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Seascape Energy Expands Temaris Gas Acreage Offshore Malaysia

Oct 15, 2026

Seascape Energy has signed a letter of agreement with Petronas for a 547-square-kilometre extension of its Temaris Cluster Small Field Asset production sharing contract (PSC) offshore Malaysia, potentially doubling the gas resources identified in the area…

Iran War Drives Quarterly Profit Windfall for TotalEnergies

Oct 15, 2026

TotalEnergies expects its refining margins to have nearly quadrupled in the third quarter compared to last year, as the Iran war continues to lift energy prices and boost profits for oil majors, the French company said in a trading update on Thursday…

Equatorial Guinea Aseng Project on Track for First Gas Delivery in 2028

Oct 14, 2026

US oil major Chevron is on track to deliver the first gas from its offshore Aseng gas project in Equatorial Guinea in 2028, a senior company executive said on Wednesday.Equatorial Guinea is aiming to bolster its dwindling gas production, which threatened its LNG exports…

Petrobras Set to Receive $859M from Santos Basin Oil and Gas Partners

Oct 14, 2026

Petrobras has signed cost and volume balancing agreements with Shell, TotalEnergies and Petrogal covering the Berbigão and Sururu shared reservoirs in Brazil's offshore Santos Basin, under which it will receive a net payment of approximately $859 million…

Iran Steps Up Gulf Shipping Strikes to Keep Oil Prices High Before US Vote

Oct 14, 2026

Iran is deploying new tactics to target ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz as it seeks to keep oil prices high and influence the US midterm elections, two senior Iranian officials told Reuters.Tehran has tried to exert control over the…

Guyana Weighs LNG Project Cuts as ExxonMobil Prioritizes Oil Output

Oct 14, 2026

ExxonMobil has told Guyana it will need more offshore gas to maximize oil production than the government had expected, potentially leaving less for liquefied natural gas production and exports, two people close to the talks said.Guyanese officials…

Germany Puts Ukrainian Ex-Officer on Trial Over Nord Stream Attack

Oct 14, 2026

A Ukrainian ex-military officer goes on trial in Germany on Wednesday, accused of organising the secret operation that blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022, severing western Europe from the biggest source of Russian natural gas…

Equinor Plans Subsea Tieback for New North Sea Discovery

Oct 14, 2026

Equinor and its partners Petoro and TotalEnergies have made an oil and gas discovery near the Oseberg field in the Norwegian North Sea, with preliminary estimates indicating between 19 million and 50 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent…

TotalEnergies Picks Vallourec’s Tubular Solutions for Caspian Gas Field

Oct 13, 2026

Vallourec has been awarded a contract by TotalEnergies to supply more than 16,000 tonnes of tubular products for the development of the Absheron gas field in Azerbaijan's sector of the Caspian Sea.The contract covers oil country tubular goods (OCTG) and line pipe solutions…

Jack-Up Rig Arrives in Indonesia for Conrad Asia Energy's MOPU Conversion

Oct 13, 2026

Conrad Asia Energy has confirmed the arrival of the Valaris 104 jack-up rig at PaxOcean's shipyard in Batam in Indonesia, where it will be converted into a mobile offshore production unit (MOPU) for the Mako gas project in the West Natuna Sea…

EU Weighs New Tax on Oil and Gas Windfall Profits as Prices Surge

Oct 13, 2026

The European Union is examining a bloc-wide windfall profit tax on oil and gas companies, the EU's tax chief told Reuters on Monday, as governments scramble for funds to help citizens with soaring energy bills.Oil and gas companies have reaped bumper profits this year…

Equinor and Eneco Sign New Gas Deal for Dutch Market

Oct 13, 2026

Equinor and Dutch energy company Eneco have signed a five-year agreement for natural gas deliveries from the Norwegian continental shelf to the Netherlands, covering approximately 9 TWh of gas annually and including verified greenhouse gas emissions data…

BP: Refining Margin Triples, Debt Target Hit, Impairments Flagged

Oct 13, 2026

BP estimated on Tuesday its third-quarter refining margins tripled from last year as the Iran war boosts profits for oil majors, but also flagged $3 billion to $4.5 billion in impairments relating to its gas and low-carbon energy segment.This…

Alaska's Cook Inlet Set for Fresh Offshore Lease Sale

Oct 12, 2026

The US Interior Department proposed on Friday to hold an offshore oil and gas lease sale in Alaska's Cook Inlet early next year, offering about 1.05 million acres (425,000 hectares) for drilling as part of a congressionally mandated leasing program…

Eni Agrees Indonesian Gas Asset Sales to Pertamina and Medco

Oct 12, 2026

Eni has signed two binding agreements to sell 10% interests in seven production sharing contracts (PSCs) in Indonesia to Pertamina and Medco, covering assets operated by its joint venture with Petronas.Under the first agreement, Eni will sell its 10% interests in the East Sepinggan…

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