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New Alliance Targets Offshore Caisson Integrity Challenges

Feb 17, 2026

THREE60 Energy, Innovair and Oil States have formed a strategic alliance to deliver integrated caisson integrity management services for the global oil and gas sector, targeting ageing offshore assets in mature basins such as the North Sea.The collaboration combines inspection…

Azule Energy Makes Significant Oil Discovery Offshore Angola

Feb 16, 2026

Azule Energy, jointly owned by Eni and BP, has made an oil discovery at the Algaita-01 exploration well in Block 15/06 offshore Angola, with initial estimates pointing to approximately 500 million barrels of oil in place.The well, located in the offshore Lower Congo Basin…

Petronas Takes Operatorship of Oman’s Offshore Block 18

Feb 13, 2026

Petronas has signed a concession agreement with the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and OQ Exploration and Production Batinah Offshore (OQEP) for exploration activities in offshore Block 18, expanding its international upstream portfolio…

Petrobras’ P-79 FPSO Arrives to Brazil to Support Búzios Growth Plan

Feb 12, 2026

Petrobras has welcomed its P-79 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit to the Búzios field in Brazil’s Santos Basin pre-salt, in line with the planned schedule.The unit, capable of producing 180,000 barrels of oil per day and compressing 7…

TotalEnergies Asks EU to Clarify Russian LNG Ban

Feb 12, 2026

TotalEnergies is asking the French government and EU Commission to clarify an EU ban on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, CEO Patrick Pouyanne said on Wednesday.'It appears a European company cannot market Russian LNG, which we did not initially anticipate…

Libya Awards First Oil Blocks Since 2007 to Chevron, Eni, QatarEnergy and Repsol

Feb 11, 2026

Libya on Wednesday awarded oil and gas exploration blocks to foreign oil companies, including Chevron, Eni, QatarEnergy and Repsol, in its first licensing round in nearly two decades as it seeks to revitalise the sector despite ongoing political division…

TGS Embarks on Multi-Client 2D Survey off Angola

Feb 11, 2026

Energy data and intelligence TGS has started the Ultra Profundo multi-client 2D survey offshore Angola.The survey covers approximately 12,600 line kilometers, with Ramform Victory having already started operations earlier in 2026.Data acquisition…

Elemental Energies Expands Subsurface Expertise with APT Buy

Feb 11, 2026

Elemental Energies has acquired Norway-based geoscience specialist Applied Petroleum Technology (APT), expanding its subsurface and geochemistry capabilities as operators seek deeper technical insight across the well lifecycle.APT provides petroleum geochemistry…

Malaysia Offers Nine Exploration Blocks in 2026 Bid Round

Feb 11, 2026

Malaysia’s Petronas, through Malaysia Petroleum Management, has launched the Malaysia Bid Round 2026, offering nine exploration blocks and six discovered resource opportunities in a move aimed at strengthening Malaysia’s position as an upstream investment hub…

Aquaterra Energy Gets Multi-Year Well Intervention Job off Spain

Feb 10, 2026

Aquaterra Energy has secured a multi-year, seven-figure contract to provide subsea well access equipment for intervention and abandonment operations across 11 wells offshore Spain.Under the agreement with a global offshore services company,…

Petrobras Returns to Namibia with Offshore Block Stake Acquisition

Feb 06, 2026

Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras has acquired a 42.5% stake in Block 2613, offshore Namibia.The transaction was carried out in partnership with TotalEnergies, which also acquired 42.5% and will act as the operator of the block.TotalEnergies…

TotalEnergies Secures Operated Interest in Namibia’s Offshore License

Feb 06, 2026

TotalEnergies has signed agreements to acquire a 42.5% operated interest in the PEL104 exploration license offshore Namibia from Eight Offshore Investments Holdings and Maravilla Oil & Gas.Following completion of the transaction, TotalEnergies will become operator of the licence with a 42…

Oil Companies Snap Up West African Blocks in Search for Next Big Thing

Feb 04, 2026

Chevron and TotalEnergies are among the oil majors snapping up offshore blocks in West and Southern Africa as compelling geology, regulatory reforms, and the need to restock spur a hunt for the next Brazil.Companies are restocking their oil…

Equinor Extends Seadrill Drillship’s Stay off Brazil

Jan 30, 2026

Equinor has exercised a one-year priced option for Seadrill’s ultra-deepwater drillship West Saturn for operations offshore Brazil.The exercised option adds $114 million to contract backlog and extends the original contract, which started in 2022…

Subsea7 Gets Shell’s Contract for Deepwater Development off US

Jan 30, 2026

Subsea7 has secured a sizeable contract by Shell for the Kaikias Waterflood project, a deepwater development in the Mars-Ursa Basin, off the Louisiana coast in the United States.The scope of work includes the transportation and installation of a subsea umbilical…

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