Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has placed three jack-up rigs on standby in the Arabian Gulf following recent hostilities in the region arising from the U.S.-Israel and Iran war.The company has four jack-up rigs deployed in the area…
VAALCO Energy has completed drilling the ET-14P exploration well at the Etame field offshore Gabon as part of its Phase Three drilling program and plans to sidetrack the well to drill a development target.The ET-14P well encountered 10 meters…
Valeura Energy has completed an infill drilling campaign at the Manora field in the Gulf of Thailand, bringing three new wells online and increasing oil production from the asset.The campaign was carried out from the Manora A platform on Block G1/48…
Bapco Energies has declared force majeure on its group operations following the impact of the ongoing regional conflict in the Middle East and a recent attack on its refinery complex.The Bahrain-based integrated energy company said the declaration applies to operations affected by the incident…
Oil major Shell inked several oil agreements with the Venezuelan government on Thursday that span offshore natural gas and onshore oil and gas opportunities, the company said in a statement.It also signed several technical and commercial agreements with Venezuelan engineering company VEPICA…
Governments scrambled to limit the impact on economies and consumers from the widening Iran war, which fuelled a record surge in oil prices on Monday after key producers cut output and Tehran signalled that hardliners would remain in charge…
Saudi Aramco has offered more than 4 million barrels of Saudi crude in rare tenders as the U.S.-Iran conflict disrupted exports from the Middle East, several traders said.In a tender that will close at 5 p.m. Beijing time (0900 GMT) on Monday…
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation began cutting oil output on Saturday and declared force majeure, adding to earlier oil and gas reductions from Iraq and Qatar as the U.S.-Iran war blocked shipments from the Middle East for the eighth consecutive day…
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said on Saturday it is actively managing offshore output levels to address storage requirements amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, while its onshore operations are continuing.'This approach preserves operational…
The dollar surged on Monday as soaring oil prices sent investors scrambling for cash on worries that a protracted Middle East war could severely disrupt energy supplies and hurt global growth.Against the surging greenback, the euro EUR= and sterling GBP= were down roughly 1% in Asia…
The European Union's oil and gas supply coordination groups will meet on Thursday, a European Commission spokesperson said on Monday, after the Iran crisis sent oil prices surging to above $100 per barrel.The groups will monitor the energy impact of the conflict in the Middle East…
Viridien has kicked off the Charrua 3D multi-client seismic survey offshore Uruguay, marking a new phase of exploration activity in the country’s offshore basins.Data acquisition will be carried out by the vessel BGP Prospector, with the company…
Akrake Petroleum Benin, an indirect subsidiary of Rex International Holding via Lime Petroleum, has completed the hook-up of the mobile offshore production unit (MOPU) and floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel at the Sèmè Field in Block 1 offshore Benin…
SFL Corporation has signed a drilling contract in Canada with an unnamed multinational oil and gas company for the harsh environment semi-submersible rig Hercules, which is managed by Odfjell Drilling.The estimated contract value is approximately $170 million for the minimum term of 400 days…
Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt (DO) has started construction of a new fleet of construction commissioning service operation vessels (C-CSOVs), with the first steel cut for the lead vessel DO Joule at CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard in Guangzhou…
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