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Upgrade of ‘incredibly powerful tool’ enables gas production boost while downsizing emissions
Upwing Energy has tweaked its Enhanced Production Simulator (EPS) to enable operators to boost gas p...

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With 35 out of 36 rigs contracted, Shelf Drilling’s backlog stands at $2.6 billion
Shelf Drilling has revealed higher revenue for 2Q 2023, compared to 1Q 2023, driven by higher day ra...

New oil & gas discovery for Talos in Gulf of Mexico
Talos Energy has made a commercial oil and natural gas discovery in the Gulf of Mexico, which will b...

£1.6 billion spent on North Sea decommissioning in 2022, activity expected to remain high
The North Sea oil & gas industry spent £1.6 billion on decommissioning redundant wells and infra...

Beach Energy picks former Santos COO as its new CEO
Beach Energy has appointed a new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), which will tak...

Snøhvit Future is a go, underpinning Norway’s role as low-emission gas supplier
The Norwegian government has given its stamp of approval for the Equinor-operated Snøhvit Future pro...

Tullow bags several oil & gas licence extensions in Gabon
Tullow Oil has gained approval from the government of Gabon for the extension of several of its Gabo...

New operator taking the helm at North Sea oil & gas discovery
OKEA will be taking over the operatorship next month from the compatriot player, DNO Norge, at the B...

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New rig deals bolster day rates and lift Diamond Offshore’s backlog to $1.6 billion
Diamond Offshore has tucked under its belt new contracts and extensions for its rig fleet in the U.S...

Valaris undertakes $400 million private placement to fund acquisition of two drillships
Valaris revealed a pricing of $400 million upsized private placement of additional 8.375 per cent se...

Enauta completes another well in its drilling campaign off Brazil and moves to last one
Enauta has concluded the drilling and completion of another well in its drilling programme at a fiel...

Buzzing networking drinks at OEEC!
Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) is coming close! Following the press conference by ...

Registration open for Offshore Energy 2021
The registration for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2021 is now live! The event, to be ...

Two oil & gas firms agree on more time to wrap up divestment of North Sea discovery
Quattro Energy Limited has agreed on a long stop date extension for the acquisition of United Oil &...

OMV spuds gas-condensate prospect with Transocean rig
OMV has started drilling an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea, using one of Transocean’s semi-su...

Woodside offloads partial stake in Australian gas field while pursuing emerging energy sectors
Woodside has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with LNG Japan for the sale of a 10 per cent...

How to get and keep a good crew
How do you keep your crew safe in times of COVID-19? The need to take good care of crew members and ...

Santos and another oil firm pooling resources for CCS project off Timor-Leste
Santos inked a memorandum of understanding with TIMOR GAP to explore partnership opportunities for ...

Canadian firm turns its back on oilfield in West Africa
Zenith Energy has washed its hands of negotiations regarding a production sharing contract for a blo...

Five Vroon vessels joining Norwegian player’s fleet
GEOS is expanding its fleet of offshore supply vessels with four PSVs and one SSV for a total consid...

Case study: Safeguard from electrical shocks and turbine activation during maintenance
Securing the flow of green energy by safely servicing and maintaining fast growing numbers of wind t...

Thumbs-up for Equinor to deploy COSL Drilling’s rig for North Sea ops
Norwegian regulator has given Equinor its consent to use a COSL Drilling-owned rig for production dr...

Green light for Aker Solutions, Subsea 7 and SLB joint venture
Aker Solutions, Subsea 7 and SLB have obtained all required regulatory approvals from competition au...

Yinson gets a hold of $230 million in funding for Brazil-bound FPSO
Yinson Production has secured a $230 million term loan facility in relation to an FPSO vessel, which...

Saipem’s two new European offshore deals rake in nearly $2 billion
Saipem has won two new E&C offshore contracts in Romania and in Germany with a total value of ar...

- energy transition
In focus: Decarbonisation gaining ever stronger foothold
Our news this week reflect the increasing activities in vessel decarbonisation and emission cutting ...

Go-ahead sets the seal on development of $4.4 billion deepwater gas project in Black Sea
Romania’s National Agency for Mineral Resources has endorsed the development plan for a massive deep...

TotalEnergies and SOCAR take on ADNOC as partner in gas field off Azerbaijan
TotalEnergies and SOCAR have inked a deal, which will enable each to sell a 15 per cent participatin...

International offshore rig count activity on the rise
Baker Hughes’ international rig count report shows a boost in the number of offshore rigs in July 20...
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