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Vantage Drilling Agrees to $258M Takeover by Eldorado Drilling

Jun 01, 2026

Vantage Drilling has entered into a merger agreement under which Norway-based Eldorado Drilling will acquire the offshore drilling contractor in a transaction valuing the company's equity at approximately $257.6 million.Under the agreement, Vantage shareholders will receive $19…

Fugro to Monitor Marine Mammals for Ireland’s Offshore Wind Buildout

Jun 01, 2026

Fugro has secured a two-year environmental services contract with Irish transmission system operator EirGrid to provide long-term marine mammal monitoring along Ireland’s south coast in support of offshore wind development plans.The work forms…

Azerbaijan’s Absheron Gas Project Advances with New Sales Agreement

Jun 01, 2026

SOCAR, TotalEnergies, ADNOC's XRG and Turkey's BOTAS have signed a natural gas sales and purchase agreement for gas to be produced from Azerbaijan's Absheron field.The agreement was signed on the sidelines of Baku Energy Week, by SOCAR President Rovshan Najaf…

BP Launches Gas Production at Azerbaijan’s Giant ACG Field

Jun 01, 2026

BP and its partners have started non-associated gas (NAG) production at the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field offshore Azerbaijan, marking the first commercial gas production from one of the world's largest oil-producing fields.The initial gas…

Norway Offshore Strike Threat Looms Over Oil and Gas Sector

Jun 01, 2026

Nearly 8% of Norwegian offshore oil and gas workers plan to strike from June 5 if state-brokered wage mediation fails, labour union data showed on Monday.It was too early to say how a potential strike could impact production from oil and gas fields…

Vuyk Engineering to Design Jumbo’s New L-Class Heavy-Lift Ships

May 29, 2026

Dutch maritime design firm Vuyk Engineering has been selected by heavy-lift shipping and offshore transportation contractor Jumbo Maritime to design its newly ordered L-Class heavy-lift transport vessels.The two vessels are designed to support offshore transport and lifting operations…

BP to Boost Azerbaijan Portfolio with Babek Gas Field Operatorship Takeover

May 29, 2026

Energy major BP will become the operator of a large offshore natural gas production project in Azerbaijan - the Babek gas field - three industry sources told Reuters on Wednesday.BP already has significant exposure to oil and gas production in the South Caucasus country…

EU Moves to Ease Methane Rules for Oil and Gas Firms

May 29, 2026

The European Union will ask its member countries to waive penalties for three years for oil and gas companies that breach its methane emissions law, in response to the Iran war's disruption to energy supplies, a draft document seen by Reuters showed…

SLB, Vår Energi Scale Up Digital Field Development Workflows

May 28, 2026

SLB and Vår Energi have expanded their digital collaboration to scale well planning and integrated field development planning across operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.The agreement expands deployment of SLB’s Delfi digital platform…

Equinor Taps DeepOcean for Norwegian Continental Shelf Subsea Work

May 28, 2026

DeepOcean has been awarded a subsea contract package by Equinor covering multiple fields on the Norwegian continental shelf, including projects in the North Sea and Barents Sea, with offshore work planned across the 2027-28 seasons.The contract…

TouchWind Installs Floating Wind Prototype in Dutch Waters

May 28, 2026

TouchWind has installed its floating wind turbine prototype at Fieldlab Green Economy Westvoorne in the Netherlands, moving the POWER project into the in-water testing phase.The POWER project, short for ‘POsitive Wake Effects of turbines with tilted Rotors’…

Chevron Moves to Take Operatorship of Greek Offshore Block

May 28, 2026

U.S. oil major Chevron has filed an official request to take over a 70% stake from Greece's Helleniq Energy in an offshore block southwest of Greece, the Greek energy ministry said on Thursday, in a move that would further expand the United States' presence in the Mediterranean…

Orlen Looks for Partner for 1GW Polish Offshore Wind Project

May 28, 2026

Polish oil refiner Orlen is seeking a partner for its planned Baltic East offshore wind project, CEO Ireneusz Fafara told reporters on Thursday.The 1-gigawatt wind farm will neighbour Orlen's most advanced offshore project, the Baltic Power site which the company is currently finishing…

TotalEnergies Advances 1.5GW Normandy Offshore Wind Project

May 28, 2026

TotalEnergies has filed an application for the Single Authorization of its 1.5 GW Centre Manche Energies offshore wind project off the coast of Normandy, marking a key milestone in the development of what the company described as France’s largest renewables project…

Norwegian Oil Firms Lift 2026-2027 Investment Outlook

May 28, 2026

Norwegian oil and gas companies have raised their projected investments for 2026 and 2027 compared to estimates made three months ago, a quarterly statistics office (SSB) survey of industry players showed on Thursday.Norway produces more than 4 million barrels of oil equivalent per day…

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