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Egypt Boosts Gas Production as Two West Delta Wells Come Onstream

Aug 29, 2025

Egypt's petroleum ministry said on Friday that two new wells in the deepwater West Delta have gone online, adding about 60 million cubic feet per day (mcfd) of natural gas to the country's output.Egypt seeks to boost gas production after increasingly turning to imports to meet domestic demand…

Temis Flotel Set to Support Shell’s Bonga Project off Nigeria

Aug 28, 2025

Offshore vessel operator Nortrans, in partnership with Temile Development Company, has secured a contract for one of its flotels to support operations at Shell’s deepwater asset offshore Nigeria.Nortrans and Temile Development Company secured…

Borr Drilling Scoops $43M in New Jack-Up Rigs Deals

Aug 27, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured new contract commitments for two of its premium jack-up rigs and confirmed the start of operations for one of its rigs offshore Mexico.In the North Sea, Borr Drilling’s Prospector 1 jack…

DP World Wins Contract to For Floating LNG Facility Off Mexico

Aug 25, 2025

Drydocks World, a unit of DP World, a Dubai-owned ports and logistics company, has secured an engineering, procurement, and construction contract for the construction of what it said would be the world's largest floating liquefied natural gas facility off Mexico's west coast…

Triton FPSO Marks First Oil Lifting Following Production Restart

Aug 25, 2025

U.K.-based oil and gas firm Serica Energy has achieved first lifting of oil from the Triton floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit in the North Sea since the resumption of production in July.Production continues to ramp up in line with the previously stated plan…

Shelf Drilling’s Jack-Up Rig Extends Stay with Chevron off West Africa

Aug 25, 2025

Offshore drilling firm Shelf Drilling has secured a contract extension for the Shelf Drilling Tenacious jack-up rig with Chevron’s subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (CABGOC) for drilling operations offshore West Africa.The extension will begin in direct continuation of the rig’s current contract…

Oceaneering Announces Renewal of Inspection Services Contract in West Africa

Aug 19, 2025

Oceaneering International has announced today that its Integrity Management and Digital Solutions segment has renewed its contract with a major operator for inspection services in West Africa.Oceaneering’s scope of work includes non-destructive testing…

ExxonMobil Starts Drilling off Australia with Valaris Jack-Up Rig

Aug 08, 2025

Esso Australia, ExxonMobil’s Australian subsidiary, has started drilling for the nearly $200 million Kipper 1B project, which will bring online much-needed additional gas supply from the Gippsland Basin.The project is using Valaris’ VALARIS…

Celtic Sea Floating Wind Farm Gets Full Consent

Aug 07, 2025

Offshore wind developers Flotation Energy and Cobra have received full onshore and offshore planning approval for their 100 MW White Cross floating wind project in the Celtic Sea.The proposed offshore wind farm, located 52km off the Devon coast…

Seadrill Drillship Pair Lines Up Work in Gulf of America

Aug 07, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured contracts with Talos Energy and Murphy Oil for two of its drillships for operations in the Gulf of America.The first contract is with Talos Energy for the West Vela drillship for two-well drilling job…

Tullow Oil’s New Well off Ghana Delivers ‘Better Than Expected’ Net Pay

Aug 06, 2025

Tullow Oil has restarted the drilling campaign at Jubilee field offshore Ghana, with the first well that came onstream delivering ‘better than expected’ net pay during drilling operations with Noble Corporation’s Noble Venture drillship.Tullow Oil brought the the J72-P well…

Fugro Gets Offshore Wind Job in Taiwan

Aug 06, 2025

Fugro has secured a contract from Shinfox Energy for geotechnical services to support the development of its 700 MW Youde offshore wind farm off the west coast of Taiwan.Fugro will use its Taiwan-flagged vessel, Pacific Hornbill, an IOVTEC-managed DP2 vessel…

Taihan Gets $130M Cabling Job at Korea’s Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 04, 2025

Taihan has secured a turnkey contract to supply and install over 100 kilometers of inter-array subsea cables for Korea’s largest offshore wind development, the Anma offshore wind power project.The contract, valued at approximately $129.3 million (KRW 181…

Shell Takes FID for Offshore Gas Discovery in Egyptian Mediterranean Sea

Jul 25, 2025

BG International limited, an affiliate of Shell, has made a final investment decision (FID) to develop the Mina West gas discovery in Egypt’s Mediterranean Sea.Shell (60%) will operate the field alongside partner, Kufpec (Egypt) Limited (KUFPEC) (40%)…

Equinor’s Wildcat Well in North Sea Fails to Deliver

Jul 17, 2025

Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Garantiana NV prospect in the North Sea.Wildcat well 34/6-8 S was drilled in production license 554, which was awarded in 2010 (Awards in pre-defined areas 2009). This is the eighth well drilled in this production license…

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