Aker BP has exercised the three-year extension option under the long-term contract with Archer for the provision of platform drilling operations and maintenance services in the North Sea.The long-term contract was originally awarded in November…
Saipem announced that Aker BP has exercised a new option to extend the contract for the semi-submersible drilling unit Scarabeo 8, prolonging its deployment for an additional year.This is the third extension of the contract originally awarded in March 2022…
The bp Board has appointed Meg O’Neill as bp’s next CEO effective April 1, 2026.Murray Auchincloss is stepping down from his position as CEO and director of the Board, effective December 18. Carol Howle, current executive vice president, supply…
BP, Woodside Energy and Chevron were the top winners on Wednesday at the U.S. government's first sale of oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico since 2023.The auction, which ended with $279.4 million in high bids, was the first of 30 mandated by U…
BP has delivered first oil from the Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion project in the U.S. Gulf of America, two months ahead of plan.The project is expected to add 15,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) gross peak annualized average production at the existing Atlantis platform…
Senegal plans to nationalise the Yakaar-Teranga gas project, operated by Kosmos Energy and estimated to be one of the world's largest discoveries in recent years, with a view to meeting domestic gas needs, its energy minister said.Kosmos Energy…
BP, Chevron and Shell were among the top bidders on Wednesday at the U.S. government's first sale of oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico since 2023.The auction, which ended with $279.4 million in high bids, was the first of 30 mandated by U…
Trinidad and Tobago's government is waiting for a development plan from energy producer Shell to push forward the Aphrodite offshore gas project, documents seen by Reuters showed.Shell said in June that it had made a positive final investment decision on the discovery…
Equinor and its partner Aker BP have discovered hydrocarbons in wildcat wells drilled in the North Sea.The gas/condensate discovery was made in the Lofn and Langemann prospects, part of 1140 production license, operated by Equinor with 60% working interest…
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…
Seatrium has secured a contract from BP for the engineering, procurement, construction and onshore commissioning of the Tiber floating production unit (FPU) in the Gulf of America.The Tiber FPU marks Seatrium’s second consecutive deepwater project for BP…
Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has received confirmation from Aker BP that it will extend the firm contract period for use of the Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible rig by one year.With this signed confirmation, the Deepsea Nordkapp extends its firm contract backlog to the end of 2027…
SLB OneSubsea, joint venture between SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, has secured a contract from BP for subsea boosting system for the greenfield development of the Tiber project, located in the deepwater U.S. offshore region.The engineering…
DNO and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Page prospect in the southern part of the North Sea, using Noble Corporation’s Noble Intrepid jack-up rig.The wildcat well 2/6-8 S and technical sidetrack 2/6-8 ST2 were drilled in production license 1086…
A Norwegian appeals court ruled in favour of environmentalists and against the government on Friday by confirming a lower court's decision that the energy ministry's approval of the development of three offshore oil and gas fields was invalid…