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  • U.S. DOI opens doors for Arctic drilling

    1 April 2015

    The U.S. Department of the Interior yesterday issued a Record of Decision affirming Chukchi Sea OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 and the remaining oil and gas leases issued in 2008 as a result of the sale. “The Arctic is an important component of the Administration’s national energy strategy, and we remain committed to […]

  • Delay-induced clouds over UK’s oil & gas decom realm warn of billions in extra costs and fines

    10 July 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Regulation & Policy

    With the backlog of wells due for decommissioning on the rise, the UK’s regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), has issued a stark warning to operators on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), urging them to take steps to decommission permanently inactive wells now to stave off a future scenario where they, alongside taxpayers, will need to face cost hikes and potential sanctions because of the missed decommissioning deadlines.

  • Alaska: Governor supports Arctic offshore drilling

    3 April 2015

    Alaska’s Governor Bill Walker has stated his support of two recent announcements on Arctic offshore oil and gas exploration.   On Tuesday March 31, the U.S. Department of Interior issued a Record of Decision affirming Chukchi Sea OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 and the remaining oil and gas leases issued in 2008 as a […]

  • Environmental Groups Taking Shell’s Arctic Plans to Court

    2 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Twelve environmental groups have joined forces in their intent to bring a new challenge to the Bush-era Lease Sale, which sold nearly 30 million acres of the Chukchi Sea’s outer continental shelf for oil and gas drilling and which the courts have twice sent back to the US Department of Interior. Earthjustice, a non-profit public interest law […]

  • Shelf Drilling rig staying five more years with Aramco

    30 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Shelf Drilling (SHLF) has landed a multi-year assignment for one of its jack-up rigs in the Middle East, where it will continue its drilling work with Aramco.

  • Port of Long Beach celebrates 20 years of environmental excellence

    15 July 2025
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    The US Port of Long Beach (POLB) has managed to significantly drive down emissions from port-related sources since launching its sustainability programs two decades ago.

  • BOEM: Conditional Approval for Shell’s Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan (USA)

    20 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Friday, October 16, issued conditional approval of Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc.’s revised Exploration Plan under leases in the Chukchi Sea Planning Area. In its Exploration Plan, Shell proposes drilling up to six exploration wells in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea beginning in the 2012 drilling season. This decision […]

  • White House Releases Arctic Plan. Sen. Murkowski Calls for Action, Not Words

    31 January 2014

    The White House yesterday released the Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for the Arctic Region. The Administration solicited input from Alaska Natives, the State of Alaska, Congress, academia, industry and others to develop an Implementation Plan that sets forth the guidelines for Federal Departments and Agencies to execute the National Strategy for the Arctic […]

  • Mermaid Subsea wraps up another North Sea well intervention

    16 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Vessels

    Aberdeen-headquartered Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has completed a well intervention on the Teal P2 well in the UK Central North Sea on behalf of Anasuria Operating Company (AOC). According to Mermaid Subsea Services, the operation, carried out from the Island Valiant vessel, focused on delivering a scale inhibitor treatment on Teal P2, located about 4 […]

  • UK oil & gas player ups its stake in two Angolan offshore blocks

    19 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Afentra, a UK-headquartered and AIM-listed upstream oil and gas company, has sealed a deal to acquire half of the stake one of its joint venture (JV) partners holds in two blocks off the coast of Angola.

  • Western GoM Lease Sale Attracts $133 Mln in Bids

    29 November 2012

    As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management yesterday held Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 229, which offered over 20 millions acres and attracted $133,767,074 in high bids for 116 tracts covering 652,522 acres […]

  • BOEM: Western GoM Lease Sale 229 Nets $133 Mln in High Bids

    18 March 2013

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said Thursday it had completed its required evaluation to ensure that the public receives fair market value for tracts leased as part of Western Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 229. After extensive economic analysis, BOEM awarded leases on all 116 tracts that received bids […]

  • Prosafe balancing asset optimization and capital reset

    21 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Oslo Stock Exchange-listed semi-submersible accommodation vessel owner and operator Prosafe has shed light on its activity in the first quarter of 2025.

