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Saudi Rig Owner ADES to Buy Shelf Drilling in $380M Deal

Aug 05, 2025

Saudi Arabian oil and gas drilling contractor ADES International Holding has agreed to buy rival rig firm Shelf Drilling for $379.8 million.The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025 subject to customary closing conditions…

Fugro to Deliver Offshore Surveys at Major Energy Fields in Middle East

Aug 01, 2025

Dutch geological data specialist Fugro has been selected to deliver extensive offshore and onshore surveys for multiple major energy field developments in the Middle East.Fugro has recently been awarded multiple contracts to perform comprehensive…

BP, ONGC, Reliance Industries Ink Deal for Offshore Exploration in India

Jul 30, 2025

India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), BP Exploration (Alpha), and Reliance Industries (RIL) have signed a joint operating agreement (JOA) to explore offshore Block GS-OSHP-2022/2 in India’s Saurashtra Basin.The agreement, formalized at ONGC’s headquarters in New Delhi on July 28…

Japan Utility's Offshore Wind Feasibility Assessment Still on Agenda

Jul 29, 2025

Chubu Electric Power said on Tuesday its C-Tech unit is still reviewing the feasibility of domestic offshore wind projects with its partner and aims to complete the assessment around this summer.In 2021, Mitsubishi Corp, together with C-Tech…

Arabian Drilling Books First Offshore Contract Outside Saudi Arabia

Jul 29, 2025

Arabian Drilling, Saudi Arabia’s largest drilling contractor by fleet size, has signed a contract with a GCC-based company for its first offshore operation outside Saudi Arabia.The deal, signed with an undisclosed GCC-based energy company, is primarily for offshore exploration drilling…

Yinson, PTSC Get $600M Contract for Vietnam-Bound FSO

Jul 28, 2025

Yinson Production, via its joint venture PTSC South East Asia (PTSC SEA), has secured a lease and operate contract for a new floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit for Vietnam’s offshore Block B gas development.The contract was awarded by Phu Quoc Petroleum Operating Company (PQPOC)…

Shelf Drilling Secures Work for Jack-Up Rigs in UK and Egypt

Jul 28, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured work for two of its jack-up drilling rigs in U.K. and Egypt, under new contracts and extensions worth collectively around $35 million.Shelf Drilling has signed a one-year extension for…

Valeura Energy, PTTEP Partner Up on Gulf of Thailand Blocks

Jul 25, 2025

Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has signed a farm-in agreement with Thailand’s state-backed PTTEP to acquire a 40% interest in offshore Blocks G1/65 and G3/65 in the Gulf of Thailand, marking a major expansion of its regional footprint…

Eco Wave Power Eyes South Africa for Wave Energy Plant

Jul 25, 2025

Eco Wave Power has signed an agreement with the Africa Great Future Development (AGFDL) to conduct a feasibility study for a potential wave energy power station at the Port of Ngqura, South Africa.The agreement marks Eco Wave Power's first step…

Carnarvon Wraps Major Seismic Project off Australia Ahead of 2026 Drilling Ops

Jul 24, 2025

Carnarvon Energy has completed a major seismic reprocessing project across the Bedout Sub-basin, offshore Australia, in collaboration with its joint venture partners, delivering one of the most advanced seismic datasets in the region to date…

Declining Oil Prices Drive Down Equinor’s Quarterly Profit by 13%

Jul 24, 2025

Europe's gas market could tighten further ahead of the winter season as storage levels remain well below last year and the continent faces competition from Asia for LNG shipments, the CEO of Norway's Equinor told Reuters on Wednesday.Europe's…

Exxon Looking to Explore Trinidad and Tobago For Offshore Oil

Jul 22, 2025

Exxon Mobil has begun negotiations with the Trinidad and Tobago government to explore for oil and gas in up to seven deepwater blocks off the East Coast of the Caribbean country, which the top U.S. oil producer left more than two decades ago…

SLB Gets CCS Job in North Sea for BP, Equinor and TotalEnergies JV

Jul 22, 2025

Global energy technology company SLB has been awarded a technologies and services contract for carbon storage site development in the North Sea by the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), an incorporated joint venture between BP, Equinor and TotalEnergies…

FairWind Names Regional Chief for Northern Central Europe

Jul 22, 2025

Wind industry service company FairWind has appointed Alexandra Hof as Regional Head of Service for Northern Central Europe (NCE). In this newly created role, established to reflect a sharpened focus on local market growth, Hof will lead the…

OMV Petrom, NewMed Energy Hire Noble Drillship for Black Sea Ops

Jul 22, 2025

OMV Petrom and NewMed Energy, the partners in Han Asparuh block in the Black Sea, have hired Noble Corporation’s Globetrotter I ultra-deepwater drillship to drill two exploration wells offshore Bulgaria.The two wells will be drilled on the Han-Asparuh Block…

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