Oil And Gas News


Borr Drilling's Mexican JV Expands Fleet with Five Jack-Ups

Jul 29, 2026

BC Ventures, a 50/50 joint venture between Borr Drilling and its long-term well construction partner in Mexico, has completed the previously announced acquisition of five premium jack-up drilling rigs from Fontis Finance for $287 million, expanding…

Keppel Launches $2.9B Program to Monetize Legacy Offshore Drilling Rigs

Jul 28, 2026

Keppel has launched a program to monetize up to 10 legacy offshore drilling rigs through a newly established Keppel Offshore Fund (KOF), in a transaction valued at approximately $2.86 billion (S$3.7 billion) that will expand its funds under management and generate proceeds from non-core assets…

Saipem Cuts Earnings Outlook as Middle East Costs Rise

Jul 28, 2026

Italian oil and gas contractor Saipem on Monday revised down its expectations for 2026 core earnings to take into account extra costs linked to the Middle East crisis.The de-consolidation of its shallow-water drilling business, which Saipem recently sold…

Serica Energy Agrees $194M Pharos Energy Acquisition

Jul 27, 2026

Serica Energy has agreed to acquire Pharos Energy in a cash deal valuing the London-listed oil and gas producer at approximately $194.5 million (£145.7 million), prompting Pharos to withdraw its recommendation for a rival takeover offer from Ratio Petroleum…

Oil Eases After Topping $100, Still Set for Weekly Rise

Jul 24, 2026

Oil futures prices fell over 3% on Friday but are still set for hefty weekly gains because of concerns about disrupted energy flows in the Red Sea and fears of further escalation in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.Brent futures LCOc1 fell nearly $4…

BP Moves Indonesia CCUS Project Into Offshore Installation Phase

Jul 24, 2026

BP has advanced the Tangguh Ubadari, CCUS and Compression (UCC) project in Indonesia with the first offshore platform jacket arriving in Fakfak, Papua Barat, marking the start of the offshore installation phase.The jacket completed a 5,800-km…

Eni-Petronas JV Starts Indonesia-Bound FPSO Construction

Jul 24, 2026

Searah, the joint venture energy company formed by Italy's Eni and Malaysia's Petronas, has started developing a floating gas facility to process gas from its $11.8 billion North Hub project in Indonesia, the Indonesian government said.The company…

QatarEnergy Prolongs LNG Force Majeure, Charters Out Tankers

Jul 23, 2026

QatarEnergy has extended force majeure on liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies to several Asian buyers and continues to lease out some of its LNG tankers through mid-October, trade sources said, signaling expectations that export disruptions could persist as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed…

Chevron Enlists Velesto’s Jack-Up Rig for Drilling Job off Malaysia

Jul 22, 2026

Velesto Energy has secured a contract worth approximately $51 million from Hess Exploration and Production Malaysia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron, to provide integrated rig, drilling and completion services for the North Malay Basin Full Field Development Campaign…

ABL Gets Papua New Guinea FSO Job

Jul 22, 2026

ABL has been awarded a contract by Oil Search (PNG), a subsidiary of Santos, to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services for Papua New Guinea's first offshore floating storage and offloading (FSO) facility.The work will support the supply…

Energean Lifts Karish Fields FPSO Oil Processing Capacity

Jul 22, 2026

Energean has commissioned the second oil train on its Energean Power floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, increasing liquids processing capacity by 72% to 31,000 barrels per day at the Karish and Karish North fields offshore Israel…

Oil Rises on Dual Shipping Threat in Hormuz and Red Sea

Jul 22, 2026

Oil prices rose to near six-week highs on Wednesday on mounting concerns about disruptions to key Middle Eastern supply routes because of escalating hostilities between the U.S. and Iran and threats to shipping by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen…

ADNOC Approves $6.2B Offshore Umm Shaif Gas Project

Jul 21, 2026

ADNOC has made a $6.2 billion final investment decision (FID) to develop the Umm Shaif Gas Cap project offshore Abu Dhabi with partners TotalEnergies, Eni and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC).The development is expected to produce…

Velesto Frees Up Drilling Rig After Early Contract Termination off Indonesia

Jul 20, 2026

Malaysia-based offshore drilling contractor Velesto Energy has mutually agreed with PC Ketapang II, PC North Madura II and PETRONAS North Ketapang to terminate, without cause, a contract for the NAGA 8 jack-up drilling rig offshore Indonesia…

Current News

FPSO for Azule Energy’s Angola Offshore Field Starts Taking Shape in China

Borr Drilling's Mexican JV Expands Fleet with Five Jack-Ups

Keppel Launches $2.9B Program to Monetize Legacy Offshore Drilling Rigs

Saipem Cuts Earnings Outlook as Middle East Costs Rise

Serica Energy Agrees $194M Pharos Energy Acquisition

Oil Eases After Topping $100, Still Set for Weekly Rise

BP Moves Indonesia CCUS Project Into Offshore Installation Phase

Eni-Petronas JV Starts Indonesia-Bound FPSO Construction

QatarEnergy Prolongs LNG Force Majeure, Charters Out Tankers

Chevron Enlists Velesto’s Jack-Up Rig for Drilling Job off Malaysia

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