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China's CNOOC Posts Record First-Half Profit

10 hours ago

Chinese offshore oil and gas major CNOOC posted a record first-half net profit on Wednesday, as higher oil prices driven by the Iran war and rising production boosted earnings.Net profit attributable to shareholders rose 23.4% to 85.8 billion yuan ($12…

Iran-Oman Talks on Hormuz Reopening Drive Down Oil Prices

14 hours ago

Oil prices fell more than $2 a barrel on Wednesday as talks between Iran and Oman revived hopes that the Strait of Hormuz could reopen and remove shipping constraints affecting supply in the key Middle East region.Brent crude futures LCOc1 fell $2…

Viridien Progresses Hybrid Multi-Client Survey Offshore Malaysia

Aug 25, 2026

Viridien has started seismic imaging of the Langkasuka multi-client 3D (MC3D) hybrid survey, the first-ever combined streamer and sparse ocean bottom node (OBN) multi-client 3D seismic dataset acquired in the Asia-Pacific region.The endeavor…

TGS Extends Work on Indonesia’s Largest Seismic Acquisition Project

Aug 25, 2026

Energy data and intelligence firm TGS has secured a one-month extension to the largest seismic streamer acquisition contract offshore Indonesia.The extension is scheduled to begin in August. TGS is conducting the job using Ramform Sovereign…

Saudi Contractor Enters Oman with Four-Well Drilling Assignment

Aug 25, 2026

Saudi Arabian drilling contractor Arabian Drilling has signed a contract with Masirah Oil and Northern Offshore to drill two firm wells and two optional wells in Oman, marking the company's entry into a new Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) market…

McDermott Gets ADNOC’s ‘Mega Contract’ to Advance Umm Shaif Field

Aug 24, 2026

McDermott has secured a mega engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract by ADNOC for work related to increasing gas recovery and production from the Umm Shaif field.The contract, valued over $1 billion, is for Package…

Iran Tightens Enforcement of Strait of Hormuz Transit Rules

Aug 24, 2026

Iran has issued a warning that vessels violating its arrangements for transiting the Strait of Hormuz could face restrictions, including fines, detention, or confiscation, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority wrote in a post on X.The warning heightens…

TenneT Completes Drilling, Installation of Protective Conduits for Wind Farms

Aug 21, 2026

TenneT has completed the directional drilling under the beach and part of the seabed at Maasvlakte. Nine plastic protective conduits have now been laid in the boreholes, forming a protected passage for the electricity cables of the offshore wind farms…

ConocoPhillips, CNOOC Put Penglai Field off China Into Full Operation

Aug 07, 2026

Bohai Phase 5 has entered full operation at the Penglai oil field offshore China, expanding production infrastructure through a project delivered by ConocoPhillips and operator CNOOC.The development adds two new wellhead platforms, four platform…

Mermaid Maritime Expands Into US Offshore Market

Aug 06, 2026

Mermaid Maritime is expanding into the U.S. offshore energy market, establishing a wholly owned corporate presence in Delaware as part of a strategy focused initially on opportunities in the Gulf of America.The new U.S. entity will serve as the group's operational and contracting platform…

ONGC Nears Venezuela Operatorship Deals, Regains Russia’s Sakhalin-1 Stake

Aug 06, 2026

India's top explorer, Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), hopes to soon sign agreements with Venezuela to operate two oil blocks under the South American nation's new petroleum law, its finance chief said on Wednesday.State-run ONGC, through its overseas investment arm ONGC Videsh…

Fugro Secures India Deepwater Drilling ROV Contract

Aug 05, 2026

Fugro Survey India has been awarded a three-year contract by Vantage International Management Company to provide remotely operated vehicle (ROV)-based deepwater drill support services for ONGC's offshore drilling operations in India.Under the contract…

Vantris Energy Secures Petronas’ Offshore Drilling Work Orders

Aug 05, 2026

Vantris Energy has secured new offshore engineering and drilling work in Malaysia, including a transportation and installation (T&I) work order from Petronas and a tender-assisted drilling rig (TADR) assignment and contract for offshore development drilling campaigns…

ADNOC, SLB Roll Out AI Platform Across More Than 120 Drilling Rigs

Aug 04, 2026

ADNOC, in collaboration with SLB, has deployed an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled Real-Time Operations Center (RTOC) platform across its fleet of more than 120 drilling rigs, aiming to improve drilling performance, reduce engineering effort…

Current News

China's CNOOC Posts Record First-Half Profit

BP Completes Central Azeri Platform Maintenance, Ramps Up Production

Iran-Oman Talks on Hormuz Reopening Drive Down Oil Prices

Viridien Progresses Hybrid Multi-Client Survey Offshore Malaysia

TGS Extends Work on Indonesia’s Largest Seismic Acquisition Project

Saudi Contractor Enters Oman with Four-Well Drilling Assignment

McDermott Gets ADNOC’s ‘Mega Contract’ to Advance Umm Shaif Field

Iran Tightens Enforcement of Strait of Hormuz Transit Rules

TenneT Completes Drilling, Installation of Protective Conduits for Wind Farms

ConocoPhillips, CNOOC Put Penglai Field off China Into Full Operation

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