Offshore drilling contractor Northern Offshore has secured a contract for its Energy Emerger jack-up rig for a drilling operation at Yumna field, offshore Oman.Rex International’s indirect subsidiary Masirah Oil announced that its parent company, Rex Oman, has signed a contract for the Energy Emerger jack-up drilling rig, to perform drilling of three development wells in the offshore Yumna field in Oman’s Block 50…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced the issuance of two Calls for Information and Nominations to solicit industry nominations and public comments on areas of interest for potential offshore oil and gas leasing in Southern California…
Portuguese energy firm Galp will focus on growing its upstream business from oilfields in Brazil and Namibia and may list parts of its newly formed downstream business in a couple of years, its co-chief executive Joao Diogo Marques da Silva told Reuters on Tuesday…
Oil and gas firm Murphy Oil has found non-commercial hydrocarbons in a well offshore Côte d’Ivoire in Africa.The Civette-1X well reached a total depth of 13,950 feet (4,252 meters) and encountered non-commercial hydrocarbons across multiple intervals…
Mexican conglomerate Grupo Carso, controlled by magnate Carlos Slim, will buy out Lukoil to hold a full stake in the Ichalkil and Pokoch offshore oil fields, the firm said in a filing on Monday.In the deal, Grupo Carso will buy Lukoil subsidiary Fieldwood Mexico for $270 million…
Bulgaria's state-owned energy group Bulgarian Energy Holding will acquire a 10% stake in oil and gas exploration rights for the Han Asparuh block in the Black Sea, the government said on Wednesday.The Council of Ministers approved the deal, allowing BEH to buy 5% each from OMV Offshore Bulgaria…
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…
Murphy Oil Corporation has drilled an appraisal well at the Hai Su Vang oil field offshore Vietnam, confirming a larger hydrocarbon column and strengthening the field’s recoverable resource potential.The Hai Su Vang-2X appraisal well was drilled in Block 15-2/17 in the Cuu Long Basin…
Shell has agreed to buy stakes in two undeveloped offshore blocks in ultra-deep waters offshore Angola from Chevron, the European energy major said on Tuesday.European oil majors have said they will spend billions in Angola, Sub-Saharan Africa's second-largest crude oil producer after Nigeria…
Chevron has delivered first oil from its South N’dola platform offshore Angola, marking a major project milestone just over two years after construction began.Located in Block 0, which accounts for around 12% of Angola’s daily energy output…
U.S. President Donald Trump is giving U.S. energy companies the opportunity to revive Venezuela’s massive, derelict oil industry. It’s an offer they may want to refuse.After the U.S. military’s ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the weekend…
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has approved the cancellation of $1.42 billion and 5.57 trillion naira ($3.85 billion) in debts owed by state oil firm NNPC Ltd to the government, the presidency said on Monday.The decision is part of Tinubu's…
Europa Oil & Gas has through its associated company Antler Global signed a binding farm-out agreement with China’s Fuhai (Beijing) Energy to sell a 40% interest in the EG-08 production sharing contract offshore Equatorial Guinea.Under the agreement…
Singapore-based Mooreast Holdings has signed a memorandum of understanding with Norway-based rigging and industrial services group GMC Holdings to explore offshore wind and oil and gas opportunities in Norway and the wider North Sea.Under the non-binding agreement…
China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has brought the Xijiang Oilfields 24 Block Development Project on stream in the shallow waters of the Pearl River Mouth Basin, marking the start of production at the offshore project…
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