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Grupo Carso to Buy TotalEnergies' Stake in Mexico Offshore Block

Jul 17, 2026

Grupo Carso has signed a binding agreement with TotalEnergies to acquire its entire 30% interest in offshore Block 30 in Mexico's Isthmus Saline Basin.The acquisition will be carried out through Mx Dlta Nrg 1, a subsidiary of Zamajal, in which…

Voyage Optimization Pilot Cuts Sleipnir Vessel’s Atlantic Transit by 2.5 Days

Jul 13, 2026

Heerema Marine Contractors has reduced the North Atlantic transit time of its semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir by 2.5 days following a voyage optimization pilot with French ocean intelligence company Amphitrite.The data-driven pilot…

Baker Hughes Lands Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG Expansion Work

Jul 09, 2026

Baker Hughes has secured three awards for Cheniere's Sabine Pass LNG facility in Louisiana, covering liquefaction equipment for Train 7 and a boil-off gas re-liquefaction unit, as well as fleet-wide gas turbine technology upgrades.The contract…

US Moves Forward with Delfin LNG Deepwater Port License

Jul 09, 2026

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) has decided to move forward with issuing a deepwater port license to Delfin LNG after a federal appeals court denied review of a legal challenge by environmental groups…

TGS Sells North American Well Data Business to Enverus

Jul 09, 2026

Energy data and intelligence provider TGS has completed the sale of its North American well data products business to Enverus for a purchase price exceeding $100 million.The transaction includes $100 million payable at closing and an additional…

TotalEnergies Ships First ECA LNG Cargo from Mexico to Asia

Jul 09, 2026

TotalEnergies has shipped the first cargo produced by the ECA LNG Phase 1 export terminal on Mexico's Pacific coast to Asia as the facility undergoes commissioning.The company holds a 16.6% stake in the project alongside operator Sempra Infrastructure and will offtake 1…

Hormuz Standoff Risks Chronic Instability for Gulf Oil Flows

Jul 09, 2026

The possible collapse of U.S.-Iran peace talks and the stop-start flow of tankers through the Strait of Hormuz are a nightmare scenario for Gulf nations desperate to return to normal after a bruising multi-month conflict.What was meant to mark…

BOEM Advances Third US Gulf Lease Sale

Jul 08, 2026

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued the final notice for its third Gulf of America offshore lease sale required under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, offering about 80.4 million acres on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf…

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…

Oil Climbs on US-Iran Deal Uncertainty

Jul 07, 2026

Oil rose on Tuesday as traders' nervousness about a lack of progress on peace talks between the United States and Iran offset any price impact of a slight recovery in shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.Brent crude futures LCOc1 gained $1…

BP Exits Canada's Bay du Nord Project as Equinor Acquires Full Interest

Jul 06, 2026

Equinor has agreed to acquire BP’s interest in the Bay du Nord project offshore Canada, increasing its ownership to 100% as it advances the development towards a final investment decision (FID) planned for early 2027.The transaction reflects…

ADNOC’s XRG Expands Stake in Rio Grande LNG Project in Texas

Jul 02, 2026

ADNOC’s XRG has completed the acquisition of an additional equity interest in Trains 4 and 5 of the Rio Grande LNG project in Texas, increasing its participation across all five trains currently under construction at the liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility…

Shell Agrees $1.7B Gulf Deepwater Assets Sale to Talos Energy and Ridgewood

Jul 01, 2026

Talos Energy and an affiliate of Ridgewood Energy Corporation have agreed to acquire Shell's interests in the Na Kika platform and the Coulomb field in the Gulf of America in a deal valued at $1.7 billion.Under the agreement, Talos will acquire…

EnerMech Completes Pipeline Decom Job for Subsea7 in Gulf of Mexico

Jun 24, 2026

Energy services company EnerMech has completed a pipeline flushing and cleaning contract for Subsea7 as part of an offshore field decommissioning program in the Gulf of Mexico.The scope covered the flushing and cleaning of a long-distance deepwater…

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