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BP to Take Full Ownership of Calypso Offshore Gas Project

Aug 07, 2026

BP has agreed to acquire Woodside Energy's 70% interest in Block TTDAA 14, which contains the Calypso gas project offshore Trinidad and Tobago, increasing its stake to 100% and assuming operatorship.The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2026…

ExxonMobil Picks Sercel's Marlin for Guyana Offshore Operations

Aug 06, 2026

ExxonMobil Global Projects has selected Sercel's Marlin solution to support the management of simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) on the Whiptail project in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.Under a one-year contract, Sercel will deploy the Marlin…

Nigeria Aims to Unlock Up to $50B in Offshore Oil and Gas Investment

Aug 06, 2026

Nigeria's upstream oil regulator expects at least 22 offshore projects to start production by 2030, with potential investment of up to $50 billion, as Africa's top oil producer pushes to boost oil and gas output and attract new capital.The NUPRC said reforms…

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…

Sonangol's Appraisal Well off Angola Delivers Strong Test Results

Aug 06, 2026

Angola's state-owned oil company Sonangol and concessionaire ANPG said on Thursday that the Katambi-2 offshore appraisal well crossed two productive intervals and confirmed good quality reservoirs.Initial tests recorded a stabilised production…

Petrobras Makes Offshore Gas Discovery in Colombian Deepwater Block

Aug 04, 2026

Petrobras has confirmed a new gas discovery at the Sandia-1 exploratory well in the GUA-OFF-0 block in deep waters offshore Colombia, further expanding the identified gas potential of the country's offshore basin.The Sandia-1 well is located about 42 kilometers from the Colombian coast in 1…

ExxonMobil Offshore Oil Venture in Guyana Recoups Initial Costs

Jul 31, 2026

An ExxonMobil-led joint venture has recovered the billions of dollars it invested to develop a large oilfield in Guyana, its chief financial officer told Reuters, and the South American country will now receive more oil money.Guyana's Stabroek Block…

Shell Agrees $720M Sale of Cyprus Gas Unit to MOL Group

Jul 31, 2026

Shell has agreed to sell its wholly owned subsidiary BG Cyprus to MOL Group for up to $720 million, giving the Hungarian energy company a 35% stake in Cyprus' Aphrodite offshore gas field.The transaction, which is subject to customary adjustments…

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

Jul 30, 2026

Azule Energy, jointly owned by Eni and BP, has started construction of the topside process modules for the Greater PAJ floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, with the first steel cutting ceremony held at Haiyang CIMC Raffles' Haiyang yard in China…

Talos Energy Farms Into Mexico’s Offshore Oil Block via Repsol Deal

Jul 28, 2026

Talos Energy has agreed to acquire a 50% working interest in Block 29 offshore Mexico from Repsol, expanding its international portfolio with a pre-final investment decision oil development that includes more than 200 million barrels of oil equivalent of estimated recoverable resources…

Eni, TotalEnergies Greenlight Cronos Gas Development off Cyprus

Jul 28, 2026

Eni and TotalEnergies have taken a final investment decision (FID) to develop the Cronos gas field offshore Cyprus, paving the way for the country's first gas project and creating a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export route to Europe via existing infrastructure in Egypt…

Baker Hughes Secures Venture Global’s LNG Liquefaction Tech Order

Jul 27, 2026

Baker Hughes has secured a major order from Venture Global LNG to supply liquefaction technology for the expansion of the CP2 LNG project in Louisiana, extending the companies' long-standing partnership in U.S. liquefied natural gas development…

Egypt Approves Oil, Gas Exploration

Jul 22, 2026

Egypt's parliament approved four oil and gas exploration and development agreements on Wednesday, including a North Sinai project involving Franco-British independent producer Perenco.Egypt is looking to bolster domestic energy production that…

Uruguay Grants Chevron-Led Block Exploration Extension

Jul 22, 2026

Oil and gas company Sintana Energy has informed that the Uruguay's state-owned energy company ANCAP has approved a one-year extension to the initial exploration period for the AREA OFF-1 offshore block, giving the Chevron-led venture more time…

Saipem Secures $260M Drillship Deal with Eni in West Africa

Jul 22, 2026

Saipem has secured an offshore drilling contract worth approximately $260 million from Eni for a long-term development drilling campaign offshore Côte d'Ivoire.The contract will see the Santorini drillship deployed on the campaign from early 2027 under a firm drilling program…

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