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Saipem Mobilizes for GranMorgu Oil Development off Suriname

Jun 23, 2026

Italian energy services company Saipem has launched operations for the GranMorgu offshore project in Suriname with the arrival of the multi-purpose construction vessel Normand Navigator at the Jules Sedney Harbour commercial port in Paramaribo…

Murphy Strikes Oil Offshore West Africa

Jun 23, 2026

U.S. firm Murphy Oil Corporation has discovered oil at its Bubale-1X exploration well offshore Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa.The Bubale-1X well, located in Block CI-709 around 40 miles (64 km) offshore Côte d'Ivoire, encountered 100 feet (30 meters) of net oil pay across two reservoirs…

Azule Energy Approves $5b Angola Offshore Oil Project

Jun 22, 2026

Azule Energy, a joint venture between BP and Eni, and its partners have approved the $5.1 billion Greater PAJ offshore oil project in Angola, company and government officials said at a signing ceremony on Monday.Partners in the project, Angola's first integrated cross-block development…

Perenco Inks Gas Sales Deal for Vietnamese Offshore Field

Jun 22, 2026

Perenco has signed a gas sales and purchase agreement (GSPA) for the Su Tu Trang Phase 2B development in Block 15-1 offshore Vietnam, marking a key commercial milestone for a project aimed at boosting domestic gas supplies and supporting the country's energy security…

Europa Oil & Gas Extends Timeline for Equatorial Guinea Farm-Out Completion

Jun 22, 2026

Europa Oil & Gas has extended the completion deadline for the farm-out of a 40% stake in the EG-08 production sharing contract offshore Equatorial Guinea to July 31, 2026, as the companies await final regulatory approval from China.The AIM-listed…

Kosmos Closes $127M Equatorial Guinea Assets Sale to Panoro

Jun 17, 2026

Kosmos Energy has completed the sale of its interests in the Ceiba Field and Okume Complex production assets in Block G offshore Equatorial Guinea to Panoro Energy, as the company continues to streamline its portfolio and strengthen its balance sheet…

MOL, Repsol and TPAO Advance Deepwater Libya Exploration Project

Jun 16, 2026

Hungary's MOL Group and its joint venture partners Repsol and Türkiye Petrolleri A.O. (TPAO) have signed a production sharing agreement for a deepwater offshore exploration block in Libya's Mediterranean waters, advancing plans for oil and gas exploration in the North African country…

ConocoPhillips Set to Sign Syria Gas Development Deal

Jun 16, 2026

U.S. oil and gas producer ConocoPhillips is set to sign a contract with Syria's new government to revive gas production, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing two people familiar with the matter.ConocoPhillips and Novaterra Energy will…

ExxonMobil Applies for Exploration Permit Offshore Guyana

Jun 16, 2026

U.S. oil and gas major Exxon Mobil has applied for environmental authorization for a 35-well exploration campaign in Stabroek block, some 120 miles (193 km) off Guyana's Atlantic coastline, according to environmental regulator EPA.The campaign is expected to run from 2028 through 2033…

Greece Approves Chevron Request to Lead Offshore Gas Exploration

Jun 15, 2026

Greece has approved Chevron's request to take over a 70% stake from Greece's Helleniq Energy in an offshore block southwest of Greece, the Greek energy ministry said on Monday, in a move that further expands the U.S. oil major's presence in the Mediterranean…

Woodside Exercises Right to Buy Stake in Browse JV from PetroChina

Jun 11, 2026

Woodside Energy said on Friday it had exercised its pre-emptive right to acquire PetroChina's 10.67% stake in the Browse gas fields off the coast of Western Australia, blocking a deal agreed with Japan's INPEX.Under the terms of the transaction…

Shearwater Nets ExxonMobil’s Seismic Survey Contract Offshore Guyana

Jun 11, 2026

Shearwater Geoservices has been awarded a distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) seismic survey contract in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana by ExxonMobil Guyana.The contract covers a two-month program comprising source-only seismic acquisition…

Petrobras Farms Into Equinor-Operated Itaimbezinho Block Offshore Brazil

Jun 10, 2026

Petrobras has agreed to acquire a 50% interest in the Itaimbezinho exploration block in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil from Equinor.Equinor currently holds a 100% stake in the block. Upon completion of the transaction, the consortium will consist of Equinor as operator with a 50% interest…

Oil Holds Steady as Markets Assess Renewed US-Iran Hostilities

Jun 10, 2026

Oil prices were steady on Wednesday, as renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities muddied direction, though a forecast U.S. stock draw offered support.Brent futures LCOc1 were up 25 cents, or 0.27%, to $91.70 a barrel at 0736 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 was up 23 cents…

Shell Makes ‘Most Promising Subsurface’ Find in Well Offshore Namibia

Jun 10, 2026

Shell and its partners QatarEnergy and Namibia's national oil company NAMCOR have reported encouraging results from the Merlin-1X exploration well in Petroleum Exploration License 0039 (PEL 0039) offshore Namibia, with the well delivering the…

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