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Eni Taps Yinson Production for Major Ghana FPSO Gas Upgrade

Oct 05, 2026

Yinson Production has signed a contract amendment with Eni for a major gas capacity upgrade of the John Agyekum Kufuor floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit offshore Ghana.Under the amendment, signed on October 2, Yinson will…

ADNOC Signs Multi-Year LNG Supply Deal with Thailand’s Gulf Group

Oct 05, 2026

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed a multi-year agreement to supply about 2 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Thailand's Gulf Group starting in 2027.Under the sales and purchase agreement, ADNOC Trading will deliver the LNG to Gulf Group…

Seatrium Takes Ninth FSRU Conversion from Karpowership

Oct 05, 2026

Seatrium has been awarded the conversion of Karpowership's LNGT Akdeniz into a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), marking the ninth FSRU conversion project between the companies.Work on LNGT Akdeniz is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2027…

Vard Expands Ship Design Operations in Vietnam

Oct 05, 2026

Norwegian shipbuilder Vard, part of Fincantieri, has opened a new design and engineering office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and plans to grow its workforce there to more than 40 engineers in the coming years.The new Vard Design and Engineering…

Iran Set to Keep Hormuz Shut Until Seven Demands Are Met

Oct 05, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until seven Iranian conditions set out in a June interim agreement with the US are met, state media reported Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf as saying on Sunday.Iran presented a proposal…

LNG Flows Through Hormuz Hit Seven-Month High

Oct 02, 2026

The number of liquefied natural gas cargoes exiting the Strait of Hormuz rose in September to its highest monthly level since the US-Israeli war on Iran began, data from analytics firms show, despite persistent security worries and uncertainty…

Inpex Buys Into Two BP-Operated Indonesian Offshore Blocks

Oct 01, 2026

Inpex, Japan’s largest exploration and production (E&P) company, has acquired 50% participating interests in the Agung I and Agung II exploration blocks offshore Eastern Java, Indonesia, from BP’s subsidiaries.The interests were acquired through…

TGS to Reprocesses Seismic Data for Petronas’ Megah Discovery

Oct 01, 2026

TGS has launched a 3D seismic reprocessing project covering about 514 square kilometers over Petronas’ Megah discovery in Block SB-3K offshore Sabah, Malaysia, with final products expected in April 2027.The project will apply TGS' Elastic Multi…

Höegh Evi, PETROS to Develop Kuching LNG Terminal in Malaysia

Oct 01, 2026

Höegh Evi and Petroleum Sarawak (PETROS) have agreed to jointly develop, own and operate a proposed LNG import terminal in Kuching, Malaysia, targeting first gas by the end of 2029.The Kuching LNG Terminal will comprise a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU)…

Thailand-Malaysia Gas Pipeline Temporarily Shut Over Inspection Issue

Oct 01, 2026

Malaysia's state energy firm PETRONAS said on Thursday that Trans Thai-Malaysia (Thailand), its joint venture with Thailand's, had temporarily shut the Songkhla Export Pipeline after identifying an issue during a routine inspection.The Songkhla…

China Three Gorges Links First Qingzhou V and VII Wind Turbines to Grid

Sep 30, 2026

China Three Gorges Corporation has connected the first batch of turbines at its Yangjiang Qingzhou V and VII offshore wind project to the grid, enabling the transfer of clean power from the site located offshore Guangdong Province.The connection…

Solstad Maritime Secures APAC Drilling Support Work for AHTS Pair

Sep 30, 2026

Solstad Maritime has been awarded contracts for two anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS) for drilling support work in the Asia-Pacific region.The combined firm value estimated at the upper end of a $10 million and $30 million range, according to the Norwegian vessel owner…

KKB Unit to Deliver Offshore Structures for Shell’s Malaysian Fields

Sep 30, 2026

KKB Engineering's subsidiary OceanMight has received a letter of award from Shell for engineering, procurement and construction work on fixed offshore structures for several Malaysian fields.The work will cover the deliveries for the SK408 Teja…

Kazakhstan Resumes Action to Collect $5.2B Kashagan Field Fine

Sep 30, 2026

Kazakhstan has restarted enforcement action to collect a 2.3 trillion tenge ($5.22 billion) fine from the international consortium operating the Kashagan oilfield, Interfax reported on Wednesday, citing the Ministry of Justice.The North Caspian Operating Company - a venture including Shell…

Qatar's UCC Eyes Expansion into Venezuelan Oil and Gas

Sep 30, 2026

Qatari producer UCC Oil and Gas Holding is in talks for its possible entrance into new fields in Venezuela, the company's head of Upstream, Erik Keskula, said on Tuesday at a conference in Caracas.UCC, British BP and XRG, a unit of United Arab Emirates' state company ADNOC…

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