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UK Firm Secures Exploration Extension for Two Blocks off Vietnam

Jun 10, 2025

U.K.-based Pharos Energy, an independent energy company with assets in Vietnam and Egypt, has secured two-year extension of the exploration period for two blocks located in moderate to deep waters offshore Vietnam.The approval has been received…

Tower Resources Lines Up ADES Jack-Up Rig for Cameroon Drilling Op

Jun 10, 2025

Tower Resources, the AIM-listed oil and gas company focused on Africa, has issued a Letter of Award (LoA) to Advanced Energy Systems (ADES), an affiliate of Saudi firm ADES Holding, for the provision of a jack-up rig for drilling job in Central Africa…

Zenith Energy Gets On Board UK Gas and Hydrogen Storage Project

Jun 09, 2025

EnergyPathways, an energy transition company, has selected Zenith Energy as a contractor for the Marram Energy Storage Hub (MESH), a project expected to be the U.K.'s largest integrated energy storage facility combining natural gas, compressed air and hydrogen storage…

Crew Member Dies in Accident on Tidewater’s Polaris PSV

Jun 09, 2025

A fatal incident has occurred aboard one of the vessels of Tidewater, a subcontractor of Equinor, resulting in the death of a crew member.The incident took place on Polaris platform supply vessel (PSV) on June 2, 2025, while the vessel was on the Atlantic Ocean engaged in normal operations…

Noble, Green Yard Sign Maintenance Contract for GreatWhite Rig (Video)

Jun 08, 2025

Noble and Green Yard have entered into a contract for a scheduled yard stay for the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig Ocean GreatWhite, owned by Noble Corporation.The rig will enter the yard for maintenance, demobilization and upgrades after it has completed its job west of Shetland…

Rex’s Akrake Set for July Drilling Ops off West Africa

Jun 06, 2025

Akrake Petroleum, Rex International's indirect subsidiary, has completed the development plan for the Seme field offshore Benin, with the drilling operations scheduled to begin in early July 2025 using Borr Drilling’s jack-up rig.Akrake holds…

Transocean Scoops $100M for Two-Well Drilling Job for Equinor

Jun 05, 2025

Transocean has secured $100 million from two-well option exercised by Equinor for one of its harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rigs.Equinor has decided to extend Transocean Spitsbergen semi-submersible rig’s stay in Norway, with the latest option exercised by the company…

Wind Opponents Sue to Block Empire Wind

Jun 03, 2025

Fishing companies and offshore wind opponents filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Trump administration's decision to reverse course and allow construction to resume on Empire Wind, a $5 billion wind farm project off New York's coast.Protect Our Coast New Jersey…

Sonardyne to Deliver Seabed Monitoring Kit for North Sea CCS Project

Jun 03, 2025

Sonardyne has secured a contract by the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) to deliver baseline environmental monitoring services for the U.K.’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) site.Sonardyne will provide environmental monitoring…

ADES Secures Jack-Up Drilling Rig Contract in West Africa

Jun 03, 2025

Saudi oil and gas drilling contractor ADES Holding has secured a contract with Addax Petroleum, part of Sinopec Group, for its Admarine 510 jack-up drilling rig, which will be put to work offshore Cameroon in West Africa.The contract is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2025…

CCS Partners Find Sweet Spot for CO2 Injection and Storage in North Sea

Jun 02, 2025

A wildcat well, drilled by Harbour Energy Norge and its partner Stella Maris CCS in the Havstjerne storage project, has confirmed a reservoir that is suitable for injection and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).Well 9/6-1 was drilled in the North…

BP Lines Up Noble Rig for North Sea CCS Drilling Job

May 30, 2025

BP has hired Noble Corporation’s Noble Innovator jack-up rig for a drilling job related to carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the North Sea.Under the contract, Noble Innovator will drill six firm wells for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) project in the North Sea…

Eni Starts Drilling Activities off Ghana with Seventh-Gen Drillship

May 30, 2025

Eni Ghana, a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni, has marked the start of drilling activities offshore Ghana with the arrival of Deep Value Driller (DVD) drillship, following completion of activities in Côte d'Ivoire.Eni Ghana, together with its Offshore…

Valeura Concludes Eight-Well Drilling Campaign in Gulf of Thailand

May 29, 2025

Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has completed an eight-well drilling campaign in license B5/27 in Gulf of Thailand with Borr Drilling’s Mist jack-up drilling rig.At its 100%-operated B5/27 license, Valeura conducted drilling operations at Jasmine C…

Three Dead in Chevron's Angolan Oil Patform Fire

May 28, 2025

A second person died from their injuries in hospital following a fire at a Chevron-operated oil platform offshore Angola, bringing the number of fatalities to three, government and company officials said late on Tuesday.Two workers were initially…

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