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Petrofac supporting National Oil Company of Equatorial Guinea
18 Apr 20242 min read

Petrofac supporting National Oil Company of Equatorial Guinea

Petrofac, has been awarded a technical services contract by Compañía Nacional de Petróleos de Guinea Ecuatorial (GEPetrol), the National Oil Company of Equatorial Guinea, to support the operation of the region’s Block B asset.

88 Energy announce second light oil discovery
17 Apr 20242 min read

88 Energy announce second light oil discovery

88 Energy has announced further successful flow test results from the Company’s Hickory-1 discovery well, located in Project Phoenix on the North Slope of Alaska.

SLB awarded three completion contracts for Petrobras’ Buzios Field
16 Apr 20241 min read

SLB awarded three completion contracts for Petrobras’ Buzios Field

SLB has been awarded three contracts by Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) for completion hardware and services for up to 35 subsea wells in the development of Petrobras’ offshore Buzios Wave II oilfield.

Seatrium and Shell to collaborate on floating production systems
15 Apr 20241 min read

Seatrium and Shell to collaborate on floating production systems

The companies have signed an MoU to explore and strengthen collaboration opportunities in floating production systems through leveraging both parties’ deep engineering capabilities and technologies.

Talos Energy increases 2024 operational and financial guidance following early closing of QuarterNorth acquisition
12 Mar 20241 min read

Talos Energy increases 2024 operational and financial guidance following early closing of QuarterNorth acquisition

Talos Energy has provided an updated 2024 operational and financial guidance to reflect the closing of the QuarterNorth Energy acquisition earlier than expected. Prior guidance was based on an end 1Q24 close.

APA corporation to acquire Callon Petroleum company
5 Jan 20241 min read

APA corporation to acquire Callon Petroleum company

APA Corporation and Callon Petroleum Company have entered into a definitive agreement under which APA will acquire Callon in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately US$4.5 billion.

Offshore approval wait times reach 562 days
27 Oct 20232 min read

Offshore approval wait times reach 562 days

Australia’s oil and gas industry has called for the Commonwealth to fix the offshore regulatory system after the logjam of energy supply and carbon capture projects awaiting approval was exposed.

Transocean Ltd. issues quarterly Fleet Status Report
23 Oct 20231 min read

Transocean Ltd. issues quarterly Fleet Status Report

The report provides the current status of, and contract information for, the company’s fleet of offshore drilling rigs.

US$800 billion upstream investment underlines the central role of oil and gas in Africa’s energy future
18 Oct 20233 min read

US$800 billion upstream investment underlines the central role of oil and gas in Africa’s energy future

The African upstream oil and gas sector is in the middle of an US$800 billion capital expenditure (capex) programme that will see liquified natural gas (LNG) emerge as a major investment theme alongside traditional deepwater oil according to Wood Mackenzie.

Drilling at Mayaya Centro-X1 shows signs of a new oil basin
6 Oct 20232 min read

Drilling at Mayaya Centro-X1 shows signs of a new oil basin

The drilling of the Mayaya Centro-X1 IE well (stratigraphic investigation), located in the north of the department of La Paz, shows signs of a new oil basin in the northern sub-Andean region, says President of YPFB.

TGS announces 3D expansion of onshore survey in the Midland Basin
26 Sept 20231 min read

TGS announces 3D expansion of onshore survey in the Midland Basin

TGS has announced a northern extension to its previously announced Pontiac 3D Survey in the Midland Basin, Texas, US.

Palantir Technologies Inc. and Azule Energy partner on software to optimise upstream production
10 Aug 20231 min read

Palantir Technologies Inc. and Azule Energy partner on software to optimise upstream production

Palantir Foundry will help Azule Energy manage their current 200 000 bpd oil production and support their growth goal of 250 000 bpd.

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