Harbour Energy has completed its $3.2 billion acquisition of LLOG Exploration Company, marking the company’s entry into the U.S. Gulf of America and establishing a new core business unit.Through the acquisition, Harbour has gained a fully operated, oil-weighted portfolio in the deepwater Gulf, alongside Norway, the U.K., Argentina and Mexico as core regions.LLOG produced an average of 36,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2025 and is expected to increase output to 65…
Elemental Energies has acquired Norway-based geoscience specialist Applied Petroleum Technology (APT), expanding its subsurface and geochemistry capabilities as operators seek deeper technical insight across the well lifecycle.APT provides petroleum geochemistry…
ORLEN Upstream Norway has agreed to acquire a 25% interest in production license PL293 in the North Sea from Vår Energi, which covers the unconventional Afrodite gas discovery.The Afrodite gas discovery has the potential to deliver nearly 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas net to ORLEN…
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has agreed to acquire Valaris in an all-stock transaction valued at about $5.8 billion, creating one of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors with a fleet of 73 drilling rigs.The combined company…
Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras has acquired a 42.5% stake in Block 2613, offshore Namibia.The transaction was carried out in partnership with TotalEnergies, which also acquired 42.5% and will act as the operator of the block.TotalEnergies…
BW Energy has informed that one of the existing joint venture partners in Angola's offshore blocks 14 and 14K has indicated its intention to exercise pre-emption rights in relation to the previously announced acquisition agreement.BW Energy…
TotalEnergies has signed agreements to acquire a 42.5% operated interest in the PEL104 exploration license offshore Namibia from Eight Offshore Investments Holdings and Maravilla Oil & Gas.Following completion of the transaction, TotalEnergies will become operator of the licence with a 42…
Germany has agreed to buy 25.1% of Dutch grid operator TenneT's German division for 3.3 billion euros ($3.9 billion), it said on Tuesday, in a long-planned move to tighten Berlin's control over critical energy infrastructure.The deal marks a…
Shell Brasil Petróleo, a subsidiary of Shell, has agreed to sell a 20% interest in the Orca deepwater project offshore Brazil to Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC).Orca, formerly known as Gato do Mator, is a deepwater development located in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin…
Seatrium has completed divested its AmFELS Yard located at Brownsville in Texas to Karpower Valley, a related party of Karpowership.The divestment, first announced in September 2025 and completed on January 30, 2026, will allow Seatrium to enhance capital and operational efficiencies…
Lukoil had agreed to sell most of its foreign assets, estimated to be worth around $22 billion, to U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group pending approval from the U.S. government, Russia's No. 2 oil producer said on Thursday.Under U.S. sanctions because of Russia's actions in Ukraine…
Germany’s RWE and Nordic renewables company Aneo have signed a transaction agreement for the sale of RWE’s Swedish wind activities, including its operational Karehamn offshore wind farm, as the utility refocuses on markets offering large-scale renewable growth…
Abu Dhabi Ports Group, via its subsidiary SAFEEN Drydocks, has acquired full ownership of Balenciaga Astilleros Shipyard in Spain for a total consideration of $13.1 million, consolidating the group’s operations in Spain and the Mediterranean and supporting its expansion in the offshore wind sector…
Brazil’s Brava Energia has signed an agreement to acquire Petronas’ 50% equity interest in the Tartaruga Verde field and in Module III of the Espadarte field in the Campos Basin, in a transaction valued at $450 million.The assets are located…
Navitas Petroleum has signed a non-binding agreement to farm into an offshore exploration license in the North Falklands Basin adjacent to its recently sanctioned Sea Lion oil development, as the operator advances plans to expand its footprint in the region…