Petrobras and Shell have increased their participation in Brazil’s Atapu and Mero pre-salt reservoirs after securing additional equity in an auction held by Pré-Sal Petróleo (PPSA).The consortium formed by Petrobras (80%), in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo (20%)…
The Australian unit of U.S. oil giant Chevron said on Friday that the partners of the Gorgon Joint Venture have approved the A$3 billion ($1.98 billion) Gorgon Stage 3 development off Western Australia's northwest coast.The development will…
An overwhelming 99% of Offshore Alliance members have voted to strike at Woodside Energy's Pluto LNG 2 facility, according to results released on the organisation's Facebook page on Thursday.Around 400 members of the Electrical Trades Union…
A survey on Thursday showed that oil firms in Norway are planning to drill 18% less exploration wells next, as they focus on existing fields. This could undermine the government's aim of maintaining production from Europe's biggest petroleum producer…
Equinor has started production from the Verdande subsea field in the Norwegian Sea, a development that is expected to keep the Norne floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) producing beyond 2030.The field, which holds an estimated 36 million barrels of oil…
French oil major TotalEnergies and its fellow partners on the $20 billion Mozambique LNG project have agreed to provide additional equity to replace the previous contributions of British and Dutch export credit agencies, it said on Tuesday.The UK and Dutch agencies represented about 10% of the $15…
Miros and Marine Technologies (MT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on integrating advanced marine sensing technologies with MT’s vessel control and smart-ship systems, the companies said on Wednesday.The agreement…
China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has started production from the Weizhou 11-4 oilfield adjustment and satellite fields development project in South China Sea.The project is located in the Beibu Gulf Basin…
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met delegations from U.S. oil major Chevron and the Syrian Petroleum Company to discuss cooperation in oil and gas exploration fields on Syrian shores, the Syrian state news agency said on Tuesday.The state news…
The European Council said on Wednesday it reached an agreement with the European Parliament on phasing out Russian gas imports by 2027 as part of an effort to end dependency on Russian energy.The agreement will include a legally binding, stepwise…
Oil majors operating in Brazil have closed ranks to oppose a proposed merger between energy contractors Subsea7 and Saipem, and antitrust agency Cade has asked the two firms to provide its probe with new data on Friday, public documents seen by Reuters show…
Harbour Energy, a North Sea-focused producer, said on Monday it expected to cut 100 offshore jobs as part of an organisational review of its UK business.Lower commodity prices and an uncompetitive tax regime have pressured the UK oil and gas sector…
Britain and the Netherlands are withdrawing a combined $2.2 billion in support for the TotalEnergies-led Mozambique LNG project, they said separately on Monday, after both hired firms to probe human rights concerns surrounding the development…
Shell U.K. Limited, a subsidiary of Shell and Equinor UK Limited, a subsidiary of Equinor, completed a deal to combine their UK offshore oil and gas operations to form a new company, described as the largest independent producer in the UK North Sea…
DNV Inspection has appointed two new specialists to support its expanding offshore wind and low-carbon energy business as global demand rises for assurance and inspection services across renewables, the company said on Thursday.Iván Jaramillo…