Since the introduction of G7 oil price cap for Russia’s crude oil and refined products there have been speculations on Russia’s so-called shadow fleet being used to evade sanctions. Russia has repeatedly stated that it will not work with the price cap, but the vast majority of seaborne Russian oil s
Norway’s Golden Energy Offshore Services (GEOS) has secured a bring-to-work (B2W) contract and a medium-term contract in direct continuation for its multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV) Energy Duchess. For the B2W contract, the vessel will be used to accommodate and bring technicians and equipment to
As part of the UK’s 2023 Spring Budget, £20 billion (nearly $24.2 billion) funding has been unveiled to scale up carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. The energy industry sees this funding as a way to speed up decarbonisation across the UK and step up the shift towards renewables.
UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has published in its Energy Transition Progress Report 2022, which shows it has met its climate targets as part of its energy transition strategy and reached a 30% reduction in carbon emissions from its operations by the end of 2022 compared with 2016 on a net bas
Shell remains the world’s most valuable oil and gas brand for the ninth consecutive year, however, Aramco is closing the gap.
UK’s Prax Exploration & Production has reached an agreement with compatriot Hurricane Energy for the acquisition of the North Sea-focused company for approximately £249 million. Hurricane Energy is focused on fractured basement reservoirs offshore West of Shetlands on the UK Continental Shelf and ho
Norway’s FPSO operator BW Offshore has completed the sale of a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel to a buyer, whose name was not revealed.
Westwood has advised buyers to be mindful of exploration farm-outs, after analysing the results of 419 high-impact exploration wells drilled outside the U.S. and Canada between 2017 and the end of October 2022.
Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) has welcomed a new CEO, who previously worked in various executive positions at BP.
UK-headquartered and AIM-listed oil and gas player Europa Oil & Gas picked a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), after its current one decided to resign.
Norwegian oilfield services provider Aker Solutions has selected Spain-headquartered Tubacex as the delivery partner for umbilical tubes for projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Under the agreement, Tubacex will deliver a total of 1,000 kilometers of umbilical offshore tubes to Aker So
Solstad Offshore has sold an anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel to a buyer, whose identity has not been revealed.
Canada’s oil and gas player Trillion Energy has drilled another well in its 2022 – 2023 drilling campaign on a natural gas field in the Black Sea off Türkiye.
While the transition to low-carbon energy is making strides, the oil majors in Europe and the U.S. have made progress at a different pace.
