AIM-listed and Singapore-headquartered oil and gas player Jadestone Energy has made inroads in its infill drilling campaign off the coast of Malaysia by putting the first well into production mode, with the second one already drilled and activities at the third now underway.
Saipem has started operations for Suriname’s first large-scale offshore oil development, operated by TotalEnergies, as part of its subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) contract awarded in 2024. Saipem is in charge of the engineering, procurement, supply, construction, installation, pre-com
Sinolam International, a Singapore-based investment company focused on oil, gas, and power investments in emerging markets in Asia and Latin America, has confirmed the formation of an independent tribunal in an arbitration case related to the cancelation of permits for a gas-to-power development in
Houston-headquartered oil & gas company Murphy Oil has made an oil discovery at the Bubale-1X exploration well in Block CI-709, located approximately 64 kilometers offshore Côte d’Ivoire. The Bubale-1X well was drilled to a total depth of 6,263 meters in 2,376 meters of water and encountered 30 mete
Azule Energy, a joint venture between Italy’s Eni and the UK’s BP, has awarded Saipem and TechnipFMC with contracts for an ultra-deepwater development in Angola, following the announcement of the final investment decision (FID). Eni reported on June 22 that the FID had been reached for the Greater P
West Natuna Exploration Limited (WNEL), a majority-owned subsidiary of Singapore-headquartered natural gas firm Conrad Asia Energy, has awarded PT PAL Indonesia with an engineering, procurement, construction and transport contract for the conductor support frame (CSF) for its natural gas field in th
An appraisal well drilled by Norway’s oil & gas player Wellesley Petroleum and its partners offshore Norway has confirmed gas/condensate discovery in the North Sea. The well 35/10 16 S is the third well drilled in production license 1148, which is valid from March 11, 2022, up to the same date in 20
Adura Operations, an incorporated joint venture (IJV) between the UK’s Shell and Norway’s Equinor, has awarded Norwegian Shearwater GeoServices with more work. Shearwater has been selected to carry out a 4D towed streamer seismic acquisition project for the Mariner field in the UK North Sea using it
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor and its partners – Petoro, Shell, TotalEnergies, and ConocoPhillips – have set their cap on investing just over NOK 4 billion (around $410–420 million) in a new subsea development, which will boost gas production from a field in the Norwegian sector of the N
Canada-based Valeura Energy, an oil and gas company, has wrapped up its multi-well drilling campaign, which led to an oil production boost at an oil field off the coast of Thailand, Southeast Asia.
Vantage Drilling, a Bermuda-exempt offshore drilling contractor, has secured its shareholders’ blessing for its proposed business combination with Eldorado Drilling, an offshore drilling player backed by a group of well-known Norwegian investors.
Norwegian oil and gas operators, Equinor and Aker BP, have each obtained drilling permits for operations in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be conducted with semi-submersible rigs owned by COSL Drilling Europe and Saipem.
A regulatory notice over a missed drilling deadline has placed a production sharing contract (PSC) for a gas asset under threat unless SundaGas Banda Unipessoal, a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK-based and AIM-listed Sunda Energy, shows proof that a rig has been booked to undertake the appraisal p
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has unveiled a development concept for a project that aims to combine several discoveries in the North Sea into a single project, with estimated gross resources of approximately 240 million barrels of oil equivalent, making it one of the largest early-phase
