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Serica Expands North Sea Oil and Gas Portfolio with Spirit Energy’s Assets

Oct 01, 2026

Serica Energy has completed the acquisition of a portfolio of Southern North Sea assets from Spirit Energy, adding around 10,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day of production and 18.7 million boe of proved and probable reserves.Serica made…

Solstad Maritime Secures APAC Drilling Support Work for AHTS Pair

Sep 30, 2026

Solstad Maritime has been awarded contracts for two anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS) for drilling support work in the Asia-Pacific region.The combined firm value estimated at the upper end of a $10 million and $30 million range, according to the Norwegian vessel owner…

Aker Solutions Widens Work Scope for BP into Central North Sea

Sep 30, 2026

Aker Solutions has been awarded a three-year frame agreement to provide engineering and integrity services across BP's North Sea assets, expanding its existing work for the energy company.The agreement extends Aker Solutions' support from BP's…

Arabian Drilling Inks $533M Deal for Four Jack-Up Drilling Rigs

Sep 29, 2026

Saudi Arabia’s drilling contractor Arabian Drilling has signed a four-year contract worth about $533 million (SAR 2 billion) with Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) to provide four high-specification offshore jack-up drilling rigs.The contract will support KJO's offshore drilling operations…

Tullow Oil Books Noble Corporation’s Drillship for Work Offshore Ghana

Sep 28, 2026

Noble Corporation has secured a contract by Tullow Oil for the Noble Faye Kozack drillship for a drilling campaign offshore Ghana.The work will include up to 10 wells off Ghana, with the campaign expected to start in mid-2027.“This award reflects…

Big Oil Faces Strategy Rethink as Iran War Reshapes Energy Markets

Sep 28, 2026

The world's biggest energy companies are poised to deliver another quarter of bumper profits, fuelled by record refining margins. Flush with cash, Big Oil now needs to chart a course for future growth in a world reshaped by the Middle East crisis…

SLB Secures Aramco Well Construction Work for 450 Wells

Sep 25, 2026

SLB has been awarded four integrated well construction contracts by Aramco covering more than 450 oil and gas wells across Saudi Arabia over an initial three-year period.Each contract includes an option to extend the work by up to two years…

Aker BP Raises North Sea Discovery Estimate

Sep 25, 2026

Aker BP and partners Equinor and DNO have increased the estimated size of the Verdandi and Lillefix discoveries in the North Sea following an appraisal well that encountered both oil and gas.Preliminary estimates following drilling put the discoveries at between 1…

Eni and Petronas JV Extend Drilling Backlog for Ventura Offshore’s Semi-Sub Rig

Sep 25, 2026

Ventura Offshore has agreed a contract amendment with two subsidiaries of Eni and Petronas joint venture Searah for an additional well offshore Indonesia, adding about $21.7 million to the firm backlog of its SSV Catarina semi-submersible drilling rig…

Eni Confirms Sapukala Deepwater Block Award in Indonesia

Sep 24, 2026

Eni has confirmed it was awarded a 100% participating interest in Indonesia's deepwater Sapukala exploration block, adding acreage adjacent to its existing portfolio and the future North Hub developments in the Kutei Basin.The award, previously…

Trinidad's Aphrodite Gas Project Advances After Shell-NGC Agreement

Sep 24, 2026

The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (NGC) and Shell Trinidad and Tobago have finalized commercial agreements supporting the Aphrodite offshore gas project, with first gas expected by the second quarter of 2027.NGC's pipeline and…

ONGC Strikes Gas in Deepwater Well off India

Sep 22, 2026

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has struck gas at a deepwater exploration well in India's Mahanadi Offshore Basin, with the well flowing gas at encouraging rates and reservoir pressure.The MN-DW18-1-H-D well, about 43 km off Konark on the Odisha coast…

PTTEP, Valeura Greenlight Bussabong Gas Development off Thailand

Sep 22, 2026

Thai’s state oil firm PTTEP and Valeura Energy have taken a final investment decision on the first phase of the Bussabong gas development in the Gulf of Thailand, targeting first production around the end of 2028 from a 25-well development.Bussabong lies in the eastern part of Block G3/65…

EU Stands Firm Against New Arctic Oil and Gas Drilling

Sep 22, 2026

The European Union will maintain its opposition to new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic, a European Commission spokesperson said on Monday, despite Norwegian pressure to drop the EU ban.The EU currently supports a ban on new drilling in the Arctic…

Petrobras Signs Eight Production-Sharing Contracts in Côte d’Ivoire

Sep 18, 2026

Petrobras, through its wholly owned subsidiary Petrobras Netherlands (PNBV), the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and PETROCI Holding signed Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) for eight offshore exploration blocks located in Côte d’Ivoire.The PSCs cover offshore blocks CI-513…

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