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Five-Well Drilling Campaign on BP’s Agenda for Mediterranean Sea

Sep 09, 2025

BP has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Egyptian government to evaluate opportunities for a five-well drilling program in the Mediterranean Sea.The program, at water depth ranging from 300 to 1,500 meters, is designed to accelerate…

Shell and Equinor Name CEO for UK Oil and Gas Joint Venture

Sep 08, 2025

Equinor and Shell have appointed Neil McCulloch as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Nicoletta Giadrossi as Chair of their offshore U.K. incorporated joint venture, Adura.The appointments mark a key step in establishing Adura as the U.K. North Sea’s largest independent oil and gas producer…

RWE, Apollo Set Up Joint Venture to Channel $3.7B Investment in German TSO

Sep 08, 2025

RWE has struck a long-term partnership with Apollo Global Management to secure funding for its 25.1% stake in Amprion, one of Germany’s four transmission system operators, as the country gears up for a decade of record grid investments.Under the agreement…

Ocean Winds Installs Final Turbine at French Floating Wind Farm

Sep 05, 2025

Ocean Winds (OW), an offshore wind joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has completed the installation of the third and final turbine for its Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating wind project.Developed in partnership with Banque des Territoires…

Astro Offshore Enters West Africa with Acquisition of Two New PSVs

Sep 05, 2025

Offshore vessel operator Astro Offshore, an Adani Group company, has acquired two modern platform supply vessels (PSVs) and entered the West African market, expanding its global footprint.The vessels, Astro Rastaban (built 2020) and Astro Rigel (built 2023)…

Orsted Wind Venture Sues Trump Administration Over Rhode Island Project Halt

Sep 04, 2025

Danish wind farm developer Orsted's Revolution Wind joint venture has filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump over the U.S. government's decision to block construction of the project off Rhode Island, a court filing showed on Thursday…

Everllence to Equip UK CCS Projects with CO2 Compression Systems

Sep 04, 2025

Industrial compression specialist Everllence has been selected to supply key CO2 compression systems for the Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) project and the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) – two core elements of the UK’s government…

Viridien, TGS Start 3D Seismic Survey Offshore Northern Brazil

Sep 04, 2025

French seismic firm Viridien, in collaboration with joint venture partner TGS, has started the Megabar Extension Phase I survey in the Barreirinhas Basin offshore Northern Brazil.The 5,300 sq km multi-client 3D seismic survey will be acquired…

BP-Eni Joint Venture to Inject $5B in Angola Over Next Five Years

Sep 04, 2025

Azule Energy, the joint venture between Italian oil and gas explorer Eni and BP, expects to invest another $5 billion in Angola over the next four to five years, Eni's Chief Operating Officer Guido Brusco told Reuters on Wednesday.The latest…

Dolphin Drilling Lines Up Work for Borgland Dolphin Semi-Sub Rig

Sep 03, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has signed a letter of intent for a contract for the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig.The potential contract would be expected to have a value of approximately $58 million.The scheduled start would take place in the second half of 2026…

MODEC Finds Partner for FPSO and Maritime Projects in Africa

Sep 02, 2025

MODEC has signed a co-operation agreement with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), Africa’s major infrastructure solutions provider, to collaborate on floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) projects as well as other maritime infrastructure projects in Africa…

Carlyle to buy Altera Infrastructure’s FPSO Business

Sep 02, 2025

Altera Infrastructure has entered into an agreement to sell its entire floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) business to global investment firm Carlyle.The acquired business includes Altera’s full FPSO portfolio, the floating storage…

TotalEnergies Gets Two Exploration Permits Offshore Nigeria

Sep 02, 2025

TotalEnergies, together with its partner South Atlantic Petroleum, have signed the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for two exploration licenses offshore Nigeria.The PSC was signed for the PPL 2000 and PPL 2001 licenses, in which TotalEnergies is the operator with 80% working interest…

Equinor’s Barents Sea Wildcat Fails to Deliver

Sep 01, 2025

Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Deimos prospect in the Barents Sea.The wildcat well 7117/4-1 was drilled in production license 1238, 135 kilometers west of the Snøhvit field and 260 kilometers northwest of Hammerfest…

Egypt Signs Exploration Deals with Global Firms

Aug 31, 2025

Egypt has signed four agreements with international firms worth more than $340 million to explore oil and gas in the Mediterranean and Nile Delta, the Petroleum Ministry said on Saturday.The deals, signed by the state-owned Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS)…

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