North Sea oil and gas producers urged Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer to provide clarity on his election promise to increase tax on the sector, warning it could lead to a rapid decline in output and revenue.Starmer's Labour Party swept to power in a parliamentary election on Thursday…
French oil major TotalEnergies has notified South Africa's petroleum regulator that it intends to withdraw from its 11B/12B offshore gas field but has yet to submit a formal request to do so, a source at Petroleum Agency SA said.TotalEnergies…
BP's new CEO Murray Auchincloss has imposed a hiring freeze and paused new offshore wind projects as he places a renewed emphasis on oil and gas amid investor discontent over its energy transition strategy, sources at the company said.The moves…
The next phase of the On Demand Ocean Bottom Node (OD OBN) project, involving Sonardyne, Shell, Petrobras and SENAI CIMATEC, has started offshore Brazil, which could result in the development of next generation of geophysical monitoring systems in the offshore oil and gas industry…
OPEC oil output rose in June for a second consecutive month, a Reuters survey found on Tuesday, as higher supply from Nigeria and Iran offset the impact of voluntary supply cuts by other members and the wider OPEC+ alliance.The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries pumped 26…
Oslo-listed offshore drilling rig owner Northern Ocean has secured a contract with a subsidiary of a major oil and gas operator for its Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig, which will be put to work offshore Namibia.The one well contract…
Russian energy giant Gazprom has signed a memorandum with the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) to supply Russian pipeline gas to Iran, it said on Wednesday.No details from the memorandum, which was signed during a visit by Gazprom's head…
AIM-listed natural resources investing company Deltic Energy has withdrawn from the Shell-operated license in the Southern North Sea due to the inability to secure a farm-out or an alternative funding solution for its commitments related to the Pensacola appraisal well…
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a 50-50 partnership between Shell and EDF, has selected contractor Riggs Distler & Company to lead the Cardiff substation expansion program for Atlantic Shores Project 1, New Jersey’s first offshore wind project…
Ocean Installer has secured the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) scope from Equinor and its partners for the second stage of the Troll Phase 3 gas development offshore Norway…
Shell-led LNG Canada, the country's first natural gas export terminal, could deliver its first cargo earlier than previously planned, an executive at the British company said.The C$40 billion ($29 billion) liquefied natural gas (LNG) project…
TotalEnergies has entered into an agreement to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary TotalEnergies EP (Brunei) to Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad, a Malaysian independent oil and gas exploration and production company, for $259 million.The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter 2024…
Shell, the operator of Pensacola discovery in the North Sea, has granted short period of additional time to partner Deltic Energy to secure funding associated with its share of costs for an appraisal well.In its capacity as Licence Operator of P2252…
Equinor has been awarded the operatorship for the development of two new CO2 storages in the North Sea along with a 100% share for the two licenses, Albondigas and Kinno.The new licenses are each expected to have the capacity to store around 5 million tons of CO2 per year when in operation…
A South African appeals court on Monday suspended a previous ruling that halted offshore exploration by Shell along the unspoilt Wild Coast and allowed oil companies another chance at public consultation, court documents showed.The lack of public…