Adura, an incorporated joint venture (IJV) between the UK-headquartered Shell and Norway’s Equinor, has confirmed the end of a public consultation period on the development of an oil and gas field in the North Sea. This project on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) is now awaiting the UK government’s f
ADES Holding Company, an oil and gas drilling services provider that is part of Saudi Arabia-headquartered ADES Group, has secured the green light to restore all temporarily suspended offshore rig operations in Saudi Arabia, as offshore activity across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region conti
With its sights set on higher domestic gas production, Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources is pushing to accelerate field development in the Eastern Mediterranean waters, as part of its broader efforts to enable upstream growth and achieve its exploration and production plans through
Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services company Saipem is carrying out completion work with its 2000-built drillship for compatriot energy giant Eni on a gas well off the coast of Sicily, with the campaign scheduled to run through to late September 2026, according to an Italian Coas
NKT’s new cable-laying vessel (CLV) NKT Eleonora, which will be able to run on both methanol and HVO/marine diesel oil, has arrived from Romania to Norway for the next phase of outfitting and commissioning. The official keel laying for the vessel took place in January 2025, some two months after the
Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras has found hydrocarbons in a frontier well located in ultra-deep waters off the coast of Amapá, deepening Brazil’s Equatorial Margin exploration quest.
DOF Group has secured two subsea contract awards in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region that together have a duration of approximately 80 days. The contracts will use multipurpose vessels and subsea services from the region, including DOF’s in-house project management and engineering, procurement and log
UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has hit a dead end in its plans for oil and gas exploration off South Africa’s Wild Coast, after the Constitutional Court overturned a Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) order that had kept the project alive, delivering a major victory for environmental groups and loca
Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras has notched a new production milestone, with one of its oil fields surpassing 4 billion barrels of cumulative output as the pre-salt, now entering its third decade, cements its status as the company’s production powerhouse in Brazilian waters.
UK-headquartered energy giant BP and its partners, ADNOC’s XRG and UCC Oil and Gas Holding, have secured a key license off the coast of Venezuela in a push to unlock 4 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of proven gas resources.
Golar LNG, a Bermuda-headquartered liquefied natural gas (LNG) midstream infrastructure owner and operator, has booked Seatrium, a Singapore-headquartered offshore, maritime, and energy solutions provider, for a potential third floating LNG (FLNG) conversion project.
Greece’s transmission system operator (TSO) Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO), as the project promoter of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) that will connect Cyprus and Israel, has submitted an investment approval request to the regulatory authorities of both countries. This is the nec
A giant multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in South America is laying the groundwork for a final investment decision (FID) by the end of 2026, with the submission of its application to join Argentina’s Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI), bringing the country closer
Breakwater rehabilitation works have started in Portugal for Eco Wave Power’s megawatt-scale wave energy project following damage caused by a storm. Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo (APDL) is carrying out the rehabilitation works at the Barra do Douro breakwater in Porto
