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Bourbon Inks Multi-Year PSV Deal with ExxonMobil in Guyana

Dec 10, 2025

French offshore services provider Bourbon has signed a five-year contract, with extension options, with ExxonMobil Guyana (EMGL) to provide maritime services in Guyana.It will start in the first quarter of 2026, with the commissioning of the…

Solstad Scoops $25M in New CSV Contracts in Brazil and North Sea

Dec 10, 2025

Solstad Maritime (SOMA) has secured multiple new contracts for several construction support vessels, that will be employed in the North Sea and Brazil.The contracts are for Normand Navigator, Normand Cutter, and Normand Jarstein CSVs.The combined…

Viridien Set for Seismic Reimaging of Block 22 Offshore Angola

Dec 10, 2025

Viridien has announced a new multi-client seismic reimaging program over Angola’s highly prospective offshore block 22 to support the country’s upcoming licensing round.The 4,300 sq km high-end data set will bring valuable insight into underexplored structures along the Atlantic Hinge zone…

Equinor Secures Permit for North Sea Drilling Operation

Dec 09, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 35/11-32 S in production license 090 HS, operated by Equinor with 60% working interest.The other partners in license are Inpex Idemitsu Norge and Vår Energi…

Shell to Take Majority Stake in Orange Basin Block with PetroSA-Backed Deal

Dec 09, 2025

South Africa's legacy national oil company, PetroSA, has approved a deal to give Shell Offshore a 60% stake in its Block 2C, off the country's west coast, a document seen by Reuters showed on Monday.If successfully concluded, the agreement will strengthen oil major Shell's SHEL…

Eni Makes Significant Gas Discovery Offshore Indonesia

Dec 09, 2025

Eni has made a significant gas discovery in the Konta-1 exploration well, drilled in the Muara Bakau production sharing contract (PSC), in the Kutei Basin, offshore Indonesia.Estimates indicate 600 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of gas initially in…

TotalEnergies Takes Operatorship of Namibia’s Block via Galp Asset Swap Deals

Dec 09, 2025

TotalEnergies and Galp have agreed to exchange stakes across three Namibian offshore licenses in a deal that places TotalEnergies as operator of the Mopane discovery while expanding Galp’s footprint in the Orange Basin and giving it exposure to the Venus development…

Brazil’s Petrobras Targets Rapid Start-Up at Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde

Dec 08, 2025

Brazil's Petrobras could start producing at the Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde block in about two years, Sylvia Anjos, the state-run oil firm's head of exploration and production, said on Friday.The firm made a discovery at the block, located in the country's Campos basin…

Petrobras and Shell Raise Stakes in Brazil’s Atapu and Mero Pre-Salt Fields

Dec 05, 2025

Petrobras and Shell have increased their participation in Brazil’s Atapu and Mero pre-salt reservoirs after securing additional equity in an auction held by Pré-Sal Petróleo (PPSA).The consortium formed by Petrobras (80%), in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo (20%)…

Vår Energi Makes Oil Find Near Goliat Field in Barents Sea

Dec 04, 2025

Vår Energi has confirmed an oil discovery in the Goliat North exploration well, located close to its operated Goliat field in the Barents Sea.  The exploration well located five kilometers north of the Goliat field encountered hydrocarbons in the Realgrunnen and Kobbe formations…

NSTA Names 13 Operators Falling Behind Decom Obligations in North Sea

Dec 03, 2025

The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has named 13 operators that have fallen behind on their decommissioning obligations for inactive wells, releasing its first public table on North Sea decommissioning arrears.The table lists companies…

PetroNor E&P Withdraws from Gambian Offshore Block after License Expiry

Dec 03, 2025

PetroNor E&P has set out plans to withdraw from its exploration license for Block A4 offshore Gambia after the initial exploration phase expired in mid-November.The company said it had been in discussions with the Gambian government on future…

CNOOC Puts New South China Sea Development Into Production Mode

Dec 03, 2025

China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has started production from the Weizhou 11-4 oilfield adjustment and satellite fields development project in South China Sea.The project is located in the Beibu Gulf Basin…

ABL, PMS Set Up Rig Moving Partnership for Red Sea and Gulf of Suez

Dec 02, 2025

Global energy and marine consultancy ABL has partnered up with Egypt’s Petroleum Marine Services (PMS) to introduce a unified rig moving service in the Red Sea and Gulf of Suez, with the support of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC)…

Shell, Equinor Form ‘Largest’ Independent UK North Sea Oil and Gas Producer

Dec 01, 2025

Shell U.K. Limited, a subsidiary of Shell and Equinor UK Limited, a subsidiary of Equinor, completed a deal to combine their UK offshore oil and gas operations to form a new company, described as the largest independent producer in the UK North Sea…

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