Norwegian oil and gas firm Vår Energi has completed the drilling of second well at the Balder field in the North Sea using COSL Drilling Europe’s COSL Pioneer semi-submersible drilling rig.COSLPioneer delivered the second well, BT-4, at the Balder field for Vår Energi…
China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has started production from the Wenchang 16-2 oil field development project in the northern part of South China Sea.The project is located in the western Pearl River Mouth Basin…
Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has signed a letter of intent for a contract for the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig.The potential contract would be expected to have a value of approximately $58 million.The scheduled start would take place in the second half of 2026…
Engineering consultancy Wood has secured a three-year contract extension to provide operations, maintenance, modifications and support services on Equinor’s assets at the Mariner field, located on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).With the extended contract…
TechnipFMC has secured two subsea contracts from Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras to supply flexible pipe systems for projects in the Santos and Campos basins.The first award, classed by TechnipFMC as ‘substantial’ and valued between $250 million and $500 million…
Maintenance at major gas fields and onshore processing plants will curb Norwegian natural gas supply by around a third during the first half of September, as Europe's biggest supplier readies the system for the busy winter demand season.'We…
Two SLB OneSubsea subsea compressor stations recently came online at Shell’s Ormen Lange field, the second largest gas field in Norway, setting the record for the deepest installation of such systems ever.The SLB OneSubsea subsea compressor stations…
Egypt's petroleum ministry said on Friday that two new wells in the deepwater West Delta have gone online, adding about 60 million cubic feet per day (mcfd) of natural gas to the country's output.Egypt seeks to boost gas production after increasingly turning to imports to meet domestic demand…
Shearwater Geoservices has been awarded a deepwater Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) seismic survey in Ghana’s Jubilee and TEN fields, operated by Tullow and its partners.It will be the first deepwater OBN project offshore Ghana, following Shearwater’s…
Work is underway at three new wells in the Zohr gas field in the Mediterranean in the current financial year, Egypt's petroleum ministry said on Tuesday.Another well, the Zohr-6 well, has added about 65 million cubic feet per day of gas to Egypt’s output…
Jadestone Energy has reported that the Skua-11ST development well at the Montara field offshore Australia has delivered initial oil production rates significantly above expectations following successful flow testing.Production from Skua-11ST began in early August…
U.K.-based oil and gas firm Serica Energy has achieved first lifting of oil from the Triton floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit in the North Sea since the resumption of production in July.Production continues to ramp up in line with the previously stated plan…
Norwegian oil and gas firm OKEA has made oil discovery in the Talisker exploration well at the Brage field in the North Sea.The discoveries were made in the production license PL 055, operated by OKEA with 35.2% working interest, with partners Lime Petroleum 33…
Jadestone Energy has confirmed initial oil rates from the Skua-11ST development well at the Montara field offshore Australia are higher than previous guidance.Consistent with previous disclosures, production from the Skua-11ST well commenced in early August 2025…
The Búzios field, operated by Petrobras, broke its record and surpassed daily production of 900,000 barrels of oil last weekend.Located in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, about 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Búzios was…