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Jifmar Concludes Takeover of 15 Seacontractors Workboats

Nov 24, 2025

Jifmar Group has completed the transfer of Seacontractors’ fleet of 15 workboats, finalizing a deal signed in August and strengthening its presence in the Middle East and Indian Ocean.The vessels and associated teams formally joined Jifmar on November 19…

UK Regulator Grants Multi-Year Extension for Pilot Oil Field License

Nov 24, 2025

The UK North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has approved a three-year extension to the second term of License P2244, which contains the Pilot oil field, pushing the expiry date to December 2028.Orcadian Energy holds an 18.75% carried interest in the license…

Libya Targets Output Boost as Oil Bid Round Enters Final Phase

Nov 21, 2025

Libya's National Oil Corporation said it is approaching the final stage of a public exploration bid round, with companies expected to submit offers and open bids in February 2026, according to a statement on Thursday.The bid round, the first in over 17 years…

DNO Enlists AGR to Assess North Sea Reserves and Resources

Nov 20, 2025

Oil and gas firm DNO Norge has hired AGR, part of ABL Group, to carry out an independent evaluation of reserves and resources for the oil and gas operator’s asset portfolio.AGR will provide DNO Norge, which is the Norwegian operation of Oslo-listed DNO…

Renewables Not Expanding Fast Enough to Replace Fossil Fuels, COP30 Warns

Nov 20, 2025

The message could not have been clearer as protesters carried coffins labeled oil, coal and gas through Belém while negotiators met in the Amazonian city for the United Nations COP30 climate summit.It may be too early to declare the end of the fossil fuel era…

BW Energy Confirms Liquid Hydrocarbons in Namibia’s Kudu Block

Nov 19, 2025

BW Energy has completed drilling operations on the Kharas-1 appraisal well in the Kudu license area, offshore Namibia, confirming the presence of hydrocarbons.The well, drilled with Odfjell Drilling-managed Deepsea Mira rig, reached a total depth of 5…

Pakistan Greenlights TPOC-Led Offshore Exploration in Block-C

Nov 19, 2025

Pakistan approved a new offshore exploration consortium on Tuesday, clearing Turkish Petroleum Overseas Company to take over operatorship of the Eastern Offshore Block-C as part of a push to revive drilling, the adviser to the finance ministry said…

Syria Inks Gas Deal with ConocoPhillips and Novaterra

Nov 19, 2025

The Syrian Petroleum Company, U.S.-based ConocoPhillips COP.N and Novaterra have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand cooperation in the natural gas sector, Syria's energy ministry said on Tuesday.Due to the destruction of energy infrastructure during its 14-year civil war…

Norway Court Rules Against Oilfield Developments

Nov 14, 2025

A Norwegian appeals court ruled in favour of environmentalists and against the government on Friday by confirming a lower court's decision that the energy ministry's approval of the development of three offshore oil and gas fields was invalid…

Yellowtail Ramp-Up Brings Guyana’s Offshore Output to New Heights

Nov 14, 2025

ExxonMobil Guyana and its Stabroek block co-venturers, Hess Guyana Exploration and CNOOC Petroleum Guyana, have reached a new milestone in the South American country, with the production rising to 900,000 barrels of oil daily.The achievement…

Nigeria to Launch 2025 Oil Licensing Round in December

Nov 12, 2025

Nigeria will begin a fresh round of oil licensee auction from next month, the oil regulator said on Tuesday in London, as part of plans to revive idle assets and grow production.'We are announcing that we are ready, following the approval of…

TotalEnergies, QatarEnergy, Petronas to Explore in Guyana

Nov 11, 2025

Oil producers TotalEnergies, Qatar Energy and Petronas have signed a five-year agreement with Guyana's government to explore a shallow-water block, authorities and company executives said on Tuesday.Guyana has struggled to diversify its energy industry…

Higher Output Lifts Oxy’s Quarterly Profit

Nov 11, 2025

Occidental Petroleum beat Wall Street expectations for third-quarter profit on Monday, as higher production helped the U.S. shale producer counter weaker oil prices.U.S. oil and gas output rose to a record in August even as benchmark Brent crude…

NOD, IGI Renew Agreement for Maintenance of Geochemical Database

Nov 07, 2025

The database with released geochemical data is updated twice a year with data from recently released wells in Diskos.The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has renewed the agreement with IGI (Integrated Geochemical Interpretation) to update the database for the next five years…

Aker BP’s Well in North Sea Comes Up Dry

Nov 07, 2025

Aker BP and its partners have drilled a well in the Yggdrasil area in the North Sea, which proved to be dry.The well 30/11-16 S, or ‘Natrudstilen’, was drilled in production license 873, just over one kilometer east of Fulla and 155 kilometers west of Bergen…

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