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Shell’s Brazil-Bound FPSO Starts Taking Shape

Oct 06, 2025

MODEC has held a steel strike ceremony for the part of Gato do Mato floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, which will be deployed at Shell’s field offshore Brazil.The ceremony was held at the COSCO Qidong Shipyard, marking…

QatarEnergy Acquires Interest in Egypt Block

Oct 05, 2025

QatarEnergy agreed with Shell to acquire a 27% participating interest in a block offshore Egypt from the oil and gas major, it said in a statement on Sunday.QatarEnergy has in recent years acquired stakes in oil and gas basins including in Guyana…

Eni Greenlights Mozambique’s Coral North FLNG Project

Oct 03, 2025

Eni and its partners China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPH), Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH), Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) and XRG have reached the Final Investment Decision (FID) to develop the Coral North deepwater FLNG project…

EnerMech to Deliver Pre-Commissioning Services at Gas Field off Australia

Oct 02, 2025

EnerMech has been awarded a significant contract to deliver pre-commissioning and specialist services for a major offshore gas development located in the East Browse Basin, off the northwest coast of Australia.The full scope of work, which will be carried out between October 2025 and April 2026…

Rhino Resources Makes ‘High Liquid-Yield’ Gas Discovery off Namibia

Oct 02, 2025

Oil and gas firm Rhino Resources has made a gas condensate discovery off the coast of Namibia in a well spudded by Deepsea Mira semi-submersible drilling rig.The discovery was made as part of a drilling campaign in Block 2914A, in the Orange Basin…

Eni Set to Sign FID for Coral North FLNG in Mozambique

Oct 02, 2025

Italian energy group Eni is expected to agree a final investment decision for Mozambique's second floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) platform at an event in the capital Maputo on Thursday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters…

Eni Signs New Exploration License for Block Offshore Ivory Coast

Oct 01, 2025

Eni and the Ivorian Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Energy have signed the exploration contract for the CI-707 offshore block in Ivory Coast.The license covers an area of approximately 2,926 square kilometers in the Ivorian sedimentary basin…

BP Greenlights Tiber-Guadalupe Project in US Gulf of America

Sep 29, 2025

BP has reached a final investment decision (FID) on the Tiber-Guadalupe project in the Gulf of America, approving its second new production platform in less than two years in the critical U.S. offshore region.Fully-owned by BP, Tiber-Guadalupe…

DOF Wins Three Short-Term Contracts in Brazil

Sep 25, 2025

DOF Group has secured three new short-term contracts in Brazil.A major oil company with significant presence in Brazil has contracted Skandi Salvador and Geoholm for short-term engagements in the Espirito Santo and Santos Basin.Geoholm has been…

SLB Scores Ultra-Deepwater Job at Petrobras' Fields off Brazil

Sep 25, 2025

Global technology company SLB has secured a major contract from Petrobras to provide services and technology for up to 35 ultra-deepwater wells in the strategically important Santos Basin.The wells, which are part of the second development of the Atapu and Sépia fields…

Chevron, Westlawn Join Anadarko for Oil and Gas Exploration off Peru

Sep 22, 2025

Chevron, the world’s third-largest oil company, and investment fund Westlawn have joined Anadarko Petroleum in a consortium to explore offshore oil and gas blocks in Peru, in a move officials said could boost energy security and attract further global investment…

Deepsea Mira Semi-Sub Spuds Appraisal Well for BW Energy off Namibia

Sep 19, 2025

BW Energy, together with NAMCOR E&P, has started drilling the Kharas well in the Orange Basin, offshore Namibia, with Northern Ocean’s Deepsea Mira semi-submersible drilling rig.The drilling of the appraisal well is taking place in the Kudu license (PPL003) operated by BW Energy…

TGS Kicks Off Second Phase of Equatorial Margin Survey off Brazil

Sep 18, 2025

Energy data and intelligence firm TGS has started PAMA Phase II 3D multi-client survey in the Equatorial Margin area offshore Brazil.The first phase covered 19,343 square kilometers and more than 25 future exploration blocks within the Pará-Maranhao Basin…

Hanwha Ocean's Tidal Action Drillship Starts Maiden Job with Petrobras

Sep 18, 2025

The high-specification ultra-deepwater drillship Tidal Action, owned by Hanwha Ocean, has started its maiden contract with Petrobras at Roncador field, offshore Brazil.The Tidal Action arrived in the Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro on July 7…

TotalEnergies Secures Four Exploration Permits Offshore Liberia

Sep 17, 2025

TotalEnergies has signed four Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) for exploration blocks offshore Liberia, which were awarded following the 2024 Direct Negotiation Licensing Round organized by the Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Agency.The agreements were signed for the blocks LB-6…

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