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Shell hands out deal for deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico project
Shell has hired Australia’s engineering company Worley to support its deepwater development project ...

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Shell scores high but ConocoPhillips' earnings take a hit
Two oil majors, Shell and ConocoPhillips, have joined their peers in posting 1Q 2023 results, which ...

Newly developed monitoring technology for CO2 storage in North Sea proves successful
The consortium partners behind the Project Greensand have developed a new monitoring technology that...

Semi-sub rig booked for drilling gig off Namibia
Galp has hired a semi-submersible rig, owned by SFL Corporation (SFL) and managed by Odfjell Drillin...

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ExxonMobil’s first development off Guyana found to be in breach of oil spill insurance obligations
A Guyanese court recently ruled that ExxonMobil is in breach of oil spill insurance obligations for ...

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Shell inks deal with Ithaca to offload its stake in UK’s ‘second largest undeveloped field’
Shell has signed an agreement with Ithaca Energy, defining a marketing process for its interest in t...

Green light for Saipem to move ahead with work on ExxonMobil’s fifth oil development off Guyana
Saipem has been given the go-ahead to proceed with the final phase of ExxonMobil’s recently sanction...

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Noble rakes in $1.1 billion thanks to new rig deals
Noble has won new contracts and extensions for multiple rigs in Guyana, Colombia, the U.S. Gulf of M...

Iran seizes 2nd VLCC in the Strait of Hormuz
Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi was seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) ...

DNV: Oil demand in transport sector to half by 2050
Despite oil demand in the transport sector being forecast to half by 2050, the present pace of the t...

TotalEnergies hand-picks helicopter operator for two North Sea fields
TotalEnergies has handed out a new contract to NHV to support its offshore operations in the Danish ...

Decom market re-shuffled by Ukraine war: postponement and delay
What effect will the situation have on the energy market according to 4 AYOP-members The war in Ukra...

Validating a Certificate of Competence
MTCS are the industry-leading and internationally trusted company for assisting in the development a...

Noble rig hits oil-bearing intervals off Guyana
CGX Energy and Frontera have revised the total cost estimate for an exploration well, which recently...

Cerulean North Sea renewables grid to power oil & gas platforms with floating wind
Cerulean Winds has unveiled plans to build the North Sea Renewables Grid (NSRG), an offshore integra...

TotalEnergies hires Aker Solutions for ‘largest oil project ever undertaken’ in Congo
Aker Solutions has secured a deal with TotalEnergies for work on three additional infill wells tied ...

Electrifying the offshore market
The world is changing. We’re rapidly moving away from fossil fuels as our main source of energy. The...

Two Odfjell Drilling rigs get more work
Equinor has exercised options to drill additional wells with two Odfjell Drilling-owned rigs, extend...

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U.S. and European giants deliver ‘excellent’ results despite the downturn in oil & gas prices
BP, TotalEnergies, Eni, ExxonMobil and Chevron have revealed strong operating and financial performa...

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Longboat and Japan’s JAPEX set on creating ‘leading Norwegian-focussed independent’
Longboat Energy is putting the wheels into motion to form a joint venture (JV) with Japan Petroleum ...

Climate goals: wait for a stricter agreement or take responsibility?
Every time there is research done on CO2 pollution by a prominent university or leading indepen...

Eni keeps BW Offshore FPSO busy off Nigeria
Eni has handed out another short-term contract extension to BW Offshore for one of its FPSOs, which ...

BP puts Subsea 7 in charge of gas tie-back project in Mediterranean Sea
BP has picked Subsea Integration Alliance for a two-well tie-back project in the large West Nile Del...

TotalEnergies cheers ‘important milestone’ towards sanctioning oil project off Angola
TotalEnergies has tucked a new milestone under its belt with the signing of a heads of agreement reg...

MISC reveals ‘world’s first’ future-proof newbuild FPSO sporting mega-module topsides
MISC Berhad has unveiled – what it deems to be – the world’s first future-ready newbuild float...

Third unit in Prosafe’s fleet starts work off Brazil
Prosafe has met its previously announced timeline for the start of operations of its third semi-subm...

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Valaris wraps up rig sale and gets more work for its fleet as offshore drilling market tightens
A deep dive into Valaris’ rigs, including details about new contracts and extensions along wit...

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Transocean sees recent rig deals as proof of ‘sustained upcycle’ in offshore drilling market
With “an outstanding quarter” now behind it, Transocean is looking forward to further growth in the ...

Probe into incident on North Sea platform underway after worker suffers ‘facial injuries’
Norwegian regulator has launched an investigation into an incident, which led to an injury, on an Eq...
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