Yinson Production, via its joint venture PTSC South East Asia (PTSC SEA), has secured a lease and operate contract for a new floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit for Vietnam’s offshore Block B gas development.The contract was awarded by Phu Quoc Petroleum Operating Company (PQPOC), the operator of Blocks B 48/95 and 52/97, on behalf of state-run Petrovietnam. The project marks a key milestone in Vietnam’s push to enhance energy security and offshore infrastructure…
Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured work for two of its jack-up drilling rigs in U.K. and Egypt, under new contracts and extensions worth collectively around $35 million.Shelf Drilling has signed a one-year extension for…
Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has signed a farm-in agreement with Thailand’s state-backed PTTEP to acquire a 40% interest in offshore Blocks G1/65 and G3/65 in the Gulf of Thailand, marking a major expansion of its regional footprint…
Italian energy group Eni said on Friday its second-quarter earnings fell 25% year-on-year as lower oil prices and a weaker dollar overshadowed a better-than-expected performance at its gas business.Adjusted net profit came in at 1.13 billion euros ($1…
Exxon Mobil and Chevron's recent major acquisitions raise a provocative question: does the U.S. still need two energy titans, or might it be more efficient for the two to join forces?An $800 billion combination would certainly evoke memories of Standard Oil…
TotalEnergies reported a 23% fall in second-quarter earnings on Thursday, as expected, the French oil major's worst performance in four years, as higher upstream production failed to offset lower earnings caused by the recent plunge in oil and gas prices…
Mellitah Oil and Gas will work with U.S. construction consulting firm Hill International to manage a project which aims to boost Libya's gas output, the country's National Oil Company (NOC) said in a statement on Wednesday.NOC said a cooperation agreement was signed during a visit by U…
TotalEnergies has started production from the BEGONIA and CLOV Phase 3 projects, adding a total of 60,000 barrels per day of production offshore Angola.The start of production from the BEGONIA and CLOV Phase 3 offshore projects leverages ullage in the PAZFLOR and CLOV floating production…
CorPower Ocean has secured a grant from the EU Innovation Fund to support the development of VianaWave, a pre-commercial 10MW wave energy farm to be deployed off the coast of northern Portugal.The grant, in the amount of $46.8 million (€40 million)…
Norway's Equinor said on Wednesday it booked a $955 million impairment on an offshore wind project in the United States, despite the lifting of an earlier ban on its construction by President Donald Trump's administration.In April, Interior…
Canadian exploration and production company Central European Petroleum (CEP) has made a significant oil discovery in its fully owned and operated Wolin East 1 (WE1) well, located in the Baltic Sea, offshore Poland.The WE1 well was drilled using…
OMV Petrom and NewMed Energy, the partners in Han Asparuh block in the Black Sea, have hired Noble Corporation’s Globetrotter I ultra-deepwater drillship to drill two exploration wells offshore Bulgaria.The two wells will be drilled on the Han-Asparuh Block…
Top oilfield services firm SLB narrowly beat Wall Street expectations for second-quarter profit on Friday, as resilient demand in parts of its international business helped offset drilling slowdown in North America, Mexico and Saudi Arabia.SLB…
Chevron will proceed with its $53 billion acquisition of Hess, after it prevailed in a landmark legal battle against larger rival Exxon Mobil to gain access to the largest oil discovery in decades.Shares of Chevron were up 3.6% in premarket trading…
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured four new contracts and extensions for its semi-submersible rigs and drillships during the second quarter of 2025, worth approximately $199 million.During the quarter, Transocean secured a contract extension with Equinor…