UK-based oil and gas firm IOG said Friday it had struck a new gas sales agreement ('GSA') with BP Gas Marketing Limited ('BPGM'), for the gas to be produced from its gas fields in the southern North Sea, offshore the UK.The deal covers its equity…
Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas Carigali, a subsidiary of Petronas, has awarded a two-year contract to Velesto Energy's subsidiary Velesto Drilling for the provision of jack-up drilling rigs.The contract, which covers a suite of Velesto's NAGA jack-up rigs…
Norwegian oil company Equinor Energy AS, the operator of production licence 057 (part of the Snorre Unit), has completed the drilling of wildcat well 34/4-18 S and the well is dry.The well was drilled about 7 kilometers north-west of the Snorre…
Guyana-focused oil companies Frontera Energy Corporation and CGX Energy, joint venture partners in the Corentyne block offshore Guyana, said Friday they'd entered into a $35 million loan deal that will enable CGX to continue to finance part of its share of costs related to the Corentyne Block…
Oslo-listed drilling contractor Northern Ocean on Thursday said Thursday that it would change the names of its two semi-submersible drilling rigs West Bollsta and West Mira.The two 6th generation offshore drilling rigs, used for drilling operations offshore Norway…
Offshore drilling companies Noble Corporation and Maersk Drilling, which are set to merge, on Wednesday announced Board of Directors for the combined company, to be effective upon the closing of the business combination announced on November 10…
AGR’s Well Management division has secured a new contract, of an undisclosed value, with Emperor Energy on its Judith-2 appraisal well off the coast of Victoria, Australia.'AGR’s Well Management experts in Perth will progress the preparation…
Equinor has started drilling operations on its Kveikje exploration well in the Norwegian section of the North Sea, its partner in the license, Longboat Energy, said Wednesday.Equinor is using Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Stavanger semi-submersible drilling rig to drill the prospect…
Australia-based BHP has booked Aquadrill's Vela drillship for a drilling operation in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The rig, managed by Seadrill, is currently in the Gulf of Mexico, on a contract with Equinor until May. After the expiration of the contract…
Empyrean Energy, a company gearing up to start drilling at its Jade prospect, offshore China, said Monday that China Oilfield Services Limited ('COSL') had successfully completed the well site survey required over the Jade Prospect drilling location…
Offshore drilling company COSL Drilling Europe has recently secured a contract for its COSLInnovator semi-submersible drilling rig, and the rig will start drilling for CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited next month.The news was shared this week by…
Oil and gas company Azinam, soon to be acquired by Eco Atlantic, has hired Island Drilling's Island Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig to drill the Gazania-1 well offshore S. Africa. The news comes in the wake of the recent significant…
Oil major TotalEnergies could see its license to develop a major offshore South African gas find scrapped if it does not submit a production plan by September, the oil and gas regulator said on Thursday.TotalEnergies discovered two large gas fields…
Eni Vietnam B.V., a unit of Italian energy group Eni, is expected to start drilling at the Dan Tranh-1X well in Vietnam's offshore oil block 115/09 from late this month, state oil firm PetroVietnam said on Tuesday.PetroVietnam will invite Essar…
Australian oil and gas company Santos is downmanning the Noble Tom Prosser rig, used for Pavo-1 well drilling off W. Australia, due to a cyclone threat, Carnarvon Energy, Santos partner in the project said The well is being secured and the…