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Egypt Boosts Gas Production as Two West Delta Wells Come Onstream

Aug 29, 2025

Egypt's petroleum ministry said on Friday that two new wells in the deepwater West Delta have gone online, adding about 60 million cubic feet per day (mcfd) of natural gas to the country's output.Egypt seeks to boost gas production after increasingly turning to imports to meet domestic demand…

Norway Intensifies Gas System Maintenance Efforts Ahead of Winter

Aug 29, 2025

Maintenance at major gas fields and onshore processing plants will curb Norwegian natural gas supply by around a third during the first half of September, as Europe's biggest supplier readies the system for the busy winter demand season.'We…

Work Underway at Three New Wells at Zohr Gas Field off Egypt

Aug 26, 2025

Work is underway at three new wells in the Zohr gas field in the Mediterranean in the current financial year, Egypt's petroleum ministry said on Tuesday.Another well, the Zohr-6 well, has added about 65 million cubic feet per day of gas to Egypt’s output…

Viridien Extends OBN Data Scope Offshore US Coast

Sep 02, 2025

French seismic firm Viridien has taken ownership of seismic field data from the Momentum survey, which will be incorporated into Laconia, the company’s sparse ocean bottom node (OBN) program in the U.S. Gulf.The new coverage will extend Viridien’s…

Afentra Agrees Terms for First Operatorship off Angola

Sep 05, 2025

Africa-focused oil and gas company Afentra has signed Heads of Terms with Angola’s National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) for a Risk Service Contract covering offshore Block 3/24, its first operated license in the country.The formal award is expected in the coming months…

Contract Extended for Vantage Drilling’s Platinum Explorer

Aug 21, 2025

UAE-based Vantage Drilling International has announced that the Conditional Letter of Award received from an undisclosed client for the ultra-deepwater drillship Platinum Explorer in April has been extended.This follows a 30-day extension from July 22 to bring the contract end date to August 29…

Jadestone’s Flow Test Exceeds Expectations at Australian Offshore Oil Field

Aug 25, 2025

Jadestone Energy has reported that the Skua-11ST development well at the Montara field offshore Australia has delivered initial oil production rates significantly above expectations following successful flow testing.Production from Skua-11ST began in early August…

Karoon Energy Launches Revitalization Project for Brazil Fields

Aug 29, 2025

Australian oil and gas company Karoon Energy has initiated the multi-million dollar revitalization and life extension scheme as part of the Baúna project, comprising Baúna, Piracaba and Patola fields, offshore Brazil.Karoon has reassessed the Reserves and Contingent Resources for the Baúna project…

Equinor’s Barents Sea Wildcat Fails to Deliver

Sep 01, 2025

Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Deimos prospect in the Barents Sea.The wildcat well 7117/4-1 was drilled in production license 1238, 135 kilometers west of the Snøhvit field and 260 kilometers northwest of Hammerfest…

Triton FPSO Marks First Oil Lifting Following Production Restart

Aug 25, 2025

U.K.-based oil and gas firm Serica Energy has achieved first lifting of oil from the Triton floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit in the North Sea since the resumption of production in July.Production continues to ramp up in line with the previously stated plan…

Shearwater Lines Up Ghana’s First Deepwater OBN Survey

Aug 27, 2025

Shearwater Geoservices has been awarded a deepwater Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) seismic survey in Ghana’s Jubilee and TEN fields, operated by Tullow and its partners.It will be the first deepwater OBN project offshore Ghana, following Shearwater’s…

Subsea7 Secures Work at Black Sea Field off Türkiye

Aug 28, 2025

Subsea7 today has secured a major contract by Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center (TP-OTC) for the development of phase 3 of the Sakarya field development in the Black Sea, offshore Türkiye.Subsea7’s scope includes engineering, procurement…

Santos Grants More Time for Finalization of $18.7B ADNOC-Led Takeover Offer

Aug 26, 2025

Australian gas producer Santos on Monday agreed to further extend the exclusivity period for an $18.7 billion takeover bid from a group led by Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC), and reported a better-than-feared 22% drop in first-half profit…

Egypt Signs Exploration Deals with Global Firms

Aug 31, 2025

Egypt has signed four agreements with international firms worth more than $340 million to explore oil and gas in the Mediterranean and Nile Delta, the Petroleum Ministry said on Saturday.The deals, signed by the state-owned Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS)…

OKEA Makes Oil Discovery at Brage Field

Aug 25, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas firm OKEA has made oil discovery in the Talisker exploration well at the Brage field in the North Sea.The discoveries were made in the production license PL 055, operated by OKEA with 35.2% working interest, with partners Lime Petroleum 33…

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