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Rhino Resources To Drill New Well Offshore Namibia

Jun 17, 2025

African energy explorer Rhino Resources and its partner Azule Energy will drill the new Volans-1X exploration well offshore Namibia in late July or early August, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday.The Volans prospect is being investigated…

Petronas-Eni Upstream Joint Venture to Take Up to Two Years to Set Up

Jun 17, 2025

Malaysian state energy company Petronas said on Tuesday it expects to take one to two years to set up a planned joint venture with Italian energy group Eni on upstream assets in Indonesia and Malaysia.The companies announced a joint venture framework…

UK Firm Secures Exploration Extension for Two Blocks off Vietnam

Jun 10, 2025

U.K.-based Pharos Energy, an independent energy company with assets in Vietnam and Egypt, has secured two-year extension of the exploration period for two blocks located in moderate to deep waters offshore Vietnam.The approval has been received…

Veolia to Provide Seawater Desalination Tech for Two Santos Basin FPSOs

Jun 10, 2025

Veolia, through its Water Technologies & Solutions business unit, has secured a multi-million dollar contract from Seatrium to provide advanced seawater desalination solutions for two floating production storage and offloading platforms (FPSOs) in one of Brazil’s largest offshore developments…

CNOOC Starts Production at Offshore Field in South China Sea

Jun 09, 2025

China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has brought on stream the Weizhou 5-3 oil field development project in Beibu Gulf Basin in the South China Sea.The main production facility includes one self-installing wellhead platform…

TotalEnergies and Shell Exchange Lipa and Gato do Mato Stakes

Jun 04, 2025

TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Shell Brasil Petróleo to exchange its 20% non-operated interest in the Gato do Mato project for an additional 3% interest in Lapa, a producing offshore oil field.Through the agreement TotalEnergies…

ExxonMobil-Led Guyana Consortium Reports $10.4B Profit in 2024

Jun 04, 2025

An oil-producing consortium in Guyana comprising Exxon Mobil, Hess and CNOOC posted a 64% surge in 2024 profit to $10.4 billion, Exxon said on Tuesday, as facility updates allowed sustained output growth.Due to fast production expansion and relatively low government royalties and taxes…

Eco Atlantic Takes Operatorship of Orange Basin Offshore Block

Jun 04, 2025

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas, an Atlantic Margin-focused oil and gas exploration company, has completed the farm-in agreement in the Orange Basin block, securing the full operatorship and exploration rights offshore South Africa.Eco has now secured…

Galp Targets 40% Oil Production Boost in Brazil with New Field

May 29, 2025

Portugal's Galp expects to boost its oil and gas production in Brazil by around 40% over the next few years, when the promising offshore field Bacalhau reaches peak output, executive board member Nuno Bastos told reporters.Galp produces 110…

Woodside to run North West Shelf LNG Plant to 2070

May 28, 2025

Australia conditionally approved on Wednesday a request by Woodside Energy to extend until 2070 the life of its North West Shelf gas plant, following a six-year review dogged by delays, appeals and backlash from green groups.The facility on…

FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão Starts Production

May 27, 2025

SBM Offshore announces that FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão is formally on hire as of May 24, 2025 after achieving first oil and the completion of a 72-hour continuous production test leading to final acceptance.As part of the Mero-4 project, the FPSO will be connected to 12 wells…

First Oil from Mero-4 FPSO in Brazil pre-salt

May 27, 2025

Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (Shell Brasil), a subsidiary of Shell plc, announced the start of production at the floating production storage and offloading facility (FPSO) Alexandre de Gusmão in the Mero field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil…

Navantia Seanergies Delivers Second Substation Jacket for French OW Farm

May 23, 2025

Navantia Seanergies, Spanish shipbuilder Navantia’s green energies division, has delivered its second substation jacket for Ocean Winds for the offshore wind farm at Dieppe Le Tréport in France.The jacket departed from the south basin of the Puerto Real shipyard…

Drillship to Set Off for Petrobras’ Foz do Amazonas by End of May

May 21, 2025

Brazilian oil firm Petrobras will have a drill ship ready to make the trip to the northern state of Amapa by the end of the month, three sources close to the matter told Reuters, as the company rushes for a drilling license for the Foz do Amazonas Basin…

Eni Starts Gas Production at Merakes East Field in Indonesia

May 13, 2025

Eni has started gas production from the Merakes East field in the Kutei Basin offshore Indonesia, the Italian energy group said on Tuesday in a statement.The field is part of the East Sepinggan block, where Eni holds an 85% operating stake,…

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