UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has booked a semi-submersible rig, owned by Northern Ocean (NOL) and managed by Odfjell Drilling, for drilling activities off the coast of Namibia, Africa.
TechnipFMC has delivered its 100th Subsea 2.0 tree to UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, the company that placed the first order for the subsea product platform. The subsea tree was manufactured, assembled, and tested at TechnipFMC’s dedicated facility for Subsea 2.0 in Nusajaya, Malaysia, and wil
OMV Petrom, Romania-headquartered affiliate of Austria’s OMV, has provided insight into its drilling plans in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea, where several wells remain on the list to be drilled using a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean.
Italy’s energy giant Eni has shed some light on its new gas discovery in the Kutei Basin about 50 kilometers off the coast of East Kalimantan in Indonesia, Southeast Asia.
Houston-based energy player Vaalco Energy has begun its 2025/2026 drilling program off the coast of Gabon with a jack-up rig owned by Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling player.
UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy has completed the acquisition of Prax Upstream, a subsidiary of compatriot Prax Exploration & Production, expanding its hydrocarbon portfolio on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
Three Norwegian oil and gas players – Equinor, Vår Energi, and Petoro – have set their caps on augmenting the production from a giant oil field that came online eight months ago in the Barents Sea by adding what will become the first subsea tie-back to the project, said to be the newest oil producti
A final investment decision (FID) has been taken for a giant oil project in the North Falkland Basin (NFB), where $1.8 billion will be needed to foot the bill to first oil and $2.1 billion to project completion. This FID comes 15 years after the original oil discovery was made.
UAE-headquartered Mubadala Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company owned by the government of Abu Dhabi, has pooled resources with PLN Energi Primer Indonesia (PLN EPI), a subsidiary of Indonesia’s energy and electricity supplier, to supply gas from its gas fields in the And
A new seismic reimagining program is scheduled to be performed over Angola’s offshore Block 22 in support of the country’s upcoming licensing round. French geophysical services company Viridien, formerly CGG, announced today, December 10, a new multi-client seismic reimaging program over Angola’s “h
Australian energy player Santos has proposed to spud up to seven exploration and/or appraisal wells in the Commonwealth waters within the Bedout Basin, off the coast of Australia, in search of more hydrocarbons.
Petronas Carigali Brunei, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant Petronas, has awarded McDermott with a subsea contract for a natural gas development project off the coast of Brunei. McDermott will provide engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) se
French energy giant TotalEnergies has shaken hands with Portuguese oil and gas company Galp on a deal that will enable it to enter the PEL 83 license, encompassing an oil discovery off the coast of Namibia, by taking over the operator baton. Galp is getting a minor stake in the French player’s giant
While construction activities for its terminal electrification project are underway in Azerbaijan, the UK-headquartered energy giant BP has drilled and put into production mode three remaining wells in its seven-well drilling campaign off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago.
