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Egypt's EGAS Awards Offshore Blocks to International Companies

Jun 25, 2025

Egypt's EGAS has awarded four blocks in the Mediterranean, one in the Nile delta, and one in North Sinai to international companies, according to a petroleum ministry statement on Wednesday.Companies will invest $ 245 million to drill at least 13 new exploratory wells during the exploration period…

Aker BP Bites Dust in Norwegian Sea

Jun 25, 2025

Aker BP and its partners have drilled a dry well on the Rondeslottet prospect in the Norwegian Sea.Wildcat well 6405/7-4 was drilled in production license 1005, which was included in the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2018, with awards taking place in March 2019…

Equinor Gets Permit to Drill North Sea Wildcat Well

Jun 23, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for wildcat well in the North Sea.The drilling permit is for a wellbore 15/8-3 S in production licence 1137, operated by Equinor with 50% working interest, with partner Orlen Upstream Norway holding the remaining 50%…

Equinor’s Johan Castberg Field Starts Producing at Peak Capacity

Jun 20, 2025

Only three months after coming on stream, Equinor’s Johan Castberg field in Barents Sea has started producing at peak capacity of 220,000 barrels of oil per day.The field’s peak production achievement increases energy deliveries from the Barents Sea by 150%…

Vallourec to Deliver Tubular Solution for Qatar’s Drilling ops

Jun 19, 2025

French tubular solutions supplier Vallourec has secured a large contract to supply Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) for drilling operations in Qatar, valued at over $50 million in potential revenue.The agreement includes the supply of carbon steel OCTG products with premium connections…

ConocoPhillips Confirms Oil Discovery off Norway

Jun 19, 2025

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, a subsidiary of U.S. energy major ConocoPhillips, has completed the drilling of an appraisal well in the Norwegian Sea, confirming the previously made oil discovery.ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, the operator of production license 891…

From Swamp Rigs to Floating Wind: Calvin Norton Reflects on 60 Years of Offshore Engineering

Jun 19, 2025

Calvin Norton spent 60 years with Friede & Goldman, with a career that spans and tracks some of the highest highs and lowest lows in the evolution of offshore energy production. As Norton heads toward retirement, and Friede & Goldman prepares to celebrate its own 80th anniversary…

ANYbotics Launches Gas Leak Solution for Inspection Robot

Jun 18, 2025

AI-driven robotics company ANYbotics has launched a new Gas Leak and Presence Detection solution for its ANYmal robot.ANYmal's new solution integrates advanced, modular gas detectors with a 360° acoustic imaging payload to precisely pinpoint…

Decom Engineering Launches Ultra-Light Chopsaw for Subsea Ops

Jun 18, 2025

Northern Ireland-based subsea technology specialist Decom Engineering has developed and deployed a new ultra-light Chopsaw for subsea cutting operations.The C1-16UL Chopsaw represents the most significant advancement in Aberdeen-based Decom's Chopsaw range…

Rhino Resources To Drill New Well Offshore Namibia

Jun 17, 2025

African energy explorer Rhino Resources and its partner Azule Energy will drill the new Volans-1X exploration well offshore Namibia in late July or early August, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday.The Volans prospect is being investigated…

SLB Rolls Out Sequestri Carbon Storage Tech Portfolio

Jun 17, 2025

Global energy technology company SLB has launched Sequestri carbon storage solutions, a comprehensive portfolio of technologies and services for accelerating safer and more economic carbon storage projects.The Sequestri portfolio addresses the unique challenges of long-term carbon storage…

Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Aberdeen Rig Back in Action After SPS Period

Jun 17, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has completed the Deepsea Aberdeen’s special periodic survey (SPS), with the semi-submersible rig returning to operations after three weeks of scheduled off-hire.As a result, all of the company’s own fleet rigs SPS projects are now completed…

Republican Governor Doesn’t Want Trump’s Offshore Drilling

Jun 16, 2025

The Republican governor of South Carolina appealed to the Trump administration on Monday to leave his state out of an impending plan to increase offshore oil and gas production.The letter comes as the administration wraps up a 45-day request…

Chuditch Gas Field Drilling Ops Get Delayed to Next Year

Jun 16, 2025

Sunda Energy, the AIM-quoted exploration and appraisal company focused on gas assets in Southeast Asia, has pushed back the drilling of appraisal well Chuditch-2, offshore Timor-Leste, for the first half of 2026.Chuditch-2 appraisal well on…

Topsides for Cenovus Energy’s West White Rose Platform En Route to Canada

Jun 13, 2025

Topsides for Canadian oil and gas firm Cenovus Energy’s West White Rose offshore platform, built by Kiewit Offshore Services in Texas, have started their journey to a field in Newfoundland waters.The 23,000 tonne topsides structure will be installed in the White Rose field in July…

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