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Conrad seals rig deal for Mako gas development offshore Indonesia Pertamina Drilling-ADES consortium will supply jack-up for wells and installation of CSF

Majors steer clear of Alaska wildlife refuge lease sale Five of 58 tracts were sold, mostly to a state-owned development corporation

Sable Offshore heads to federal court in bid to defeat California The company is in the middle of a battle pitting the Trump administration against California energy policy

Operator confirms gas ‘presence’ in promising Andaman offshore exploration well Indian operator has now established presence of hydrocarbons at two of three exploratory wells it has drilled in Andaman basin

ConocoPhillips set to plunge into West African frontier US player eyes Equatorial Guinea blocks near Sao Tome acreage that hosted Galp Energia's Jaca-1 wildcat

Spend Strait of Hormuz windfall profits on opportunities too long ignored As beneficiaries of the crisis, oil and gas companies should consider investing in a far different energy future

BP steps up Caspian exploration push Top executive sheds light on supermajor’s next steps for keenly watched Caspian prospects

Equinor shows clear intent to accelerate seven recent discoveries Norwegian giant has new philosophy around faster development of near-field discoveries

Adnoc closing in on multibillion-dollar awards for major offshore gas project Leaders have emerged for the three Umm Shaif gas cap packages, and operator Adnoc is likely to place awards …

Final bids due for new UK FPSO Next week's final price offers mark real progress for Cambo. But even after a bidder is chosen — likely within three months— the …

Australian FSRU clears environmental approvals Viva Energy progresses with FSRU plan after clearing state and federal environmental approval

‘Supply chains are under strain’: How Trafigura’s agile tanker fleet turned chaos into profit Swiss trader says it has the capacity to react swiftly to market disruption

Global LNG tightness could trigger unprecedented demand destruction Asia now outbidding Europe for LNG cargoes in name of security of supply but painful demand destruction rebalancing set to hit both …

Alberta lands oil export deal with Ottawa, then flirts with separatism Icy relations between province and federal government may be thawing, but independence movement could spoil the mood

Industry gears up for contentious Alaska lease sale US Bureau of Land Management pledges to open more of Alaska and beyond to drilling amid record leasing activity

Russia allows TotalEnergies to exit sanctioned LNG project French supermajor will offload its 10% stake in Arctic LNG 2 to Russian company

US security agencies warn of cyberattacks on oilfield equipment Companies urged to consider taking automatic tank gauge systems offline to prevent sabotage

Transocean semisub snapped up for exploration Down Under Santos and Carnarvon planning 2027 Bedout sub-basin campaign, with drilling targets including untested plays

Vantris Energy receives clean audit opinion for first time in four years EY finds no material uncertainty related to going concern

MISC and K Line score second newbuild for Northern Lights CCS Chinese yard to deliver LCO2 carrier for Equinor-led open-access carbon capture and storage scheme

Shell potentially selling off stake in Australian carbon credits developer Supermajor exploring options to divest stake, according to reports

Cambodia moves offshore dispute with Thailand to the UN Phnom Penh government keen to unlock oil and gas resources in Overlapping Claims Area

Contractors eye options to help unlock future LNG projects Contractors discuss future of LNG contract and execution models during Samsung E&A Tech Forum 2026

Floating LNG player confirms $5 billion green light for US Gulf project Delfin Midstream reaches FID on first of three planned liquefaction vessels

Kazakh oilfield hits milestone with start-up of gas reinjection facility Facility's long-awaited compressor will boost gas reinjection to allow higher oil production

ExxonMobil to contract installation services for Guyana FPSO Hammerhead field in Stabroek block is expected to start production in 2029

UK North Sea industry in dark amid potential threat escalation Industry says offshore platforms should be designated as critical national infrastructure

Chevron submits $13.8 billion plan for Argentina shale project El Trapial block in Neuquen basin is company's crown jewel in Vaca Muerta

Equinor tunes up Bay du Nord hunt for rock installation vessels Chosen fallpipe vessel will have to place almost 330,000 tonnes of rock in 1200 metres of water

Adnoc selects contractors for $10 billion-plus giant offshore expansion New expansion phase at Upper Zakum aims to increase field’s oil production capacity to up to 1.5 million barrels per day

Clarity emerges on Hercules contract in Canada Warm-stacked semisub will work on Suncor's Terra Nova field in Newfoundland & Labrador

UK independent deal with Chevron hits roadblock in Angola Local player Etu Energias breaks into Energean's deal with Chevron with demand of pre-emption rights

BP held talks with Ithaca Energy over North Sea exit BP is only supermajor not to have pursued consolidation in UK North Sea

Oslo based driller lands binding deal for semisub Dolphin Drilling has secured long-term work for last of its three semisubs