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Transocean-Valaris Tie-Up to Create $17B Offshore Drilling Major with 73 Rigs

Feb 10, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has agreed to acquire Valaris in an all-stock transaction valued at about $5.8 billion, creating one of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors with a fleet of 73 drilling rigs.The combined company will have an enterprise value of roughly $17 billion, with Transocean shareholders expected to own about 53% of the merged entity and Valaris shareholders the remaining 47% on a fully diluted basis…

Malaysia Oil and Gas Projects Advance with Petronas' PSC and Farm-Out Deals

Feb 10, 2026

Malaysia’s Petronas has strengthened upstream collaboration in Sabah through a new oil and gas production sharing contract (PSC) award and an equity transfer agreement involving state-linked partners.Petronas Carigali, a wholly owned subsidiary of Petronas…

Shell Reserve Decline Raises Need for Deals or Discoveries

Feb 10, 2026

Shell needs an acquisition or exploration breakthrough to make up for an expected production shortage of 350,000-800,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2035 due to maturing fields unable to meet its output targets, the company and analysts say…

Seatrium Wraps Up AmFELS Yard Sale

Feb 03, 2026

Seatrium has completed divested its AmFELS Yard located at Brownsville in Texas to Karpower Valley, a related party of Karpowership.The divestment, first announced in September 2025 and completed on January 30, 2026, will allow Seatrium to enhance capital and operational efficiencies…

Russia’s Lukoil Agrees to Sell Foreign Assets to US’ Carlyle Group

Jan 29, 2026

Lukoil had agreed to sell most of its foreign assets, estimated to be worth around $22 billion, to U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group pending approval from the U.S. government, Russia's No. 2 oil producer said on Thursday.Under U.S. sanctions because of Russia's actions in Ukraine…

Chevron-Led Joint Venture Discovers Hydrocarbons Offshore Nigeria

Jan 27, 2026

A joint venture between Nigeria’s state oil company Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) and Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) has confirmed hydrocarbons across multiple reservoir zones following the drilling of the Awodi-07 appraisal and…

Chevron in Final Talks with Eneos, Glencore on Singapore Assets Sale

Jan 22, 2026

Chevron plans to close a deal to sell its oil refining and distribution assets in Singapore in the first quarter of the year as it engages in a final round of talks with Japanese refiner Eneos and Glencore, four sources with knowledge of the matter said…

Harbour Energy Forecasts Lower 2026 Output, Omit LLOG Deal Impact

Jan 22, 2026

Britain's Harbour Energy on Thursday forecast 2026 production of 435,000 to 455,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), excluding the impact of planned asset sales and the company's $3.2 billion acquisition of LLOG.The figures are lower than the 474…

Blackstone Considers $5B Sale of Beacon Offshore Energy

Jan 20, 2026

Blackstone is in talks to sell its Beacon Offshore Energy, which operates oil and gas assets in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for more than $5 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.The asset manager has…

Wood Lands $65M Contract Extension for Australian Gas Project

Jan 20, 2026

Engineering Wood has secured a two-year contract extension worth up to $65 million with Woodside to continue delivering brownfield engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services across offshore assets at the North West Shelf (NWS) Project in Western Australia…

Samos Energy Buys Suksan Salamander FSO from Altera Infrastructure

Jan 19, 2026

Energy assets investment firm Samos Energy has signed an agreement to acquire the Suksan Salamander floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit from Altera Infrastructure, expanding its offshore asset portfolio in Southeast Asia.The Suksan Salamander…

MODEC Hires DOF for Mooring Job at ExxonMobil’s Oil Project off Guyana

Jan 19, 2026

DOF Group has secured a large turn-key contract by MODEC Guyana to carry out mooring pre-lay work for the Hammerhead floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) unit, set for deployment at ExxonMobil’s project offshore Guyana.Under the contract…

Brava Energia to Buy Petronas Stake in Campos Basin Assets for $450M

Jan 16, 2026

Brazil’s Brava Energia has signed an agreement to acquire Petronas’ 50% equity interest in the Tartaruga Verde field and in Module III of the Espadarte field in the Campos Basin, in a transaction valued at $450 million.The assets are located…

US Extends Talks on Possible $22B Sale of Lukoil Assets

Jan 15, 2026

The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday extended a license by more than a month - until February 28 - for companies to talk with Russian energy company Lukoil about buying its foreign assets.President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Lukoil and Rosneft…

TotalEnergies Makes Nigeria Asset Sale, Launches Middle East Trading JV

Jan 14, 2026

TotalEnergies has agreed to sell its interests in Nigerian asset, while launching a new petroleum products trading joint venture in the Middle East, as the French energy major continues to reshape its portfolio and expand its downstream trading activities…

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