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Timor Gap Boosts Stake in Finder Energy’s Timor-Leste Oil Fields

Sep 26, 2025

Finder Energy has executed a binding farm-in agreement with joint venture partner Timor Gap to increase the Timor-Leste state oil company’s stake in Production Sharing Contract (PSC) 19-11, entailing the Kuda Tasi & Jahal (KTJ) fields development project…

TotalEnergies to Roll Out Cognite AI Platform Across Upstream Assets

Sep 26, 2025

French energy giant TotalEnergies has expanded its partnership with Cognite to scale the deployment of the industrial AI company’s data platform across all of its operated upstream assets worldwide over the period of three years.The collaboration…

Woodside Marks Construction Milestone at $17.5B Louisiana LNG Scheme

Sep 16, 2025

Australian oil and gas firm Woodside Energy has marked rapid progress on its $17.5 billion Louisiana LNG project, with construction on the first of three liquefaction trains already more than 22% complete since the final investment decision in April…

Hellenic Cables Gets Subsea Interconnection Job in Greece

Sep 12, 2025

Hellenic Cables, the cables segment of Cenergy Holdings, has signed a turnkey contract with the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) for the design, supply, and installation of a 150kV composite cable system interconnecting Igoumenitsa and Corfu in Greece…

EPA Issues Air Permit for Offshore Deepwater Port for Crude Oil Export

Sep 15, 2025

U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Clean Air Act (CAA) permit for the proposed offshore Texas GulfLink (TGL) deepwater port. The permit allows a first-of-its-kind use of vapor capture and control technology mounted on an offshore…

PRIO to Start Wahoo FPSO Subsea Works, First Oil March-April 2026

Sep 16, 2025

Brazilian oil and gas firm PRIO has secured the installation license from the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Natural Renewable Resources (Ibama) for the Wahoo field production development system and interconnection of the wells to the Frade floating production…

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…

Equinor Cleared for Norwegian Sea Drilling Operation

Sep 11, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.The permit is for wellbore 6507/8-12 S in production license 124 B, operated by Equinor with 25.69% working interestOther partners in the license include Petoro with 36…

NextGeo Signs Eight-Year Deal with 50Hertz for Seabed Survey Services

Sep 23, 2025

Italian offshore services provider Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has signed an eight-year framework agreement with German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz to deliver geotechnical seabed survey services for offshore substations (OSS) projects…

Chevron, Westlawn Join Anadarko for Oil and Gas Exploration off Peru

Sep 22, 2025

Chevron, the world’s third-largest oil company, and investment fund Westlawn have joined Anadarko Petroleum in a consortium to explore offshore oil and gas blocks in Peru, in a move officials said could boost energy security and attract further global investment…

Egypt Signs Deals Worth Over $121 Million

Sep 14, 2025

Egypt signed three investment agreements worth more than $121 million for oil and gas exploration in the Western desert, Suez Gulf and north of Sinai, the Egyptian petroleum ministry said on Sunday.The deals were with Parenco Egypt, Dubai-based Dragon Oil and Apache…

Petronas Plans Fourth Well Drilling Op off Suriname for Early 2026

Sep 10, 2025

Malaysia's oil and gas producer Petronas plans to drill a fourth well by the first quarter next year at offshore Block 52 in Suriname, the government and state company Staatsolie said.Petronas, which has discovered gas reserves in the block…

Vantage Drilling Confirms Deal for Platinum Explorer Drillship

Sep 10, 2025

UAE-based offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has signed the contract for its ultra-deepwater drillship Platinum Explorer.Operations with an undisclosed client for the approximately 260-day campaign, inclusive of mobilization and demobilization time…

Aquaterra Energy Nets Subsea Analysis Contracts with INPEX off Indonesia

Sep 16, 2025

Aquaterra Energy, a leader in offshore engineering solutions, has secured multiple offshore analysis contracts with INPEX Masela, a subsidiary of INPEX Corporation, to support the upcoming subsea drilling campaigns offshore Indonesia.Under the contract…

Jotun FPSO Reaches Peak Production Ahead of Schedule

Sep 10, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has informed that the Jotun floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, deployed at the Balder field in the North Sea, reached peak production ahead of schedule.The Jotun FPSO is now producing…

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