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Johan Castberg Pivotal to Future Development of Barents Sea

Aug 10, 2025

The Johan Castberg field is important to the further development of the Barents Sea, says the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, as it will be producing oil for many years to come, and new discoveries can be incorporated.The Johan Castberg oil field came on stream in March, and was officially opened on August 8.There have been 13 discoveries made in the production license, two of which were made this year…

Exxon Mobil Starts Production at Fourth FPSO in Guyana

Aug 12, 2025

An Exxon Mobil-led consortium began production at a fourth floating production, storage and offloading vessel at the Stabroek Block in Guyana on Friday, bringing total capacity from the oilfield to over 900,000 barrels of oil per day, Exxon said…

New Robotic Solution for FPSO Tank Cleaning

Aug 11, 2025

Ambipar and SBM Offshore announced a solution for cleaning cargo oil tanks on (FPSOs), a solution that importantly is geared to completely remove humans from entering tanks during cleaning activities.“This robotic solution marks a turning point for the offshore industry…

Full Remote Five-Plug Cenenting Ops in Saudi Arabia

Aug 11, 2025

Expro delivered what is said to be the world’s first fully remote five-plug cementing operation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.The milestone operation, executed using Expro’s Generation-X Remote Plug Launcher (RPL) and proprietary SkyHook cement-line make-up device…

Equinor Officially Opens Norway’s Northernmost Oil Field

Aug 08, 2025

Equinor’s Johan Castberg field, Norway's northernmost oil field in Barents Sea that came on stream earlier in 2025, was officially opened by the country’s top officials.Johan Castberg field will produce for at least 30 years, delivering 220…

Leviathan Natural Gas Field Signs $35b Supply Deal With Egypt

Aug 07, 2025

Israel's Leviathan natural gas field has signed the largest export agreement in the country's history, worth up to $35 billion to supply gas to Egypt, NewMed, one of the partners in the field, said on Thursday.The deal should ease an energy crisis in Egypt…

Israel’s Leviathan Partners Expand Egypt Gas Deal with $35B Supply Boost

Aug 07, 2025

The partners in Israel’s Leviathan gas field have signed an amendment to their existing export agreement with Blue Ocean Energy, significantly increasing natural gas volumes destined for Egypt.Under the revised deal, total contracted volumes…

BP Boosts Oil Output from Gulf of America with Argos Expansion Start Up

Aug 04, 2025

BP has started up the Argos Southwest Extension project in the U.S. Gulf of America, adding 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in production at the existing Argos platform.Argos Southwest Extension is bp’s fifth major project start-up in 2025…

Agogo FPSO Produces First Oil at Azule Energy’s Field off Angola

Jul 31, 2025

Azule Energy, a joint venture between BP and Eni, has started producing oil  through the Agogo floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, operating at the Agogo Integrated West Hub (Agogo IWH) project, offshore Angola, which involves the development of two fields…

Nippon Steel to Supply Material for Vestas Wind Towers

Jul 30, 2025

Nippon Steel signed a cooperation memorandum with Denmark's wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems on Wednesday to supply steel for Vestas' wind towers for European, Asian and Japanese markets, Japan's industry ministry said.The agreement was part of a broader push by Japan's Ministry of Economy…

Energean Makes FID for Croatian Offshore Gas Field in Adriatic Sea

Jul 30, 2025

British gas producer Energean has taken the final decision to invest in the Irena gas field in the North Adriatic Sea off Croatia, it said on Wednesday.The gas field is located in the Izabela concession, an offshore gas development area in the North Adriatic Sea…

Serica Energy Revises Production Outlook as Triton FPSO Ramp-Up Lags

Jul 30, 2025

U.K.-based oil and gas firm Serica Energy has revised its production outlook for 2025, following the delays with the ramp-up to steady production from the Triton floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, which was restarted earlier in July…

FLNG Capacity to Jump

Jul 29, 2025

Floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) terminals are gaining momentum on the global LNG market, with capacity expected to triple by 2030 according to research from Rystad Energy.Once hindered by technical and operational challenges, FLNG projects…

CNOOC Brings New Offshore Gas Field On Stream

Jul 29, 2025

China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has started production at a new gas field, located in the Yinggehai Basin, offshore China.The dongfang 1-1 gas field 13-3 Block development project is the first high-temperature…

Woodside Takes Over Operatorship of Bass Strait Assets from ExxonMobil

Jul 28, 2025

Woodside has agreed to assume operatorship of the Australian Bass Strait assets that it shares with ExxonMobil and plans to develop additional gas resources using existing infrastructure there.Woodside will assume operatorship of the offshore Bass Strait production assets…

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