Equinor has found oil in an exploration well, dubbed Drivis Tubåen, on the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea.The well, 7720/7-DD-1H, was drilled in the Drivis structure on the Johan Castberg field. According to preliminary estimates, the size of the discovery is 9-15 million barrels of oil.The oil was proven in a new segment called the Tubåen formation 1769 meters below the seabed in 345 meters of water…
U.S. oil producer Hess Corp has decided to withdraw from Suriname's offshore Block 59, the South American nation's state oil firm Staatsolie said on Tuesday, adding the block would now return to Staatsolie.'Hess has fulfilled its minimum work…
Offshore drilling contractor Northern Ocean has signed a contract with a subsidiary of Rhino Resources for the DeepSea Mira semi-submersible drilling rig, which has been hired for operations off Namibia, starting mid-July 2025.The contract includes one firm well for Rhino…
Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA has spudded an exploration well at the Brage field in the North Sea, offshore Norway, as part of the three-well drilling campaign.The exploration well, to be drilled in the southern part of the Talisker discovery…
Petronas will begin drilling on Sunday, the first of three wells in an exploration campaign aimed at finding additional oil reserves at its offshore Block 52 in Suriname, state company Staatsolie said in a release on Saturday.Petronas hired…
Hindustan Oil Exploration Company said on Friday it has temporarily suspended production at one of its oilfields in western India due to adverse weather and is monitoring the situation to resume output when the weather improves.The floating…
Sierra Leone will wait for the results of a recently-launched offshore 3D seismic survey, its first in over a decade, ahead of potentially opening its next oil and gas licensing round later this year, a senior government official said on Thursday…
Shearwater Geoservices has secured a 3D marine seismic acquisition contract by TotalEnergies in Sao Tome & Principe on the STP-02 Block.The two-month exploration survey off the coast of Western Africa will start early in the third quarter of 2025 using the SW Empress…
Vietnam National Industry - Energy Group (Petrovietnam) and its joint venture partners officially signed the Product Sharing Contract (PSC) for Block 15-1 in the southern continental shelf of Vietnam.Block 15-1 is one of the oil and gas blocks…
China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has signed production and exploration contract with Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and state-owned operator KazMunayGas (KMG) for Zhylyoi Subsoil Area…
Libya's internationally recognised government of national unity has objected to Greece's approval of an international tender for hydrocarbon exploration off the island of Crete, saying some of the blocks infringe upon its own maritime zones…
Petronas, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Petronas Suriname E&P, has signed a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for Block 66, located in the deepwater region offshore Suriname.The agreement was signed with Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname and Paradise Oil Company (POC)…
Only three months after coming on stream, Equinor’s Johan Castberg field in Barents Sea has started producing at peak capacity of 220,000 barrels of oil per day.The field’s peak production achievement increases energy deliveries from the Barents Sea by 150%…
Norwegian marine seismic survey services firm Seabird Exploration has changed its name to SED Energy Holdings (Energy Holdings), following the merger with Energy Drilling.Effective from June 20, 2025, the name will be changed along with the ticker code to ENH…
Idemitsu Kosan Co has acquired interests in two oil and gas blocks located off the coast of Sarawak in Malaysia from South Korean SK earthon, and signed production sharing contracts (PSC) for the developments.The acquired interests are for the Block SK427…