Four drillships, owned by Noble Corporation and Stena Drilling, have buckled down and resumed hydrocarbon exploration at the Stabroek block off the coast of Guyana, enabling ExxonMobil to stay the course and continue searching for more oil and natural gas resources on South America’s North Atlantic
BW Energy has started drilling the last well in its current program at an oil field in the Dussafu license off the coast of Gabon, Africa. The drilling activities are being carried out with a jack-up rig owned by Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has tucked a new milestone in the reduction of routine flaring of associated gas (AG) from two shallow-water oil and gas fields located off the coast of Nigeria.
Sweden-headquartered Subseatec, owned by Scana, has secured a frame agreement with an undisclosed client under which it will deliver steel parts for subsea production systems for a period of three years. As part of the frame agreement that will begin in Q1 2025, Subseatec will be the exclusive globa
Karoon Energy is expected to make up its mind around April 2025 about moving forward with the next stage of development, which represents the entry into front-end engineering design (FEED), for an oil field discovery in the Santos Basin off the coast of Brazil.
French LNG containment specialist GTT has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China’s COSCO Shipping LNG Investment and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industries to explore joint development of LNG carriers, ethane carriers, floating LNG (FLNG) units., and crude carriers.
A subsidiary of UK-based AIS, AIS do Brasil, has secured a contract with what is described as a “leading Brazilian national oil and gas company,” to supply installation buoys for offshore operations in an oil field development in Brazil. According to AIS, the installation buoys are designed for deep
Chevron has strengthened its presence in Namibia’s offshore oil and gas plays by getting its hands on a new license, which enables it to assume the mantle of operator at two blocks in the African country.
CNOOC has tucked another milestone under its belt by switching the production mode on at an oilfield project in Bohai Bay, which is expected to boost its oil arsenal while taking advantage of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) to enable low-carbon barrels and development in the region.
After discovering more black gold resources in Namibia’s Orange Basin, TotalEnergies has moved to the next well on its drilling agenda in the African country.
U.S. offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has landed a new drilling assignment in the Americas with Shell, a UK-headquartered energy giant.
U.S.-headquartered energy technology giant Baker Hughes has launched an all-electric subsea production system, marking a step towards full electrification in offshore operations. According to Baker Hughes, the system delivers a fully electric topside-to-downhole solution, designed to integrate with
UK-headquartered energy giant BP has found more oil and gas in the northern Mediterranean within the Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
Aker BP has drilled another dry well in the North Sea off the coast of Norway. The drilling activities were conducted by one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs.
