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ExxonMobil Bets $1B on Nigeria’s Usan Offshore Development

Jul 09, 2026

ExxonMobil and its partners will invest $1 billion in the Usan Infill Project offshore Nigeria, a development expected to add 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil production, Nigeria's upstream regulator said on Wednesday.The Nigerian Upstream…

BluEnergies, TotalEnergies Step Up Exploration Offshore Liberia

Jul 08, 2026

BluEnergies and TotalEnergies have advanced a work program across blocks LB-26, LB-30 and LB-31 in the Harper Basin offshore Liberia aimed at confirming and improving drillable prospects.The program includes reprocessing 6,167 square kilometers of 3D seismic data…

UTM Offshore Secures Gas Supply for $3B FLNG Project

Jul 08, 2026

Nigeria's UTM Offshore said on Tuesday it had secured a 15-year gas supply agreement, removing a major obstacle to a final investment decision on its $3 billion floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project, now expected in the fourth quarter after delays…

Oil Surges 3% on Renewed US-Iran Strikes

Jul 08, 2026

Oil prices gained more than 3% on Wednesday after Iran and the U.S. military traded airstrikes and Washington reimposed crude sales sanctions on Tehran, raising fears their fragile truce was unravelling and Middle East supplies could be disrupted again…

TechnipFMC Gets On Board Eni’s Baleine Phase 3 Development

Jul 07, 2026

TechnipFMC has secured a contract from Eni for the Baleine Phase 3 development offshore Côte d’Ivoire, with the award valued at between $75 million and $250 million under the company's contract classification.TechnipFMC will design and manufacture…

Fresh Ghana Well Lifts Kosmos Energy’s Jubilee Production

Jul 06, 2026

Kosmos Energy has brought online a new well at the Jubilee field offshore Ghana, which is now delivering at strong initial rates and helping lift field production as the company advances its 2026 drilling campaign.The J76 well, the third well of the 2026 campaign…

Deepsea Mira Rig Wraps Up Shell's Drilling Job off Namibia

Jul 06, 2026

Deepsea Mira drilling rig, owned by Northern Ocean (NOL) and managed by Odfjell Drilling, has completed a drilling contract with Shell offshore Namibia, and is demobilizing to Walvis Bay for planned upgrades and modifications ahead of future operations…

Eni Enlists Altera to Supply FPSO for West African Oil and Gas Project

Jul 06, 2026

Altera Infrastructure has signed principal agreements with Eni for the supply of a newbuild floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Baleine Phase 3 development offshore Côte d’Ivoire.The agreements cover engineering…

Svanehoj Lands First LNG Carrier-to-FSU Conversion Job

Jul 01, 2026

Danish marine equipment supplier Svanehoj has secured its first contract to supply LNG tank gauging systems for the conversion of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier into a floating storage unit (FSU).The company will deliver four LNG density…

Rhino Confirms Connected Oil Reservoir at Namibia's Capricornus Discovery

Jun 30, 2026

Rhino Resources has confirmed the presence of an oil-bearing reservoir in pressure communication with the Capricornus-1X discovery through an appraisal well offshore Namibia, advancing the development of the Capricornus accumulation in the Orange Basin…

Vallourec Nets Pipe Supply Deal for Angola's Greater PAJ project

Jun 30, 2026

Vallourec has been awarded a major contract by Azule Energy to supply line pipes for the Greater PAJ offshore development in Angola, one of the largest deepwater projects currently under development in the country.Under the contract, Vallourec will supply more than 26…

Eni, NOC Bolster Libya’s Gas Production with Sabratha Project Start-Up

Jun 29, 2026

Eni and Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) have started production from the Sabratha Compression Project offshore Libya, a development aimed at sustaining and increasing gas output from the Bahr Essalam field.The project, developed through the Mellitah Oil & Gas joint venture…

Markets: Oil Majors Reload Exploration Hoppers Across Sub-Saharan Africa

Jun 25, 2026

Faced with declining production post-2030, across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the Majors have started the process of reloading exploration hoppers. Targeting predominantly deep and ultra-deep waters, they have signed numerous agreements aimed…

Baker Hughes to Supply Subsea Systems Azule Energy’s Field off Angola

Jun 25, 2026

Baker Hughes has secured a significant contract award from Azule Energy to supply subsea production systems for the Greater PAJ development offshore Angola.Under the agreement, Baker Hughes will provide deepwater horizontal tree systems for the ultra-deepwater greenfield project…

SeaBird Explorer Secures West Africa Job for Fulmar Explorer Vessel

Jun 25, 2026

SeaBird Exploration, a wholly owned subsidiary of SED Energy Holdings, has secured a contract for ocean bottom node (OBN) source work in West Africa.The company said the Fulmar Explorer vessel will be deployed for the campaign, which has a total duration of about three months…

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