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Johan Castberg Pivotal to Future Development of Barents Sea

Aug 10, 2025

The Johan Castberg field is important to the further development of the Barents Sea, says the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, as it will be producing oil for many years to come, and new discoveries can be incorporated.The Johan Castberg oil field came on stream in March…

TGS Lines Up Streamer Acquisition Job in East Mediterranean

Aug 08, 2025

Energy data and intelligence firm TGS has secured a streamer acquisition contract in the East Mediterranean.Acquisition is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2025, and the contract has a duration of approximately 30 days.No further details…

Cheniere, JERA Ink Long-Term LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement

Aug 08, 2025

Cheniere Energy, through Cheniere Marketing, and JERA have signed a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreement (SPA), running until 2050.Under the SPA, JERA has agreed to purchase approximately 1.0 million tonnes per annum…

Geo Sessions 2025

Aug 07, 2025

Last year, Geo Sessions brought together over 5,300 registrants from 159 countries, with attendees representing education, government agencies, consulting, and top geospatial companies like Esri, NOAA, Airbus, Planet, and USGS. At this year's Geo Sessions…

UK Firm Nets Multi-Year Decommissioning Job in North Sea

Aug 07, 2025

Offshore well plug and abandonment specialist Well-Safe Solutions has secured a multi-year contract by EnQuest for decommissioning work in the U.K. North Sea.The firm scope, expected to generate revenue in excess of $45 million, will be executed…

Israel’s Leviathan Partners Expand Egypt Gas Deal with $35B Supply Boost

Aug 07, 2025

The partners in Israel’s Leviathan gas field have signed an amendment to their existing export agreement with Blue Ocean Energy, significantly increasing natural gas volumes destined for Egypt.Under the revised deal, total contracted volumes…

Tullow Oil’s New Well off Ghana Delivers ‘Better Than Expected’ Net Pay

Aug 06, 2025

Tullow Oil has restarted the drilling campaign at Jubilee field offshore Ghana, with the first well that came onstream delivering ‘better than expected’ net pay during drilling operations with Noble Corporation’s Noble Venture drillship.Tullow Oil brought the the J72-P well…

BP's Major Brazil Oil and Gas Find Boosts Equinor’s Prospects

Aug 06, 2025

BP's announcement on Monday of its largest global oil and gas discovery in 25 years in Brazil's offshore Santos basin bodes well for Equinor's nearby interests and strong appetite for an October auction of oil blocks in the region.Discoveries nearly two decades ago in the region…

BP’s Second Quarter Profit Beats Expectations

Aug 05, 2025

BP will launch a review of how best to develop and monetise its oil and gas production assets and consider more cost cuts to boost shareholder returns, the oil major said on Tuesday, as it beat second-quarter profit expectations.BP, under pressure…

Rex’s Akrake Petroleum Starts Drilling at Sèmè Field off Benin

Aug 05, 2025

Akrake Petroleum Benin, Rex International's indirect subsidiary, has spudded the first well in the Sèmè Field in Block 1 offshore Benin, using the Borr Drilling’s Gerd jack-up drilling rig.The drilling is part of a 100-day three-well work program to redevelop the Sèmè field…

RWE, North Star Ink Long-Term SOV Charter Agreements

Aug 05, 2025

Germany’s largest utility RWE and U.K.’s largest shipowner-operator North Star have signed long-term agreements for next-generation service operation vessels (SOVs) to maintain RWE’s growing offshore wind fleet.The companies have agreed that RWE will charter two SOVs…

Saudi Rig Owner ADES to Buy Shelf Drilling in $380M Deal

Aug 05, 2025

Saudi Arabian oil and gas drilling contractor ADES International Holding has agreed to buy rival rig firm Shelf Drilling for $379.8 million.The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025 subject to customary closing conditions…

BP Boosts Oil Output from Gulf of America with Argos Expansion Start Up

Aug 04, 2025

BP has started up the Argos Southwest Extension project in the U.S. Gulf of America, adding 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in production at the existing Argos platform.Argos Southwest Extension is bp’s fifth major project start-up in 2025…

Wind Multiplikator, Norwind Offshore Ink CSOV Charter Deal

Aug 04, 2025

Wind Multiplikator, a subsidiary of Danish company Semco Maritime, has signed a long-term charter agreement with Norwegian shipping company Norwind Offshore for a Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV), set for deployment at an offshore wind farm in German North Sea…

Brazil: BP Makes Largest Oil and Gas Discovery in Decades

Aug 04, 2025

BP has made an oil and gas discovery at the Bumerangue prospect in the deepwater offshore Brazil, its largest discovery in 25 years.BP drilled exploration well 1-BP-13-SPS at the Bumerangue block, located in the Santos Basin, 404 kilometers (218 nautical miles) from Rio de Janeiro…

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