U.S. Gulf of Mexico-focused oil and gas company W&T Offshore has completed the accretive acquisition of six oil fields in shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico for $72 million.W&T Offshore was the successful bidder for certain synergistic assets in the Gulf of Mexico offered by MLCJR…
Longitude Engineering, part of Oslo-listed ABL Group, has secured a contract to provide detailed design and engineering services for the subsea development of Phase-X at Egypt’s West Delta Deep Marine concession, part of the Burullus Gas Field in the Mediterranean Sea…
U.S. oilfield technology firm Baker Hughes beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, powered by strong demand for its services and equipment from LNG producers, as well as offshore and international markets.The company…
Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has launched the masterplan for THE RIG – a world-first adventure tourism destination to be built on an offshore platform in the Arabian Gulf.The vision for THE RIG project…
Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has taken delivery of its 7th generation Stena Evolution ultra-deepwater drillship from Samsung Heavy Industries.After a decade in the making, Stena Evolution drillship has finally been completed and is ready for its first job…
Shell has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the Victory gas field in the UK North Sea, approximately 47 km north-west of the Shetland Islands.Once onstream, the field will help to maintain domestically produced gas for Britain’s homes…
BlackRock said on Friday it would buy Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for $12.5 billion in a major bet on alternative assets and announced a shake-up of its top management.The deal, which includes $3 billion in cash and 12 million BlackRock shares…
DNV has launched a joint industry project with ten offshore wind and transmission developers to identify changes to electrical standards and standardization needed to enable the connection of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission into the United States’ electric grid…
Japan’s utility JERA and Green Power Investment Corporation (GPI) have started operations at the Ishikari Bay New Port Offshore Wind Farm - the largest commercial wind farm in Japan.Located in Hokkaido’s Ishikari Bay New Port, the wind farm…
The Biden administration on Wednesday will hold an auction of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico following several delays due to litigation over the drilling industry's impact on an endangered species of whale.The sale will likely be the…
A Biden administration auction of Gulf of Mexico drilling rights raised $382 million on Wednesday as oil companies claimed offshore acreage for what is set to be the last time until 2025.The auction total was the highest of any federal offshore oil and gas lease sale since 2015…
U.S. oil and gas company Talos Energy has started oil and gas production at Lime Rock and Venice discoveries, located near its Ram Powell platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The Lime Rock and Venice wells were brought safely online in late December…
West Azeri platform, located in the Caspian Sea at Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) oil field, has achieved 1 billion barrels total production.The announcement was made by BP, which is the operator of ACG oil field, on behalf of its partners SOCAR…
Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has bought FPSO Cidade de Santos platform from MODEC, following the acquisition of the Uruguá and Tambaú fields in Santos Basin.The transaction for the FPSO, capable of processing 350 million cubic feet per day of gas…
New York-listed shipowner Capital Product Partners L.P. (CPLP) has closed the umbrella agreement from November 2023, moving forward with the $3.1 billion acquisition of 11 newbuild LNG carrier vessels.CPLP entered into umbrella agreement with Capital Maritime & Trading Corp…