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Shelf Drilling Lands New Jack-Up Contract in Vietnam, Extends Egypt Deal

Aug 07, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured short-term contract for the Shelf Drilling Enterprise and a contract extension for the Trident 16 jack-up drilling rigs.The Shelf Drilling Enterprise has been hired for one firm well operation in Vietnam…

Seadrill Drillship Pair Lines Up Work in Gulf of America

Aug 07, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured contracts with Talos Energy and Murphy Oil for two of its drillships for operations in the Gulf of America.The first contract is with Talos Energy for the West Vela drillship for two-well drilling job…

Golar Secures FLNG Charter Deal for Argentina’s LNG Scheme

Aug 07, 2025

Southern Energy S.A. (SESA), a company formed to enable LNG exports from Argentina, has reached final investment decision (FID) for the charter of 3.5MTPA MK II floating LNG (FLNG) from Golar LNG.The key commercial terms for the 20-year charter…

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…

Harbour Energy Boosts Production Outlook After Wintershall Deal

Aug 07, 2025

North Sea-focused Harbour Energy raised its annual free cash flow and production forecast on Thursday, bolstered by robust production following the integration of the Wintershall Dea portfolio and cost control in the first half of the year.The…

SBM Offshore Ups 2025 Revenue Forecast After Strong Half-Year Results

Aug 07, 2025

Dutch oil and gas services company SBM Offshore raised its full-year core profit and revenue forecasts on Thursday, following a strong financial performance in the first half of 2025.The company, which provides floating production services to the offshore energy industry…

Yinson Production Completes Buy-Out of FPSO Atlanta Project Loan

Aug 06, 2025

Yinson Production has agreed to and completed the buy-out of the project loan related to FPSO Atlanta from Brava Energia.At the time of the completion of the transaction, the principal amount outstanding under the project loan was approximately $408…

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…

Seatrium Engages Axess Group to Clear FPSOs for Brazil Deployment

Aug 06, 2025

Norway-based Axess Group has secured contracts with Seatrium to deliver Brazilian Regulatory Compliance (BRC) services for six floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units set for deployment off Brazil.Axess Group has been tasked to deliver BRC services for P-78…

Inpex Picks FEED Contractors for Abadi LNG Onshore Plant

Aug 06, 2025

Japan’s Inpex Corporation has started Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) work for the onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant component of the Abadi LNG project in Indonesia’s Masela Block.The start of the FEED phase for the onshore LNG…

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…

Trinidad, ExxonMobil Strike Deal for Seven Deepwater Blocks

Aug 05, 2025

Trinidad and Tobago's government has agreed to award U.S. oil major ExxonMobil acreage in an ultra-deep area that includes seven blocks to explore for oil and gas, two senior government officials told Reuters.The parties began negotiations earlier…

OKEA Spuds First of Two Wells at Bestla Development in North Sea

Aug 05, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas firm OKEA has spudded the first of two production wells at Bestla development, formerly known as Brasse, in the North Sea using Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Yantai rig.The well is being drilled by the rig Deepsea Yantai from the Bestla Subsea Template…

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…

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