BP will develop Venezuela's Cocuina-Manakin gas field, on the maritime border with Trinidad and Tobago, as well as explore joint opportunities in the offshore Loran gas field, the company and government said on Wednesday after signing a memorandum of understanding.Venezuela has recently signed exploration and other deals with several international producers, including Italy's Eni ENI.MIand Spain's Repsol REP…
Work has begun to lay pipelines for Romania's Neptun Deep Black Sea gas project, one of the European Union's most significant energy deposits with an estimated 100 billion cubic meters of recoverable gas.Once it starts producing gas in 2027…
Petrobras has begun oil production from the P-79 platform in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, three months ahead of the date foreseen in the 2026-2030 Business Plan (PN 26-30) and five months ahead of the previous year's plan (PN 25-29)…
Wage talks between Norwegian oil firms and labour unions broke down on Wednesday and will switch to state-led mediation in a bid to prevent strike action by workers, industry group Offshore Norge said.If Norway's government-appointed mediator…
Italy’s Eni has signed an agreement with Venezuela’s Ministry of Hydrocarbons and state oil company PDVSA to relaunch oil activities at the Junin-5 project in the Orinoco Belt.The agreement was signed following a meeting in Caracas between Eni…
China's CNOOC posted a 7.1% rise in first-quarter net profit on Tuesday as the Iran war pushed up global oil prices and the offshore oil and gas major increased its production.Net income for the January-to-March period was 39.14 billion yuan ($5…
West Africa-focused independent oil and gas explorer Tullow Oil posted an 87% slump in annual profit on Tuesday, partly due to lower production, while delayed payments from the Ghana government continued to weigh on its finances.The heavily…
Top oilfield services companies SLB and Baker Hughes said on Friday they expect higher spending on oil exploration and production, as tighter global supplies driven by the Middle East conflict highlight the need for investment, particularly in North America…
Brazil's government on Thursday unveiled a bill to be sent to Congress under which additional revenue from higher oil prices, driven by the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, would offset cuts to federal taxes on fuels.Planning Minister Bruno Moretti said the proposal aims for full fiscal neutrality…
Over the last few years, the energy trilemma has pivoted away from energy transition to energy security and affordability. As a result, offshore oil & gas exploration and production activity, including deepwater activity, has been relatively healthy…
Italy's Saipem can win contracts for post-Iran-war repair work in the Middle East by leveraging its long-term relationships with customers in the region, the energy services group's chief executive said on Wednesday.The cost of repairing damage…
The European Union is considering dropping its opposition to new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.The EU has been pushing for an international ban on new oil and gas drilling on environmental grounds since 2021…
Australia's Santos reported a dip in first-quarter sales revenue on Thursday, hit by a temporary outage at its Barossa offshore gas project and cyclone-related disruptions to port operations on the west coast.The country's second-largest oil…
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore has launched an Offshore Center of Excellence in Asia Pacific to support offshore energy projects.The center will combine regional teams in Singapore, Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur with the company’s global technical…
The European Commission will set out plans on Wednesday to cut electricity taxes and coordinate the summer refill of countries' gas storage, as it seeks to cushion the energy fallout from the Iran war.Draft proposals seen by Reuters show the EU will…
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