Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company has begun planned maintenance on its Bonga deepwater oil vessel, a move that will temporarily cut Nigeria’s oil export capacity by about 225,000 barrels per day but could extend the asset’s lifespan…
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…
Malaysia's state energy firm Petronas said on Thursday it will ramp up exploration and production over the next three years to strengthen domestic energy security.Petronas said it aims to maintain domestic output at close to two million barrels of oil equivalent per day between 2026 and 2028…
BP's head of Trinidad and Tobago said on Monday the oil and gas major is still interested in cross-border opportunities with Venezuela, despite the government in Caracas suspending all bilateral energy agreements with its neighbor last year…
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured new contract awards for nine rigs totaling about $1.3 billion in backlog, including a three-year deal that marks its entry into Norway’s harsh-environment floater market.The largest…
European governments including Germany, Britain and Denmark will reinforce their plans to massively expand wind power projects on Monday, despite U.S. President Donald Trump stepping up criticism of their green energy agenda, a draft declaration due to be signed by government leaders showed…
Global ocean services provider DeepOcean has completed trenching and survey operations on inter-array cables for a U.S. offshore wind project.DeepOcean’s scope of work encompassed trenching and surveying of the inter-array cables that connect turbines to the offshore substations…
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has approved 'targeted, investment-linked' incentives for Shell's Bonga South West deepwater oil project following a meeting with the company's CEO, Tinubu's office said.The proposed incentives are the latest in…
TMC Compressors has secured a contract by COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry to deliver a complete marine compressed air system to SBM Offshore’s newbuild floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit Chalchi.The FSO Chalchi is bound for deployment at the Trion deepwater oil field…
Paradigm Drilling Services has appointed Wes Heiskell as Well Construction & Intervention Director – North America.Based in Paradigm’s Houston office, Heiskell brings almost 40 years of experience, with a distinguished career spanning operations…
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured multiple contract awards for its West Capella, West Elara and West Carina drilling rigs across Malaysia, Norway and Brazil.In Malaysia, the ultra-deepwater drillship West Capella secured a well-based contract with an undisclosed operator…
Portuguese energy firm Galp will focus on growing its upstream business from oilfields in Brazil and Namibia and may list parts of its newly formed downstream business in a couple of years, its co-chief executive Joao Diogo Marques da Silva told Reuters on Tuesday…
James Fisher and Sons has invested in U.S.-based autonomous marine technology company Ocean Aero, taking a strategic minority stake as part of Ocean Aero’s Series D funding round.The investment increases James Fisher’s exposure to autonomous…
Saipem has launched a new Drilling Training Centre featuring a full-scale simulator designed to provide immersive, hands-on training for drilling personnel.The center is accredited by the International Well Control Forum, a global body for well control competency certification…