The British government will increase a windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas producers to 38% from 35% and extend the levy by one year, finance minister Rachel Reeves announced on Wednesday.Presenting the first budget under the new Labour government…
French oil major TotalEnergies third-quarter profit hit a three-year low of $4.1 billion on Thursday, slightly missing expectations as refining margins and upstream outages dragged down earnings.Adjusted net income was down 37% from a year earlier and 12…
Shell reported on Thursday third-quarter profits of $6 billion that exceeded forecasts by 12% as higher liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales offset a sharp drop in oil refining and trading results.The results, together with a drop in debt and strong cash flow…
Trident Energy has brought online the C-45 infill well at Ceiba field, part of Block G offshore Equatorial Guinea, which is already producing over 5,000 barrels of oil per day.The well first came Online on October 15, and according to Trident Energy…
Dutch company KOTUG International has secured a contract from BP to provide marine services to the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project offshore Mauritania and Senegal.KOTUG International and its local Senegalese partner Maritalia have been awarded a long-term fixed-term contract…
The Danish Energy Agency has granted RWE the offshore construction permit for 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm, marking the final authorization ahead of construction start set for spring 2025.Good progress is already being made on land, with the…
Shell-operated joint venture, consisting of Deltic Energy and Dana Petroleum, has confirmed gas discovery in the Selene prospect in the North Sea.The Shell operated 48/8b-3Z well, in license P2437, proved a 160-meter-thick section of Leman Sandstone…
Offshore seismic services specialist Shearwater Geoservices has secured a contract for a deepwater ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in West Africa.Starting in the fourth quarter of 2024, the one-month survey will be the first to use the SW Tasman’s…
Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has completed the sale of two premium jack-up rigs to ADES Holding Company, contracted for work in Southeast Asia.The sale includes the Topaz Driller jack-up rig, operating in the Malaysia-Thailand joint development area…
Woodside has completed the sale of a 15.1% non-operating participating interest in the Scarborough joint venture to JERA, Japan’s largest power generation company, for approximately $1.4 billion.The Scarborough joint venture includes the Scarborough…
Oil and gas company BW Energy has signed production sharing contracts (PSCs) for the exploration blocks Niosi Marin and Guduma Marin offshore Gabon, in partnership with Panoro Energy and VAALCO Energy.The blocks, formerly named G12-13 and H12-13…
Acteon, through its moorings and anchors business line, InterMoor, and Applied Fiber have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on mooring solutions for various global offshore markets, from oil and gas to gigawatt-scale floating offshore wind…
The floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit Almirante Tamandaré, built by SBM Offshore, has arrived to Brazil ahead of installation at Petrobras’ Búzios field in the Santos Basin.The Almirante Tamandaré FPSO has been built with the capacity to produce 225…
Drilling industry services provider PSW Technology, owned by Norwegian company Scana, has signed signed a renewal of a frame agreement with an international rig company for subsea support services.The framework agreement will begin in the first quarter of 2025 and extend for a period of two years…
The U.K.-based energy industry services firm EnerMech has completed a pre-commissioning project for a major U.S. energy infrastructure company in the Gulf of Mexico, providing a turn-key service for the delivery of specialized work for oil and gas export pipeline…