Oil and gas major Shell has started the production at its deepwater Whale floating production facility in the Gulf of Mexico.The Whale production facility is in the Alaminos Canyon Block 773 and is adjacent to the Shell-operated Silvertip field…
Subsea 7 has secured contract by Equinor for a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study with engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) option for the Fram Sør development project, offshore Norway.The study will finalize…
Offshore accommodation rig provider Prosafe has signed a contract extension with Petrobras for the provision of the Safe Zephyrus semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil.The original 650-day firm period was due to complete in February 2025…
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has imposed a penalty of $154,000 on CNOOC Petroleum Europe for venting without consent at its Buzzard field, 60 miles north-east of Aberdeen, on two separate occasions in a two-week period.On May 31…
Norway's natural gas production rose by 6.9% in 2024 to a record 124 billion cubic metres (bcm) but is expected to ease slightly this year, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) said on Thursday.Norway became Europe's largest supplier of natural gas following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022…
TotalEnergies will start drilling an exploration well on Suriname's Block 64, the company's country manager Artur Nunes da Silva said on Wednesday, adding final costs and further well operations were still being organized.Suriname is working to build its offshore oil and gas industry…
Abu Dhabi-based integrated energy and marine services, engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm NMDC Group has secured a major contract from Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) to design and install offshore gas pipelines in Taiwan…
Global energy major BP has pledged to lift oil production by 44% and gas output by 89% from India's largest field off its west coast, under a decade-long contract, according to block operator Oil and Natural Gas Corp ONGC on Thursday.ONGC named…
Kongsberg Discovery has reached agreement to acquire Naxys Technologies, a Bergen-based subsea company that specializes in technology for recognizing the sound of oil and gas leaks.Martin Wien Fjell, CEO of Kongsberg Discovery, points to the…
Global energy technology company SLB has secured a series of major drilling contracts by Shell to support capital-efficient energy development across its deep and ultra-deepwater assets in the U.K. North Sea, Trinidad and Tobago, Gulf of Mexico and others…
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has signed a charter contract for the high-spec subsea vessel Orient Adventurer.The new capacity aligns with the company’s service offerings and subsea capabilities across both the offshore renewables and conventional energy sectors in multiple regions…
Oil and gas drilling services company KCA Deutag has secured contract extensions for its drilling services in the U.K. North Sea, worth $16 million.KCA Deutag said its offshore business pocketed multi-million-dollar contract extensions in the U…
DNO Norge has secured a permit from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) to drill an exploration well in the North Sea.DNO Norge, and its partners Aker BP, Japex Norge, and Concedo, will use Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.The permit is for wellbore 6507/2-8 in production license 94, which is operated by Aker BP with 30% working interest, along…
U.S. oil firm Murphy Oil Corporation has made an oil discovery at the Hai Su Vang-1X exploration well in the Cuu Long Basin, offshore Vietnam.Murphy Oil’s subsidiary Murphy Cuu Long Tay Oil drilled the well at Block 15-2/17, located 40 miles offshore…