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Greenpeace Protest Disrupts Work at Woodside's Scarborough Offshore Platform

Oct 19, 2026

Woodside Energy has suspended pre-commissioning activities at its Scarborough gas project's floating production unit (FPU) offshore Western Australia following a Greenpeace protest that saw two activists occupy the facility for two days before being taken into police custody…

Venezuela Eyes $76B Oil Investment Boom Under US Agreements

Oct 19, 2026

Venezuela expects nearly $76 billion in oil investment over the next five years under recently signed agreements, acting President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday, adding that a bilateral accord with the US includes plans to drill 250 rigs…

Serica Energy Cuts 2026 Output Forecast as Triton FPSO Restart Slips

Oct 19, 2026

Britain's Serica Energy flagged a further delay to the restart of its Triton production vessel on Monday, prompting the oil and gas firm to lower its annual production forecast.Here are details from the company:Triton production is expected to resume around the end of November…

Incat Crowther to Build Fourth Fast Support Intervention Vessel

Oct 16, 2026

Zamil Offshore commissioned Incat Crowther and Singaporean shipbuilder Lita Ocean to design, build and deliver a fourth 60-m ABS-classed monohull Fast Support Intervention Vessel (FSIV). The project follows the delivery of the third vessel in…

Equinor Exercises Two Well Option for Deepsea Atlantic Rig

Oct 16, 2026

Equinor has exercised options for two additional wells using Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Atlantic semi-submersible rig, extending its firm contract into the late fourth quarter of 2027.The additional wells will be drilled in direct continuation of the rig's existing contract…

Taiwan's 1GW Hai Long Offshore Wind Farm Brings All Turbines Online

Oct 16, 2026

The installation of all 73 wind turbines at the 1 GW Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan has been completed, with every turbine now generating electricity.The milestone brings the project closer to completion, with final permitting approvals still expected in the first half of 2027…

ACCIONA Lands 2GW Offshore Wind Grid Deal in Australia

Oct 16, 2026

ACCIONA has been selected as development partner for a transmission network designed to connect up to 2 GW of offshore wind capacity to the electricity grid in Australia's Victoria state.Under a concession agreement, ACCIONA will be responsible for developing…

Türkiye Set to Deploy Osman Gazi Gas Production Platform in Black Sea

Oct 16, 2026

Türkiye will deploy its first floating gas production platform, Osman Gazi, to the Sakarya gas field in the Black Sea on October 17, aiming to more than double domestic gas production to 20 million cubic meters per day, the country's Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources said…

Inpex-Led Bonaparte CCS Project Gets Australian Offshore Storage Approval

Oct 16, 2026

Australia has declared the West Peron formation suitable for carbon dioxide storage, marking a regulatory milestone for the Inpex-led Bonaparte carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, which could permanently store up to 443 million tonnes of CO2 offshore northern Australia…

South Africa Upholds Exploration Approval for TotalEnergies' Offshore Block

Oct 16, 2026

South Africa's environment minister has dismissed a challenge lodged by conservationists against an environmental authorization to allow exploration in TotalEnergies-operated Block 3B/4B off the country's West Coast.The decision by Environmental Affairs Minister David Maynier…

Ithaca Energy Launches Succession Process Ahead of CEO Retirement

Oct 16, 2026

Ithaca Energy said Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Luciano Vasques intends to retire from the company by March 31, 2027, with the board beginning a search for his successor.The company said the succession process would allow for an orderly transition of responsibilities…

Eni Advances Coral North Drilling, Eyes Third Mozambique FLNG

Oct 16, 2026

Italian energy firm Eni will start drilling up to six development wells from November that will feed gas to its new Coral North floating liquefied natural gas platform offshore Mozambique, a senior executive told Reuters on Thursday.The project is on track to start production by 2028…

Eni to Drill Multiple Wells Offshore Mozambique

Oct 15, 2026

Italian energy firm Eni will start drilling up to six development wells from November that will feed gas to its new Coral North floating liquefied natural gas platform offshore Mozambique, a senior executive told Reuters on Thursday.The project is on track to start production by 2028…

Turkey to Put First Floating Gas Platform in Black Sea

Oct 15, 2026

Turkey will send its first floating gas production platform to the Black Sea on Saturday, a move expected to roughly double output from its largest domestic gas field, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Thursday.The Osman Gazi platform is expected to begin production in early 2027…

HYDRA SUBSEA, Shell to Install Pipelines on Subsea Tie-Ins

Oct 15, 2026

HYDRA SUBSEA announced the execution of a commercial agreement with Shell Offshore Inc. for a standardized deepwater pipeline installation solution for selected short distance subsea tie-ins in the Gulf of America. Shell’s Appomattox gas lift line is the first project proposed…

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