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Malaysia Oil and Gas Projects Advance with Petronas' PSC and Farm-Out Deals

17 hours ago

Malaysia’s Petronas has strengthened upstream collaboration in Sabah through a new oil and gas production sharing contract (PSC) award and an equity transfer agreement involving state-linked partners.Petronas Carigali, a wholly owned subsidiary of Petronas, signed a farm-out agreement to transfer a 20% non-operating participating interest in the 2011 North Sabah Enhanced Oil Recovery production sharing contract to SMJ Energy…

EnQuest Secures Extension for Vietnam's Offshore Block

Feb 09, 2026

EnQuest has been grated a four-year extension to the Block 12W production sharing contract by PetroVietnam.The extension, granted on the contract’s existing terms, runs until July 2034 and allows EnQuest and its partners to continue development activities across Block 12W…

TotalEnergies Secures Operated Interest in Namibia’s Offshore License

Feb 06, 2026

TotalEnergies has signed agreements to acquire a 42.5% operated interest in the PEL104 exploration license offshore Namibia from Eight Offshore Investments Holdings and Maravilla Oil & Gas.Following completion of the transaction, TotalEnergies will become operator of the licence with a 42…

Oil Companies Snap Up West African Blocks in Search for Next Big Thing

Feb 04, 2026

Chevron and TotalEnergies are among the oil majors snapping up offshore blocks in West and Southern Africa as compelling geology, regulatory reforms, and the need to restock spur a hunt for the next Brazil.Companies are restocking their oil…

TGS Gets Another OBN Acquisition Job in North Sea

Feb 04, 2026

Provider of energy data and intelligence TGS has signed of an ocean bottom node (OBN) contract in Europe, extending the acquisition campaign further.The company’s node-on-a-rope crew is scheduled to start acquisition in early April and the contract has a duration of approximately 45 days…

Libya Targets Higher Gas Output to Supply Europe by 2030

Feb 03, 2026

Libya plans to boost its natural gas production in the next five years to have more supply available for export to Europe by early 2030, National Oil Corporation Chairman Massoud Suleman said on Tuesday.The country plans to increase gas production…

Subsea7 Gets Shell’s Contract for Deepwater Development off US

Jan 30, 2026

Subsea7 has secured a sizeable contract by Shell for the Kaikias Waterflood project, a deepwater development in the Mars-Ursa Basin, off the Louisiana coast in the United States.The scope of work includes the transportation and installation of a subsea umbilical…

France Calls Draft Law on Oil Exploration in Overseas Territories

Jan 29, 2026

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure called a draft law proposing to allow offshore oil and gas exploration in its overseas territories 'anachronistic' during a debate in the country's Senate on Thursday.In a world first, France banned new oil and gas exploration and production licenses in 2017…

Worley Nets Equinor’s Framework Deal for Norway Offshore Assets

Jan 29, 2026

Worley has been selected by Equinor to enter into a framework agreement to provide offshore support services for selected oil and gas facilities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.The framework agreement is expected to cover offshore maintenance…

OKEA Discovers More Petroleum at Brage Field in North Sea

Jan 28, 2026

Norwegian oil and gas firm OKEA and its partners have discovered petroleum in the North Sea, off Norway.The well was drilled from the Brage installation, and the discovery was made in connection with drilling a development well for oil (31/4-A-15 D) in the Knockando Fensfjord prospect…

Victoria’s First Offshore Wind Auction Slated for August

Jan 27, 2026

The Australian Government is progressing the state of Victoria’s offshore wind industry with Minister for Energy and Resources Lily D’Ambrosio announcing the Request for Tender (RFP) for Victoria’s first offshore wind industry auction which…

Murphy Oil's Drilling Ops in Africa Yield Non-Commercial Hydrocarbons Find

Jan 20, 2026

Oil and gas firm Murphy Oil has found non-commercial hydrocarbons in a well offshore Côte d’Ivoire in Africa.The Civette-1X well reached a total depth of 13,950 feet (4,252 meters) and encountered non-commercial hydrocarbons across multiple intervals…

Philippines Makes First Offshore Gas Discovery in Over a Decade

Jan 19, 2026

The Philippines has made its first natural gas discovery in more than a decade after gas and condensate were found at a well near the Malampaya gas field off the island of Palawan, President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. announced.The well…

Veolia and SBM Offshore to Develop Floating Desalination Platform

Jan 18, 2026

Veolia and SBM Offshore have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop and deploy innovative freshwater floating production units (FPUs), combining advanced reverse osmosis desalination technology with proven offshore engineering expertise to offer a sustainable…

JERA Nex bp Acquires EnBW’s Stake in Mona Offshore Wind Farm

Jan 16, 2026

JERA Nex bp is acquiring EnBW’s stake in the Mona Offshore Wind Farm and has signed a lease agreement with The Crown Estate for the project, marking an important milestone for the company and for the UK’s offshore wind ambitions.This is a significant…

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