China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) is slated to launch an upgraded joint-venture refinery complex around June, marking the state-controlled producer's further expansion into refining and petrochemicals, industry sources said.CNOOC aims…
Libya plans its first bidding round for oil exploration in more than 17 years, Masoud Suleman, acting Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), announced in a televised address on Monday.Libya is Africa's second-largest oil producer and…
Germany's energy independence from Moscow is crucial and it is not in talks with Russia over a 'possible pipeline-based supply of Russian gas' via the partly damaged Nord Stream 2 pipeline, the economy ministry said on Monday.The ministry was…
Shell has announced changes to its executive committee and leadership structure, as part of which the company’s Integrated Gas and Upstream Director Zoë Yujnovich will step down end of March 2025.After more than a decade of service with Shell…
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…
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…
The startup of oil production from Equinor's Arctic Johan Castberg field has been delayed again due to bad weather, a spokesperson for the Norwegian energy company said on Monday.Castberg is set to become the second producing oilfield in the…
The Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline is not certified and therefore could not be used, a German government spokesperson said on Monday in response to a report about potentially bringing the pipeline on stream.'The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is not certified and therefore could not be used at all…
Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has completed an infill drilling campaign at the Manora field, offshore Gulf of Thailand.Manora field is located in license G1/48, where Valeura Energy holds a 70% operated working interest.Valeura drilled a five well program…
Africa-focused oil and gas company VAALCO Energy has farmed into the CI-705 block offshore Côte d’Ivoire, becoming the operator of the block with ‘significant prospectivity’.VAALCO will become operator of the block with a 70% working interest…
Paratus Energy Services, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Fontis Holdings, has received a notice from its client for early termination of the drilling contracts for Courageous and Intrepid jack-up drilling rigs due to ‘unfavorable contract terms’…
Brazilian oil and gas firm PRIO, formerly PetroRio, has secured a drilling license from the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) for the Wahoo field in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil’s state Espírito Santo…
Energy industry services firm EnerMech has been selected to carry out pre-commissioning work on the ONE Guyana FPSO for Guyana Deepwater Operations, SBM Offshore’s subsidiary in Guyana.The FPSO is currently on its way to Guyana, having departed Singapore in February…
Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras will commission four more support vessels by 2026, Chief Executive Magda Chambriard told Reuters, increasing the number of new ships aimed at supporting its operations to 48 by 2026.The reinforcement of…
Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract for the design and integrated equipment package for a new walk-to-work offshore service vessel (OSV), to be built by ST Engineering Marine in Singapore for an oil and gas company.The 97-metre vessel…