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Akrake Achieves First Oil at Sèmè Field as Parent Firm Reviews Options

Feb 19, 2026

Akrake Petroleum Benin, an indirect subsidiary of Rex International Holding, has achieved first oil from the AK-2H well at the Sèmè Field Block 1 offshore Benin, as drilling complications and cost overruns prompt a strategic and financial review.Lime Petroleum, the parent company of Akrake Petroleum Benin, said the production from the AK-2H well is expected to begin within the next two weeks after the first oil was achieved earlier in February…

India's Adani Ports Pumps $1.36B in Expansion

May 12, 2026

India’s Adani Ports will deepen its European footprint by building offshore capabilities with U.S. engineering firm Oceaneering International  committing $1.36 billion in capital spending through fiscal year 2031.The country's largest private…

Equinor Extends Drilling Agreements for Norwegian Continental Shelf

May 04, 2026

Equinor is extending key supplier agreements with a combined value of around NOK 17 billion ($1.8 billion). Baker Hughes Norge, Halliburton and SLB Norge have been awarded the contracts for integrated drilling and well services to help maintain production from the Norwegian continental shelf…

Oil Prices Jump as Ships Come Under Fire in Strait of Hormuz

Apr 22, 2026

Oil prices jumped on Wednesday with Brent trading above $100 a barrel, erasing earlier losses following reports of gunfire attacks on at least three container ships in the Strait of Hormuz.Brent crude futures LCOc1 were up $1.59, or 1.6%, at $100…

Philippines Seeks US Extension to Buy Russian Oil

Apr 14, 2026

The Philippines' Secretary of Energy Sharon Garin on Tuesday said the country has asked the United States to extend a waiver to purchase Russian oil and petroleum products.Garin said the government is optimistic about extending the waiver which expired on April 11…

OneSubsea to Supply Production Boosting System for Shenandoah Field

Apr 10, 2026

OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, has secured a contract by Beacon Offshore Energy to supply a subsea boosting system for the Shenandoah field in the Gulf of America.The contract covers delivery of a high‑pressure…

Saudi Aramco Increases Crude Oil Exports from Yanbu Sea to Compensate for Hormuz Closure

Mar 24, 2026

Crude oil exports from Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Yanbu port rose to nearly 4 million barrels per day last week, a sharp increase from export levels before the Iran war broke out, shipping data shows.The jump shows that Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil exporter…

SLB OneSubsea Awarded Integrated EPC Contract by CNOOC

Mar 17, 2026

SLB has announced that its OneSubsea™ joint venture has been awarded a multi-well, integrated engineering, production, and construction (EPC) contract by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).The contract encompasses 20 wells and covers…

Kent Awarded FEED Contract for Prinos Carbon Storage Project

Mar 16, 2026

Kent has been selected by EnEarth, to perform the front end engineering design (FEED) for the Prinos CO₂ Storage Project in Northern Greece.Kent will develop the FEED design for the new CO₂ handling and storage facility, which will receive, store…

Trump Administration Directs Sable Offshore to Restore Santa Ynez Operations

Mar 15, 2026

The Trump administration on Friday directed Sable Offshore to restore oil drilling operations off the southern California coast, the U.S. Energy Department said.The move aims to restart oil production at a cluster of offshore platforms as fuel prices continue to rise in the wake of the war on Iran…

China’s Five-Year Plan Focuses on Oil Stability, Gas and Reserves Growth

Mar 05, 2026

China set an annual oil output target of 200 million metric tons (4 million barrels per day) in its next five-year plan on Thursday, a level it already surpassed last year, as the country also pledged to expand the size of its undisclosed strategic oil reserves…

OneSubsea Gets Gullfaks Subsea Compression Upgrade by Equinor

Feb 17, 2026

OneSubsea, a joint venture between SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Equinor to upgrade the subsea compression system at the Gullfaks field in the Norwegian North Sea…

ConocoPhillips Submits $2B Greater Ekofisk Gas Redevelopment Plans

Feb 13, 2026

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia and its partners have submitted two Plans for Development and Operation (PDOs) to Norway’s Ministry of Energy for a combined redevelopment of the Albuskjell, Vest Ekofisk and Tommeliten Gamma fields in the Greater Ekofisk Area of the North Sea…

Saipem Hires EnerMech for Whiptail Subsea Job Offshore Guyana

Jan 13, 2026

Energy services firm EnerMech has secured a subsea pre-commissioning services contract by Saipem for the Whiptail development, offshore Guyana in the Stabroek Block, operated by ExxonMobil Guyana.The contract award marks EnerMech’s first project…

Trump's Venezuela Oil Push Could Undercut US Producers

Jan 12, 2026

U.S. oil producers already reeling from low oil prices are facing renewed pressures, as President Donald Trump pushes them to boost output in Venezuela - a move that would weaken the oil market, cut revenues and hurt industry at home.Trump has…

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