Chinese offshore oil and gas major CNOC posted record first-half profit on Thursday, boosted by output growth and higher oil prices.Net profit attributable to shareholders rose 25% to 79.73 billion yuan ($11.19 billion), CNOOC said in a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange…
Norwegian seismic company TGS announced it has entered into a partnership with Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras to collaborate on scientific research and technological development activities in Brazil.Under the memorandum of understanding (MOU)…
Egypt's petroleum ministry on Tuesday announced an international tender seeking bids for natural gas and crude oil exploration in the Mediterranean Sea and the Nile delta, 10 offshore blocks and two onshore blocks.The deadline for bids is Feb…
Equinor's Arctic Johan Castberg oilfield is expected to reach full production of some 220,000 barrels per day in the first half of 2025, a senior company official said on Tuesday.The oilfield in the Norwegian part of the Barents Sea is set to…
Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine announced it has delivered two 42-meter Fast Crew Boats (FCB) to ADNOC L&S, the global energy maritime logistics arm of UAE's ADNOC Group.The 42m FCBs are equipped with advanced technology such as…
Australia's Woodside Energy reported on Tuesday a decline of 14% in half-year profit, hit by lower oil prices, but the result and its dividend beat market expectations, sending shares up 4%.Chief Executive Meg O'Neill said there had been a flood…
Over the past few years the Namibian Orange Basin has emerged as an exciting new oil province and subsequently a provider of significant new demand and future demand potential for deepwater drilling rigs.According to Westwood’s Wildcat, “the…
A Chevron-led consortium that holds licensing rights over a gas field off Cyprus will present an updated development plan within days, one of the partners said on Monday, after Cyprus gave them a three-month deadline to comply.There have been…
Norwegian-headquartered offshore vessel owner Østensjø Rederi has placed an order with Spanish shipbuilder Gondan for a new offshore support vessel (OSV).The 120-meter vessel was designed by Salt Ship Design of Norway and will be built at Gondan's facilities in Asturias…
Engineering firm Wood said it is advancing three carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.The company has assessed the technical feasibility of the Trudvang, Luna and Havstjerne CCS projects, which combined can store up to 21 million tonnes of CO2 annually…
GE Vernova's shares fell nearly 7% on Friday following a turbine-blade failure at an offshore wind farm in the UK, the latest in a string of incidents involving the power service firm's equipment.The incident was reported at the Dogger Bank A project…
North Sea oil and gas company Ithaca Energy reported a nearly 34% fall in net profit for the first half of the year on Thursday, hurt by lower production, a decline in natural gas prices and impairment charges.Shares of Ithaca, fell about 2…
Shearwater Geoservices announced it has secured a three-month extension to the deepwater ocean bottom node (OBN) survey off the coast of India.The extension builds on an initial six-month scope using the SW Tasman, Sheawater's purpose-built seismic source and dual ROV operations vessel…
Indonesia has approved a development plan for the first phase of the Geng North gas field operated by Italy's Eni in the Makassar Strait, the upstream oil and gas regulator SKK Migas said in a statement on Friday.The approval also covered the development of the nearby Gehem field…
OMV and its partners have discovered gas in the deepwater Haydn/Monn wildcat well (6605/6-1 S) in the Norwegian Sea.The gas discovery is located around 310 kilometers west of Sandnessjøen, at a water depth of 1,064 meters. The find is approximately…