U.K. for the Liverpool Bay carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.The contract the course of three years, required to complete the project, which reached financial close earlier in April…

Shell to Exit Three Gas Projects Offshore Colombia

Apr 25, 2025

Oil giant Shell will pull out of three offshore gas projects in Colombia's Caribbean, it owns together with Colombia's state-run oil company Ecopetrol, the groups said on Thursday.Shell had acquired a 50% operating stake in Col 5, Purple Angel and Fuerte Sur deepwater blocs in 2020…

Capricornus Prospect in Namibia’s Orange Basin Delivers Oil Discovery

Apr 24, 2025

Rhino Resources, the operator of the petroleum exploration license (PEL85), and its partners have found oil in the Capricornus 1-X well in Orange Basin, offshore Namibia.The Capricornus 1-X well, spudded on February 17, using Noble Corporation’s Noble Venturer drillship…

EnQuest Bags Two Production Sharing Contracts off Indonesia

Apr 23, 2025

U.K.-based oil firm EnQuest, and its joint venture partners, have been confirmed as the winning bidders for two Production Sharing Contract (PSC) blocks in Indonesia’s Papua Barat, including Gaea and Gaea II.The blocks present a multi-Tscf unrisked…

BP Loads First LNG Shipment from Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Project

Apr 17, 2025

BP has completed the loading of the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for export from its Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) Phase 1 project offshore Mauritania and Senegal, following flow of first gas from the project achieved earlier in 2025…

Gas Reserves Estimate Goes Up at Shell’s Selene Prospect in North Sea

Apr 16, 2025

Shell has revealed ‘significantly better’ porosity and permeability properties at its Selene gas prospect in the North Sea, following the analysis of the data from the well drilled in 2024, prompting its partner Deltic Energy to raise estimates of recoverable gas reserves by 33%…

Indonesia Awards Oil and Gas Blocks to Boost Reserves

Apr 16, 2025

Indonesia awarded five oil and gas blocks to companies, its energy ministry said on Wednesday, as it attempts to replenish its oil and gas reserves and improve its energy security.Over the coming years, the government plans to offer nearly 60…

GAO Calls for Better Offshore Wind Project Oversight

Apr 15, 2025

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has made recommendations aimed at improving the Department of Interior’s oversight of offshore wind projects.The Department of the Interior and other federal agencies are supposed to work with Tribes…

CNOOC Puts Into Production New Oil Field in South China Sea

Apr 14, 2025

China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has brought on stream Wenchang 9-7 oil field development in the western Pearl River Mouth Basin in South China Sea.The main production facility is a new drilling and production platform…

Trelleborg Launches Advanced Sealing System for Offshore Wind Foundations

Apr 09, 2025

Trelleborg Marine and Infrastructure has launched advanced sealing system, IRIS, for Airtight Platforms (ATP), which has the potential to improve offshore wind foundation designs.The new seal eliminates the need for welded steel landing rings…

TWMA Lands Long-Term Drilling Waste Management Job for TotalEnergies

Apr 02, 2025

Specialist drilling waste management company TWMA has secured a three-year contract with TotalEnergies UK for its drilling waste management services.Agreed following a call for tender, the contract started in October 2024 and includes the option for extension…

DNO Finds Oil and Gas in Northern North Sea

Mar 26, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO has made an important oil and gas discovery in Northern North Sea license PL1182 S, using Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible rig.The discovery was made in Paleocene injectite sandstones of excellent…

Sea Lion Offshore Oil Project in Falkland Islands Targets FID in Mid-2025

Mar 24, 2025

A final investment decision (FID) for the Sea Lion development offshore the Falkland Islands could be reached in mid-2025, according to Rockhopper, which is partner in the project with the operator Navitas Petroleum.Navitas continues to estimate Capex to first oil on phase 1 of c$1…

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