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Eni Exits Consortium for Oil and Gas Exploration Offshore Israel

Mar 27, 2026

Italian energy giant Eni has withdrawn from a consortium seeking offshore natural gas exploration licenses in Israel, leaving partners to pursue the process under a revised structure.The consortium, which also includes Dana Petroleum and Ratio Energies, had been awarded six licenses in Cluster G as part of Israel’s fourth offshore licensing round launched in December 2022.Eni, which had been expected to act as operator…

UK Unveils Plans for 2027 Offshore Wind Leasing Round

Mar 26, 2026

King Charles III's Crown Estate, which owns Britain's seabed, said on Thursday it plans to hold a new offshore wind leasing round in the first half of next year.The Crown Estate, which comprises tracts of land and most of the country's seabed…

Mubadala Energy Secures Southwest Andaman Exploration Block off Indonesia

Mar 26, 2026

Mubadala Energy has been awarded the Southwest Andaman exploration Production Sharing Contract in Indonesia, expanding its position in the Andaman Sea.The Abu Dhabi-based company will hold a 100% participating interest and operate the block…

Carbon Storage Developers Apply for Over Two Million Acres of North Sea

Mar 24, 2026

The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) received bids for more than 2 million acres of seabed by closure of the UK’s second carbon storage licensing round on March 24.The applications pave the way for further carbon stores in the UK and highlight…

TotalEnergies Abandons US Offshore Wind for Fossil Fuel Projects

Mar 23, 2026

The United States and French energy major TotalEnergies said on Monday they would redirect nearly $1 billion from offshore wind leases to U.S. oil and natural gas production.The agreement marks a new strategy in the Trump administration's wide-ranging effort to stymie development of U…

Offshore Vietnam: Energy Imports Rise as Domestic Production Falls

Mar 18, 2026

Vietnam's domestic crude oil production is expected to decline this decade, according to a government document released this week, increasing the country's reliance on imports as its offshore fields mature and geopolitical tensions threaten global supplies…

US Mulls $1B Settlement for Abandoned Wind Farms

Mar 17, 2026

U.S. officials are drafting agreements to pay nearly $1 billion to oil major TotalEnergies as compensation for the cancellation of leases for wind farms in federal waters off New York State and North Carolina, the New York Times reported on Tuesday…

Revolution Wind Now Delivering Power to New England

Mar 15, 2026

Revolution Wind, a 50/50 joint venture between Global Infrastructure Partners’ Skyborn Renewables and Ørsted, started delivering power to New England's electric grid on March 14.Revolution Wind, a 704MW offshore wind energy project, is expected to supply enough electricity to power more than 350…

BP Dominates US Gulf Lease Sale as Chevron Secures Three Blocks

Mar 12, 2026

A sale of drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday ended with $46.98 million in high bids from oil and gas companies, with a single bid from BP accounting for nearly half of the total, according to a livestreamed U.S. government auction…

EIG’s MidOcean Picks Up Additional Australian LNG Stakes from JERA

Mar 12, 2026

MidOcean Energy, an LNG company backed by U.S. energy-focused private equity firm EIG, has agreed to acquire additional Australian liquefied natural gas project stakes from Japan’s JERA, the companies said on Thursday.The transaction covers JERA’s 0…

Trump to Invoke Emergency Law for California Oil Producer

Mar 11, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to invoke emergency law for Sable Offshore as it looks to restart production from a cluster of offshore platforms in California, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the matter…

Gulf of Mexico Auction Yields Far Fewer Bids Than First Trump Sale

Mar 11, 2026

The Trump administration's second sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico in three months attracted far less industry interest than the auction it held in December, according to a sale document posted on a government website on Tuesday…

Viridien Starts Seismic Reprocessing Initiative for India’s Offshore Basins

Mar 10, 2026

Viridien has announced a new regional multi-client data initiative for the offshore basins of India, designed to deliver enhanced, data-driven exploration capabilities to industry operators.The initiative will start with Phase 1 Mahanadi Basin…

NSTA Grants Consent to Build Carbon Storage Appraisal Well

Mar 06, 2026

Carbon storage in the UK has taken another step forward after the NSTA granted consent to drill a carbon storage appraisal well which could become a build-out of the Endurance project off the coast of Teesside.It is another important step forward…

Oil companies reject Trump Administration's Alaska Offshore Auction

Mar 04, 2026

The Trump administration sold more than 400,000 acres (406,876 hectares) of land in Alaska's Cook Inlet on Wednesday, but no oil and gas drillers showed up. They refused to make a bid.The One Big Beautiful Bill Act of U.S. president Donald Trump…

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