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OMV Drills Dry Well in Norwegian Sea

Jul 16, 2025

Oil and gas firm OMV has drilled a dry wildcat well in the Hoffmann prospect in the Norwegian Sea.The wildcat well 6606/4-1 S was drilled in production license 1194, which was awarded in 2023 (Awards in pre-defined areas 2022).OMV is the operator of the license with 40% working interest…

Bonaparte CCS Project Awarded Major Project Status

Jul 02, 2025

The Bonaparte CCS project has been awarded Major Project Status by the Australian Government. It is the first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project to receive the status in Australia.The Bonaparte CCS Assessment Joint Venture is…

Norway Grants Permit for Equinor’s Drilling Plan in North Sea

May 23, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor Energy and its partners a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 35/11-31 S in production licence 090, operated by Equinor with 45% working interest…

Petronas, Inpex Secure Oil and Gas Exploration Rights off Indonesia

May 22, 2025

Petronas Energy Serpang, in association with Inpex and EO Serpang (EOS), have jointly been awarded rights to explore the Serpang Working Area located offshore Eastern Java in Indonesia.The award comes as part of the second Indonesia Petroleum…

ADNOC Partners with ExxonMobil, Occidental to Boost UAE Oil and Gas Capacity

May 16, 2025

ADNOC has signed agreements with ExxonMobil to expand the capacity of United Arab Emirates (UAE) Upper Zakum field, and with Occidental to explore increasing Shah Gas field’s capacity, as part of multiple strategic agreements that could potentially enable $60 billion of U…

DeepSea Bollsta Set to Spud Two Wildcat Wells in Norwegian Sea

May 09, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted OMV (Norge) a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the Norwegian Sea, which will be drilled with Odfjell Drilling-managed DeepSea Bollsta semi-submersible rig.The permit is for wellbore 6606/4-1 S and 6606/4-1 A in production license 1194…

EnQuest Bags Two Production Sharing Contracts off Indonesia

Apr 23, 2025

U.K.-based oil firm EnQuest, and its joint venture partners, have been confirmed as the winning bidders for two Production Sharing Contract (PSC) blocks in Indonesia’s Papua Barat, including Gaea and Gaea II.The blocks present a multi-Tscf unrisked…

Pre-FEED Work Begins for CCS Project Off Australia

Apr 17, 2025

The Bonaparte CCS joint venture, involving Inpex Corporation, TotalEnergies and Woodside Energy, has started pre-fronte-end engineering design (pre-FEED) work to support the development of the Bonaparte carbon capture and storage (CCS) project offshore Australia…

Petronas Inks Two More PSCs for Bid Round 2024, Launches Round 2025

Feb 21, 2025

Petronas, through Malaysia Petroleum Management (MPM), has concluded the Malaysia Bid Round 2024 (MBR 2024) with the signing of two Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs), located off the coast of Sabah. The state-owned energy giant has also launched MBR 2025…

Inpex Joins Norway’s Trudvang CCS Project

Dec 13, 2024

Japan’s top oil and gas producer Inpex has joined Trudvang carbon capture and storage (CCS) project offshore Norway, by acquiring 30% of Sval Energi’s 40% share in the scheme.Trudvang CCS is a large-scale CCS project that aims to cumulatively…

Equinor Strikes Oil and Gas at Rhombi Prospect in North Sea

Nov 14, 2024

Equinor has made an oil and gas discovery in the North Sea, off Norway, estimated at between 13 and 28 million barrels of oil equivalent.An exploration well with sidetrack has been drilled about 10 kilometers north of the Troll field in the North Sea…

Joint Venture Partners Ink Commercial Deals to Develop Gas Reserves at Azerbaijan’s ACG Field

Sep 23, 2024

The international joint venture (JV) partners, led by BP as the operator, have signed commercial agreements for the development of gas reserves at the giant Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) gas field offshore Azerbaijan.After the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and BP…

Norway Attracts 21 Bidders in Latest Oil and Gas Exploration Round

Sep 06, 2024

Norway's offshore exploration licensing round in mature areas, launched in May 2024, has attracted bids from 21 firms, including Shell, ConocoPhillips, Equinor, Aker BP and TotalEnergies.The Norwegian authorities have received applications from…

New Partner Joins Timor-Leste Offshore Gas Development

Sep 05, 2024

Santos has concluded negotiations for the divestment of partial stake in an offshore gas project to TIMOR GAP, which will join the Bayu-Undan project as partner.Santos said the Bayu-Undan Joint Venture (BUJV) and TIMOR GAP have agreed terms…

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