Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured new contract commitments for two of its premium jack-up rigs and confirmed the start of operations for one of its rigs offshore Mexico.In the North Sea, Borr Drilling’s Prospector 1 jack…
EnerMech has secured a two-year contract extension with Dubai Petroleum to continue providing the Middle East operator with crane maintenance services across its offshore assets. Originally awarded in 2022, Dubai Petroleum has automatically extended the contract…
Work is underway at three new wells in the Zohr gas field in the Mediterranean in the current financial year, Egypt's petroleum ministry said on Tuesday.Another well, the Zohr-6 well, has added about 65 million cubic feet per day of gas to Egypt’s output…
Woodside has welcomed the Australian Federal Court's decision confirming the validity of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority’s acceptance of the Scarborough Offshore Facility and Trunkline (Operations) Environment Plan…
Kabal, a provider of logistics software for the energy industry, announced a new contract with Phu Quoc Petroleum Operating Company (PQPOC) to optimize its offshore logistics in Vietnam. This partnership marks a step in Kabal’s expansion in Southeast Asia…
The Johan Castberg field is important to the further development of the Barents Sea, says the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, as it will be producing oil for many years to come, and new discoveries can be incorporated.The Johan Castberg oil field came on stream in March…
Equinor’s Johan Castberg field, Norway's northernmost oil field in Barents Sea that came on stream earlier in 2025, was officially opened by the country’s top officials.Johan Castberg field will produce for at least 30 years, delivering 220…
Norwegian oil and gas firm OKEA has spudded the first of two production wells at Bestla development, formerly known as Brasse, in the North Sea using Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Yantai rig.The well is being drilled by the rig Deepsea Yantai from the Bestla Subsea Template…
Akrake Petroleum Benin, Rex International's indirect subsidiary, has spudded the first well in the Sèmè Field in Block 1 offshore Benin, using the Borr Drilling’s Gerd jack-up drilling rig.The drilling is part of a 100-day three-well work program to redevelop the Sèmè field…
Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras has finalized the sale of its full interest in the Cherne and Bagre offshore fields to Perenco Petróleo e Gás do Brasil, a subsidiary of oil and gas company Perenco.The two fields, located in shallow…
ADNOC Gas and its subsidiaries have signed Heads of Agreement with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation to supply 0.5 million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for a 10-year term.The agreement underscores ADNOC Gas’ expanded global footprint…
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Egypt has signed an agreement with Eni and BP to launch oil and gas exploration activities in the Mediterranean Sea.The agreement includes the drilling of an exploration well in the Temsah concession area in the coming months…
Azule Energy, a joint venture between BP and Eni, has started producing oil through the Agogo floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, operating at the Agogo Integrated West Hub (Agogo IWH) project, offshore Angola, which involves the development of two fields…
Yinson Production, via its joint venture PTSC South East Asia (PTSC SEA), has secured a lease and operate contract for a new floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit for Vietnam’s offshore Block B gas development.The contract was awarded by Phu Quoc Petroleum Operating Company (PQPOC)…
Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured work for two of its jack-up drilling rigs in U.K. and Egypt, under new contracts and extensions worth collectively around $35 million.Shelf Drilling has signed a one-year extension for…