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Norway to Outline Long-Term Oil and Gas Strategy Next Year

Jan 12, 2026

Norway's government said on Mondayit will present a policy document to parliament next year on the future of the oil and gas industry, including companies' access to exploration acreage.'The oil and gas industry is crucially important for Norway…

Norway Sees Long-Term Oil, Gas Decline Despite Short-Term Stability

Jan 08, 2026

Norway's offshore oil and gas output will remain broadly steady in 2026, but investments are seen falling by 6.6%, signalling a slowdown in activity and declining production towards the end of this decade, the country's regulator said on Thursday…

Probable Gas Found in All Target Reservoirs at ConocoPhillips' Otway Well

Jan 07, 2026

ConocoPhillips has identified probable gas across all targeted Waarre sandstone reservoirs at its Charlemont-1 exploration well in Australia’s Otway Basin, resuming drilling after an earlier pressure-related pause before suspending operations again due to higher-than-anticipated formation pressures…

Petrovietnam Agrees First-Ever LNG Term Deal with Shell

Jan 07, 2026

State-owned Petrovietnam Gas has awarded its first-ever term supply tender seeking liquefied natural gas (LNG) to energy major Shell, which will deliver the super-chilled fuel to Vietnam from 2027 to 2031.The five-year supply deal will see Shell deliver about 400…

ADNOC Takes FID on SARB Deep Gas Project Offshore Abu Dhabi

Jan 07, 2026

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has taken a final investment decision on the SARB Deep Gas Development, a strategic offshore gas project within the Ghasha Concession, offshore United Arab Emirates.The project is expected to deliver up…

High Costs, High Risk Cloud Trump’s Venezuela Oil Pitch

Jan 06, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump is giving U.S. energy companies the opportunity to revive Venezuela’s massive, derelict oil industry. It’s an offer they may want to refuse.After the U.S. military’s ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the weekend…

Trump: US Oil Majors to Spend Billions in Venezuela to Restore Output

Jan 05, 2026

President Donald Trump said that American oil companies were prepared to tackle the difficult task of entering Venezuela and investing to restore production in the South American country, an announcement that came just hours after Nicolás Maduro was captured and removed by U…

US Refiners Win, China Loses in Trump’s Venezuela Oil Play

Jan 05, 2026

The U.S. military’s ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to swiftly reroute the country’s oil exports back toward the United States – and away from China. That will give U.S. refiners an immediate boost, but President Donald…

Petrobras FPSO Initiates Búzios 6 Production

Jan 02, 2026

The FPSO P-78 can produce up to 180,000 barrels per day and will increase the gas supply.Petrobras began oil production from the P-78 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the Búzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin…

Offshore Energy and Boosting the Energy Efficiency of Water Processes

Jan 02, 2026

Water injection and the transport of produced fluids are some of the main energy consumers in offshore production. Researchers at SINTEF point to the need for a balanced approach to optimizing energy efficiency.The handling of produced fluids…

Saipem Lands $425M Turkish Gas Contract in Sakarya Expansion

Dec 31, 2025

Italy's Saipem has been awarded a new offshore contract worth approximately $425 million by Turkish Petroleum OTC for additional work on the third phase of the Sakarya gas field development in the Turkish sector of the Black Sea.The contract includes engineering…

Nexans Sets Record with Deepest-Ever HVDC Subsea Cable Installation

Dec 30, 2025

French cable maker Nexans has set a new world record in the subsea power cable industry after installing a 500 kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable at a depth of 2,150 meters on Italy’s Tyrrhenian Link project.The installation…

"The Year of Glut": 2026 Energy Trends to Track

Dec 30, 2025

Energy markets enter 2026 in a downbeat mood as geopolitical uncertainty clouds the outlook and increasing signs of swelling oil and gas supplies threaten to sink prices.This past year was a wild one for the oil and gas industry, punctuated by the 12-day Israel-Iran war in June…

Surprise Gas Hit Adds Momentum to ConocoPhillips’ Australian Drilling Ops

Dec 30, 2025

An offshore gas exploration well operated by ConocoPhillips Australia has intersected unexpected gas in the Otway Basin off southeastern Australia, prompting a temporary pause in drilling while partners assess changes to the well design.The Charlemont-1 exploration well…

Petronas Drills First of Four Wells in Block Offshore Suriname

Dec 29, 2025

Petronas has completed drilling of the Caiman-1 exploration well in Block 52 offshore Suriname, marking the first well in its four-well 2025–2026 drilling campaign in the block.The Caiman-1 well was spudded on July 21, 2025 and safely plugged and abandoned on December 6…

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