Southeast Asia is entering a critical second wave of deepwater gas development targeting 28 trillion cubic feet of resources across Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. However, delivering these projects won’t be easy, says Wood Mackenzie.The models suggest these projects have fragile economics…
Amplitude Energy has awarded a contract to JDR Cable Systems to supply subsea control umbilicals for its East Coast Supply Project offshore Victoria, aimed at supporting gas delivery to southeastern Australia.JDR will supply about 18 km of hydraulic control umbilicals…
Conrad Asia Energy, through its majority-owned subsidiary West Natuna Exploration as operator, is progressing development of the Mako Gas Project offshore Indonesia, with first gas targeted in the fourth quarter of 2027.The project partner, Empyrean Energy…
Ocean Winds (OW), a 50-50 joint venture between EDPR and ENGIE, has installed the final turbine at its Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier (EMYN) offshore wind farm in France.The installation of the final turbine marks the completion of construction works…
The following article is an op-ed piece from CorPower Ocean, UK Marine Energy Council, Ocean Energy Europe and Professor Henry Jeffrey, Head of Policy and Innovation Group, University of Edinburgh.As an island nation with more than 11,000 miles of coastline…
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is planning to invest tens of billions of dollars to build a natural gas business in the United States, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.Nameer Siddiqui, the newly appointed chief investment officer of ADNOC's overseas investment arm XRG…
Equinor has secured a permit from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) to drill a wildcat well in the Barents Sea.The permit is for wellbore 7220/5-EC-2 H in production license 532.The license is operated by Equinor with 46.3%, with partners Vår Energi holding 30% and Petoro the remaining 23…
Sierra Leone has signed an agreement with Shell that allows the oil major to conduct advanced geological and geophysical surveys across multiple offshore blocks, the country's petroleum directorate said on Wednesday.The reconnaissance permit agreement covers an area of approximately 20…
Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has signed an agreement with Shelf Drilling to chart the Shelf Drilling Enterprise jack-up rig for a three-year term through the end of 2029.The rig, owned by Shelf Drilling (Southeast Asia), a subsidiary of ADES Holding Company…
A Dutch climate activist group launched a new court case against Shell on Tuesday in the Netherlands, demanding that the British energy major immediately end its investments in new oil and gas projects.Like a number of its peers seeking to capitalise…
Jadestone Energy has signed a gas sales and purchase agreement with PV Gas, a subsidiary of state-owned Petrovietnam, for the supply of gas from the Nam Du and U Minh discoveries offshore Vietnam.The agreement sets out terms for gas sales, with…
Italy’s Eni has made a gas discovery offshore Indonesia with estimated resources of about 5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas and 300 million barrels of condensate.The discovery was made by the Geliga-1 exploration well in the Ganal block in the Kutei Basin…
A unit of Indonesia’s Pertamina has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) for the Lavender block, spanning onshore and offshore areas of Sulawesi island.PT Pertamina Hulu Energi Sulawesi Lavender will operate the block, which spans 8,206…
ABL Group, via its Egypt-based units, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with PetroSafe to collaborate on onshore and offshore technical services for energy assets in Egypt.The agreement covers offshore and onshore facilities and…
DeepOcean and Woodside Energy have completed a combined subsea inspection and 3D scanning campaign at the Sangomar field offshore Senegal.The campaign covered 69 subsea structures, including 17 subsea trees, using a methodology that allows inspection and 3D scanning to be performed simultaneously…