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Equinor Sells Peregrino Field to Brazilian Oil and Gas Firm for $3.5B

May 02, 2025

Equinor Brasil Energia, a subsidiary of Equinor, has entered into agreements with Brazilian company Prio Tigris, a subsidiary of PRIO, for the sale of its 60% operated interest in the Peregrino field, offshore Brazil.PRIO, Brazil’s largest independent oil and gas company…

Southern Energy Partners Reach FID for FLNG Export Project in Argentina

May 02, 2025

Pan American Energy and its partners Pampa Energia, Harbour Energy, YPF, and Golar LNG have taken the final investment decision (FID) for the Southern Energy floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) export project in Argentina. The Southern Energy…

MODEC, Sumitomo Partner Up for Delivery of Gato do Mato FPSO

Apr 28, 2025

MODEC has executed a contract with Sumitomo Heavy Industries for the delivery of Gato do Mato floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for Shell, which will be deployed offshore Brazil.MODEC and Sumitomo Heavy Industries signed…

Ørsted Streamlines Offshore Wind Executive Team

Apr 23, 2025

Ørsted has expanded its Group Executive Team with the appointment of two new members, enabling the representation of the full offshore wind value chain, including development, construction, and generation.Effective from May 1, 2025, Amanda Dasch…

Brazil Prepares Extra 2025 Auction

Apr 10, 2025

Brazil's government is preparing an extra auction this year of stakes in offshore oil areas to boost revenue, a plan gaining steam amid falling oil prices and rising global trade uncertainty, said four people familiar with the matter.Two of the sources…

Vietnam to Open Bidding Round for Three Offshore Oil Blocks

Apr 04, 2025

Vietnam's state oil firm PetroVietnam will invite oil companies to bid to develop three offshore oil blocks, the government said on Friday.They include Block 17 in Cuu Long Basin and Block 10/11 and Block 10&11-1 in Nam Con Son Basin, all on Vietnam's continental shelf…

OMV Bites Dust at Horatio Well in North Sea

Mar 26, 2025

OMV and its partners have drilled a dry well on the Horatio prospect in the North Sea, using Transocean’s Transocean Norge semi-submersible rig.The well 35/6-6, dubbed Horatio, is located in production license 1109, operated by OMV with 30% working interest…

MODEC Gets Shell’s Gato do Mato FPSO Ops and Maintenance Job

Mar 25, 2025

MODEC has signed an agreement with Shell for the operations and maintenance of the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, to be deployed at Gato do Mato deepwater field off Brazil, for a period of 20 years.The agreement follows…

Equinor Scales Down Climate Ambitions

Mar 20, 2025

Norway's Equinor on Thursday weakened its energy transition plan as it struggles to deliver on pledges to invest more in renewable energy and low-carbon technologies, citing practical difficulties and a shift in political priorities.The oil…

Equinor Finds Oil at Mistral Exploration Well in Norwegian Sea

Mar 04, 2025

Equinor and its partners have made an oil discovery at Mistral exploration well, located in the southern Norwegian sea.The well 6406/6-7S in the PL1119 license was drilled using Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig.The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 4…

Vår Energi Drills Dry Well in North Sea

Mar 04, 2025

Vår Energi and its partners have drilled a dry well on the Kokopelli prospect, south of the Sleipner area, in the North Sea.The wildcat well 7/1-4 S is located in the North Sea in production license 1190. Two exploration wells have previously been drilled within this area…

NOC Completes Scottish Roadmap for Offshore Wind Environmental Monitoring

Feb 26, 2025

The UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has delivered a roadmap to guide the observation of ocean to increase the understanding of the potential impacts of expanding offshore wind developments on the marine environment.The Scoping an Offshore…

Chevron to Lay Off Up to 20% of Workforce by End of 2026

Feb 25, 2025

Chevron said on Monday it would reorganize some of its business structures and reshuffle the leadership team, the latest move by the U.S. energy major to simplify its operations.The company has said it would lay off up to 20% of its global workforce by the end of 2026…

Tokyo Gas Enters LNG Market in Philippines

Feb 19, 2025

Tokyo Gas said on Wednesday it had made its first foray into a commercially operational terminal for liquefied natural gas outside Japan by acquiring a 20% stake in Philippines' FGEN LNG, a unit of First Gen Corp.Financial terms of the deal for the stake in FGEN LNG…

Brava Energia Signs Supply Deal with Trafigura for Atlanta Oil

Feb 13, 2025

Brazilian oil and gas firm Brava Energia has signed a contract with Trafigura for the sale of oil from the Atlanta field, offshore Brazil.The contract is for the sale of a total volume of 6MM barrels of oil produced by the consortium in Atlanta field…

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