Lebanon and Cyprus signed a long-awaited maritime demarcation deal on Wednesday, paving the way for potential exploration of offshore gas fields and energy cooperation in the Mediterranean.Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Cypriot President…
Saudi Arabian oil and gas drilling contractor ADES International Holding has completed the acquisition of rival rig firm Shelf Drilling.The merger, concluded on November 2025, has created a global offshore drilling powerhouse, with the combined…
U.S.-based Venture Global and Japan’s Tokyo Gas have signed a new long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales and purchase agreement (SPA).Under the SPA, Tokyo Gas will procure 1 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG from Venture Global for 20 years…
French oil major TotalEnergies will relocate its floating LNG storage and regasification unit currently stationed in northwest France, it said on Tuesday.The FSRU, which has a capacity of 5 billion cubic metres, or 10% of French gas demand,…
Golar LNG Limited has announced that it has successfully closed and drawn a new $1.2 billion asset backed debt facility agreement with a consortium of banks including ABN AMRO, Citibank, DNB, Goldman Sachs and Standard Chartered Bank for the refinancing of FLNG Gimi…
Equinor will drill 250 oil and gas exploration wells in Norwegian waters in the next 10 years to fulfil a goal of sustaining output in 2035 at 2020 levels, driven by expectations of prolonged fossil fuel demand, its CEO said on Tuesday.The Norwegian…
EnergyPathways has applied for a gas storage license covering the natural gas and hydrogen storage components of its MESH energy project in the East Irish Sea, expanding the area targeted for salt cavern development nearly fourfold.The company…
ABS issued an approval in principle (AIP) to Encomara for its Squid system, an approach that adapts proven disconnectable mooring technology to support floating offshore wind developments.The Squid system builds upon the established Disconnectable…
Equinor and the Capital City of Prague’s gas and electricity company Pražská plynárenská have signed a long-term agreement for ten years of gas supplies into the Czech Republic.Deliveries have started and will last until 2035, Equinor said.Equinor’s…
Swiss-based equipment supplier Sulzer has secured an order to supply multiple water injection packages to Seatrium for Petrobras’ next generation P-84 and P-85 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels.To support the construction of both vessels…
Denmark said on Thursday it had launched tenders to build three offshore wind power plants with a capacity of at least 2.8 gigawatt (GW) in which it will offer subsidies to developers of up to 55.2 billion Danish crowns ($8.51 billion).Denmark…
The message could not have been clearer as protesters carried coffins labeled oil, coal and gas through Belém while negotiators met in the Amazonian city for the United Nations COP30 climate summit.It may be too early to declare the end of the fossil fuel era…
Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has received a notice from Saudi oil and gas giant Aramco to resume operations for the Harvey H. Ward jack-up rig in the Middle East.The rig’s operations were previously suspended by Aramco, effective September 2024…
The Syrian Petroleum Company, U.S.-based ConocoPhillips COP.N and Novaterra have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand cooperation in the natural gas sector, Syria's energy ministry said on Tuesday.Due to the destruction of energy infrastructure during its 14-year civil war…
Equinor said its investigation into a series of exposure incidents at Hammerfest LNG has concluded that venting from monoethylene glycol (MEG) tanks was the main source, combined with weather conditions that caused vented gas to descend to ground level where personnel were working…