  • Scotland’s ‘biggest-ever’ green shore power system switches on in Aberdeen

    24 June 2025
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Transition, Vessels

    The Port of Aberdeen’s North Harbour is now home to what is described as the biggest maritime decarbonization project in Scotland, with eight berths equipped to deliver green shore power to visiting vessels. According to the port’s officials, the new infrastructure was installed by Danish equipment provider PowerCon and is expected to slash up to […]

  • Western GOM Lease Sale attracts 93 bids from 14 oil firms

    20 August 2014

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Gulf of Mexico Regional Director John Rodi will open the Gulf of Mexico Western Planning Area Lease Sale 238 at 9:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The sale, which offers more than 21 million acres for oil and gas […]

  • Australian field gets its ‘production centerpiece’ with FPSO arrival

    19 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    A floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel operated by Norway’s BW Offshore has arrived at a field offshore Northern Australia, the operator of which is the country’s oil and gas player, Santos.

  • First Gulf of Mexico lease sale under Biden gathers over $191 million in high bids

    18 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Rules & Regulation

    The U.S. government agency BOEM has held an oil and gas lease sale for acreage in the Gulf of Mexico, cashing in more than $191 million in high bids.

  • Norwegian duo unveils national project targeting end-of-life vessels

    4 June 2025
    Collaboration, Transition, Vessels

    Norwegian shipping player Höegh Autoliners and Nordic Circles, a compatriot company specializing in the production of sustainable solutions for the reuse and upcycling of materials from the maritime and energy sectors, have launched a national project aimed at ‘redefining’ the handling of decommissioned vessels. As disclosed, relying on domestic technology, labor and industry, the two […]

  • BOEM done with GOM lease sale evaluation. 10 bids rejected

    28 June 2017

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) completed its required evaluation of offers received for offshore blocks in Central Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 247, held on March 22, 2017. The sale offered 9,118 unleased blocks, covering 48 million acres. During Sale 247, 28 companies participated in submitting 189 bids on 163 […]

  • Santos: Gas Flows from Moomba Well (Australia)

    19 December 2013

    Santos announced that the Moomba-194 vertical shale gas well in the Cooper Basin is flowing gas at an average rate of 3 million standard cubic feet per day. Moomba-194 is a follow-up to the existing successful shale gas well Moomba-191 within Santos’ Cooper Basin unconventional resource exploration program. Moomba-194 was drilled to a depth of 3,368 metres […]

  • BP wraps up sale and leaseback of Greater Tortue Ahmeyim FPSO

    9 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Oil major BP has completed the transaction for the sale and leaseback of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim floating, production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO).

  • Saratoga Excited by Its New Gulf of Mexico Leases Potential

    17 December 2013

    Saratoga Resources, Inc. has announced that it has received independent, third-party audited reserve estimates on two of its shallow Gulf of Mexico leases, awarded earlier this year.   Saratoga contracted with DeGolyer and MacNaughton to provide independent, third-party reserve estimates on its recently acquired shallow Gulf of Mexico properties. Estimates of reserves were prepared in […]

  • Two oil & gas firms close long-anticipated deal for sale of stake in field off Nigeria

    13 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Panoro Energy has completed the sale of its interest in the Offshore Mining Lease no. 113 (OML 113) offshore Nigeria to Oslo-listed PetroNor.

  • Govt reinstates largest offshore oil & gas lease sale in U.S. history

    15 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    BOEM has reinstated the first oil & gas lease sale, held under the Biden administration, for acreage in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Australia: Armour Wins Two NT Exploration Permits

    3 October 2013

    Armour Energy said that it has been granted exploration tenements EP191 and EP192 over a combined area of 24,700km² (6.1 million acres) in the Northern Territory. The granting of EP191 and EP192 will allow Armour to extend its exploration program into the southern portion of the McArthur Basin and east towards the Isa Superbasin in […]