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TotalEnergies Inks Farm-Out Deal with Chevron for Two Blocks Offshore Nigeria

Dec 01, 2025

TotalEnergies EP Nigeria has signed a farmout agreement to sell to Star Deep Water Petroleum, a Chevron company, a 40% participation in the PPL 2000 and PPL 2001 exploration licenses, offshore Nigeria.Located in the prolific West Delta basin, the PPL 2000 & 2001 licenses are covering an area of approximately 2,000 square kilometers and were awarded to a consortium of TotalEnergies and South Atlantic…

Shell to Take Majority Stake in Orange Basin Block with PetroSA-Backed Deal

Dec 09, 2025

South Africa's legacy national oil company, PetroSA, has approved a deal to give Shell Offshore a 60% stake in its Block 2C, off the country's west coast, a document seen by Reuters showed on Monday.If successfully concluded, the agreement will strengthen oil major Shell's SHEL…

Egyptian President Discusses Energy Investment with Eni CEO

Nov 25, 2025

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi to review the Italian group's investments in the African country and discuss new initiatives, the energy company said on Tuesday.Eni, which is the operator of Egypt's offshore gas field Zohr…

Woodside Extends EnerMech’s Cranes Services Contract off Australia

Nov 21, 2025

Energy industry services firm EnerMech has secured a one-year contract extension to deliver crane maintenance and integrity services across six assets for Woodside in North West Australia.The renewed scope covers six offshore assets in North West Australia…

Ithaca Energy Acquires 50% Stake in Shell’s Tobermory Discovery off Scotland

Nov 19, 2025

Ithaca Energy has signed a farm-in agreement with Shell UK for a 50% working interest in licenses P2629 and P2630, located in the West of Shetland basin, containing the Tobermory discovery.Following completion of the farm-in, Shell UK will continue…

Chevron Eyes Lukoil Assets

Nov 17, 2025

Chevron is studying options to buy global assets of sanctioned Russian oil firm Lukoil, five sources familiar with the process told Reuters on Monday.The U.S. Treasury gave clearance last week to potential buyers to talk to Lukoil about foreign assets…

Nigeria to Launch 2025 Oil Licensing Round in December

Nov 12, 2025

Nigeria will begin a fresh round of oil licensee auction from next month, the oil regulator said on Tuesday in London, as part of plans to revive idle assets and grow production.'We are announcing that we are ready, following the approval of…

Seadrill Announces Q3 2025 Results

Nov 06, 2025

Seadrill Limited announced its third quarter 2025 results.Quarterly Highlights:Secured contract awards across five rigs, adding over $300 million to Order Backlog.West Gemini, Sonangol Libongos and Sonangol Quenguela secured an estimated 1,000 days of incremental work in Angola…

Chevron Looks to Expand West African Acreage After Guinea-Bissau Deal

Nov 03, 2025

Chevron is looking to expand its acreage in West Africa, which is a strategic region for the U.S. oil major, a senior executive said on Monday after striking a deal to explore for oil in two offshore blocks in Guinea-Bissau.The blocks are in the Mauritania…

Germany Clears Vattenfall’s 630MW Nordlicht 2 Offshore Wind Project

Oct 30, 2025

Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency has issued planning approval for Vattenfall’s 630 MW Nordlicht 2 offshore wind farm in the North Sea, clearing the way for construction to move ahead.The Nordlicht II project will consist of 44 turbines of 15 MW each…

TenneT Completes Grid Connections for Hollandse Kust (West Beta)

Oct 28, 2025

Grid operator TenneT has completed the standardized 700MW grid connections for the Hollandse Kust (West Beta) offshore wind farm and has received the grid readiness certificate from DNV.The project was completed five months ahead of schedule…

Valaris Adds $190M in New Offshore Drilling and Wind Contracts

Oct 28, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has secured a series of new contracts and extensions worth about $190 million in the North Sea and Middle East regions, lifting its total contract backlog to $4.5 billion.The latest awards include a mix of…

US Exports Record Levels of Natural Gas to Mexico

Oct 21, 2025

U.S. natural gas pipeline exports to Mexico averaged 7.5 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) in May 2025, the most of any month on record as Mexico's demand for natural gas increases, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Monday.On an annual basis…

Seadrill Adopts igus’ Modular Energy Chains to Cut Offshore Downtime and Costs

Oct 16, 2025

The igus e-loop replaced traditional service loops being installed on Seadrill’s West Polaris drillship (Credit: Supplied by igus)A modular cable management system, designed by German-based supplier igus, has been implemented by offshore driller Seadrill to reduce downtime…

Valaris Drillship to Return to Egypt Under New $140M Contract with BP

Oct 13, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has secured a five-well contract with BP’s subsidiary BP Exploration Delta for VALARIS DS-12 drillship in Egypt.The contract is expected to begin in the second quarter 2026 and has an estimated duration of 350 days…

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