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Petrobras, Pemex Agree to Assess Joint Opportunities in Oil and Gas Sector

Jun 24, 2026

Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras and Mexico's state oil producer Pemex have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish strategic and technical cooperation on projects in the hydrocarbons sector, including exploration and production and industrial processes…

Trendsetter Vulcan's TBOP Tech Brings Shut-In Gulf of America Well Back Online

Jun 23, 2026

Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore (TVO) has deployed its proprietary Hercules tethered blowout preventer (TBOP) system to bring a shut-in well in the Gulf of America back into production, enabling a deepwater drilling rig to carry out a shallow-water workover operation…

Iran War Sparks Global Rush to Build Strategic Oil Reserves

Jun 22, 2026

Vulnerable countries that paid a high economic price during the Iran war are seeking to build domestic oil and gas storage buffers against future shocks, a drive that could bring roughly half a billion barrels of additional demand down the pike…

US Canceling Four More Offshore Wind Projects Comes with $765M Price Tag

Jun 18, 2026

The Trump administration on Wednesday said it would pay $765 million to power project developer Invenergy to terminate four wind leases off the coasts of New York, California and Maine.The Department of the Interior said in a statement that…

Venture Global, EnBW Ink New LNG Supply Deals

Jun 18, 2026

U.S. liquefied natural gas producer (LNG) Venture Global and German utility EnBW have signed new binding agreements for the supply of approximately 0.82 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG over a period of about five years beginning in 2026…

IEA Expects Gradual Hormuz Recovery, Oversupplied Market in 2027

Jun 17, 2026

The world oil market will recover gradually from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz before tipping into a significant surplus in 2027, the International Energy Agency said in its monthly oil market report on Wednesday.The U.S. and Iran reached an agreement to end the three-month-old war…

Oil Slumps as US-Iran Reach Initial Peace Deal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

Jun 15, 2026

Oil prices slipped to a three-month low on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran's deputy foreign minister said they had reached an initial deal to end the war and to resume traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.Brent crude futures LCOc1 fell $3…

KOIL Energy Secures Major Subsea Umbilical Services Contract

Jun 12, 2026

U.S.-based subsea equipment and services provider KOIL Energy has secured a major project award for subsea umbilical handling, spooling and storage services, a contract that will utilize both a newly acquired offshore carousel and an existing asset from its rental fleet…

From Oil Importer to Export Leader: US Tops Global Oil Shipments

Jun 11, 2026

The United States has become the world's largest oil exporter, upending a decades-old order long dominated by Saudi Arabia and Russia, a shift that tightens American companies' grip on energy markets as Washington's war with Iran reshapes global energy trade…

ADNOC Looks to Canada for Upstream and LNG Growth Through XRG

Jun 10, 2026

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is exploring opportunities in Canada's upstream and liquefied natural gas sectors through its international arm XRG, a senior company executive said on Tuesday at the Global Energy Show in Calgary.Musabbeh Al Kaabi…

OneSubsea to Deliver Subsea Boosting System for BP’s Thunder Horse

Jun 08, 2026

OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, has secured a contract by BP to provide a subsea boosting system for the Thunder Horse project, a development in the deepwater portion of Gulf of America.As part of the engineering…

Sempra, TotalEnergies Produce First LNG at Mexico’s ECA LNG Project

Jun 05, 2026

Sempra Infrastructure has started liquefied natural gas (LNG) production at the ECA LNG Phase 1 project in Ensenada, Mexico, being developed as a joint venture with TotalEnergies.The production of LNG was achieved as part of the commissioning process ahead of commercial operations…

SBM Offshore to Sell 45% Stake in Mexico-Bound FSO to NYK

Jun 05, 2026

SBM Offshore has entered into a shareholders' agreement with long-standing business partner NYK to divest a 45% ownership interest in the special purpose companies related to the lease and operation of the Chalchi floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit…

GE Vernova Fails Again to Halt Offshore Wind Work at Vineyard Wind

Jun 04, 2026

A Massachusetts judge on Monday declined to lift an order that forced turbine supplier GE Vernova GEV.N to continue work on the largest offshore wind farm in New England or to send its dispute with the $4.5 billion project's developer, Vineyard Wind…

MOL Joins Delfin FLNG Development in US with Planned Investment of $300M

Jun 04, 2026

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has reached a final investment decision to participate in the Delfin FLNG 1 project, an offshore floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) development off the coast of Louisiana that is expected to become the first FLNG facility in the United States…

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