Danish power cable maker and services provider NKT has completed the first installation campaign Norway to connect Aker BP-operated Yggdrasil offshore oil and gas area to shore.NKT said the first installation campaign in the Norwegian fjords and in the North Sea has been completed…
Sabah Shell Petroleum Company (SSPC), a subsidiary of Shell, has produced first oil from Phase 4 of the Gumusut-Kakap-Geronggong-Jagus East (GKGJE) deepwater development off Malaysia.The Phase 4 production is flowing to the existing Gumusut…
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Egypt has opened a licensing round, offering seven offshore blocks in the Mediterranean Sea and six exploration areas in the Gulf of Suez and the Western Desert in an effort to attract further investments in the country’s oil and gas industry…
Texas-based oilfield services provider Expro has secured major contracts from OMV Petrom, totaling more than $10 million, for the Neptun Deep gas project in the Black Sea.The contracts involve Expro’s subsea landing string (SSLS), SeaCure cementing technology…
Libya plans its first bidding round for oil exploration in more than 17 years, Masoud Suleman, acting Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), announced in a televised address on Monday.Libya is Africa's second-largest oil producer and…
U.S.-based oilfield services provider Expro has secured a contract to supply tubular running services (TRS) as part of a major Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in the Netherlands.The contract includes the recompletion and conversion…
Galp, together with its partners NAMCOR and Custos, has hit oil and gas in another well drilled at PEL83 license at Orange Basin, offshore Namibia.The Joint Venture partners have drilled, cored and logged the Mopane-3X well (Well #5) which spud on January 2…
China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has started production at Luda 5-2 North Oilfield Phase II Development Project in the central part of Bohai Sea.The main production facilities at the project…
Environmental groups on Wednesday moved in court to block President Donald Trump’s administration from allowing offshore oil drilling along broad swaths of U.S. coastline, in what appeared to be the first legal challenges to the Republicans’ efforts to boost fossil fuel production…
Brazilian oil and gas firm Brava Energia has signed a contract with Trafigura for the sale of oil from the Atlanta field, offshore Brazil.The contract is for the sale of a total volume of 6MM barrels of oil produced by the consortium in Atlanta field…
French energy major TotalEnergies has started drilling the first of the planned two wells in oil and gas blocks offshore Namibia.On February 3, 2025, the semi-submersible drilling rig Deepsea Mira spud the Marula-1X exploration well within the southern part of Block 2913B…
Terna Energy, a subsidiary of Masdar Group, has teamed up with Motor Oil for the development of first offshore wind farm in Greece.The procedures for the participation of the Motor Oil Group, through its subsidiary Motor Oil Renewable Energy (MORE)…
Oil prices edged lower on Friday but remained on course for a fourth consecutive week of gains, as the latest U.S. sanctions on Russian energy trade added to worries about oil supply disruptions.Brent crude futures were down 41 cents, or 0.5%…
Brazilian oil and gas company Brava Energia has started production from the Atlanta floating, production storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit offshore Brazil.The achievement makes Brava Energia the first independent oil and gas company in the…
The Sanha Lean Gas Connection, led by Chevron’s Angolan subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company, has achieved first gas production as part of the project that will supply gas from Block 0’s Sanha field to Soyo power plants and the Angola LNG plant…