Regional Reports

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silhouette of an offshore drilling rig.
ONGC has handed Shelf Drilling a three-year contract for the jackup J.T. Angel, with an estimated value of about $40 million.
July 3, 2025
Courtesy INPEX Browse E&P
Australia issues recognition for offshore Northern Territory CCS project
July 3, 2025
Courtesy Longitude Engineering
Illustration of Longitude Engineering equipment and the Egyptian flag blend together.
July 3, 2025
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Vietnam map
July 3, 2025
Courtesy OKEA AS
Draugen offshore oil field in the Norwegian Sea.
July 3, 2025
Courtesy Aker BP
Aker BP’s Edvard Grieg offshore platform.
July 3, 2025
Courtesy Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes CO2 compressor technology
July 3, 2025
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Map highlights Caspian Sea Shafag-Asiman exploration area.
July 3, 2025
Courtesy DNO
DNO's North Sea assets are highlighted on the map.
July 2, 2025

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Africa

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Map of Sao Tome and Principe with surrounding African countries.
TotalEnergies has contracted Shearwater Geoservices to acquire a two-month 3D marine seismic acquisition survey offshore São Tome & Principe on the STP-02 Block.
June 26, 2025
Courtesy Golar LNG Ltd.
Golar LNG's Gimi FLNG vessel.
The Gimi FLNG has reached the commercial operations date, and Golar LNG says it will progress FLNG growth.
June 24, 2025
Courtesy HydroSurv 
The REAV-47 vessel sails offshore.
HydroSurv has sold an REAV-47 uncrewed surface vessel to Geodetic Offshore Services Ltd. (GOSL) for hydrographic and geophysical survey operations in Nigeria.
June 16, 2025
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Congo marked with a flag on the map.
Perenco Congo has commissioned a new platform, Kombi 2, for installation on the Kombi-Likalala-Libondo II (KLL II) permit offshore Congo.
June 14, 2025
Courtesy Eni
Congo LNG natural gas export project.
Eni Congo has inaugurated its new Yasika logistics platform on Saipem’s base at the port of Pointe-Noire.
June 14, 2025
Courtesy Ades Holding
Admarine 510 jackup rig
The timing led to favorable terms compared with other offers submitted by various rig owners to Tower over the past year or so.
June 10, 2025

Asia

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Map shows flag of Kazakhstan with nearby countries.
A CNOOC Ltd. subsidiary has signed a contract for exploration and production (E&P) of hydrocarbons on the Zhylyoi subsoil area.
June 24, 2025
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illustration of hands shaking and the words joint venture.
Petronas and Eni have entered a joint venture framework agreement on establishing potential terms for a new regional upstream joint venture company.
June 18, 2025
Courtesy MISC Berhad
Illustration of the LCO₂ Carrier
Petronas CCS Venture, MISC Berhad and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines have formed the joint venture Jules Nautica.
June 18, 2025
Courtesy Welligence Energy Analytics
Welligence Energy Analytics reported on its LinkedIn on June 17: 'Petronas has awarded two new PSCs as part of the Malaysia Bid Round 2025. Dialog Group Berhad secured the Mutiara Cluster PSC, whilst the Temaris Cluster PSC was awarded to Seascape Energy Asia Plc. In parallel to these awards, TotalEnergies has acquired a 50% operated interest in Petronas Carigali’s SK310B and SK313, where over 4 Tcf of gas has been discovered. The farm-in will also include several offshore exploration blocks in Malaysia. Additionally, Petronas has signed technical evaluation agreements with AFED TEXCAL for the Langkasuka Basin in the Straits of Malacca and with POSCO International Corp. for the Layang-Layang Basin off the coast of Sabah.'
Petronas has awarded Seascape Energy a 100% operated interest in a small field asset production sharing contract offshore peninsular Malaysia.
June 18, 2025
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World globe zooms in on Malaysia/Indonesia region.
TotalEnergies has acquired interests from Petronas in various blocks offshore Malaysia and in one block offshore Indonesia.
June 16, 2025
Courtesy Brunei Shell Petroleum / Valaris
Valaris 115 rig offshore Brunei.
Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) has awarded the partnership between John Wood Group and Tendrill International a five-year brownfield engineering, procurement and construction (EPC...
June 16, 2025

Australia & New Zealand

Courtesy BW Offshore's Q1 2025 presentation
BW Opal FPSO.
The FPSO BW Opal has arrived at its offshore location at the Barossa gas field in the Timor Sea, which is about 285 km north of Darwin, Australia.
June 18, 2025
Courtesy Santos Ltd. LinkedIn
Barossa Gas Project
Santos has received a non-binding indicative proposal from a consortium led by XRG to acquire all its shares.
June 16, 2025
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KNOC set to join ConocoPhillips-led Otway drilling programs
Korea National Oil Corp. to join in two exploration programs offshore Australia.
May 17, 2025
Courtesy Woodside Energy
McDermott announces successful floatover mating of Scarborough topsides, hull
Scarborough FPU will be one of the largest semisubmersible production platforms built in offshore history, McDermott says.
May 15, 2025
Courtesy Woodside Energy
Karratha Gas Plant, North West Shelf Project
Woodside Energy provides offshore project updates in its first-quarter 2025 results update.
April 23, 2025
Courtesy 3D Energi
offshore service vessel
3D Energi expected seabed surveys to begin April 17 for the forthcoming Otway Exploration Drilling Program offshore southeast Australia.
April 17, 2025

Canada

Courtesy Cenovus Energy LinkedIn
West White Rose gravity structure nearing tow-out
Preparations are underway for towing the concrete structure to its site location offshore Newfoundland & Labrador.
May 8, 2025
Courtesy Suncor Energy Inc.
Cenovus probes dropped object incident on SeaRose FPSO
Recently upgraded vessel experienced motions after a container was landed in the laydown area.
March 12, 2025
Courtesy Equinor
Bay du Nord FPSO
Offshore Canada, Equinor has awarded BW Offshore the pre-FEED study for the Bay du Nord FPSO project, while ExxonMobil has initiated an investigation into some flashing that fell...
Jan. 24, 2025
Courtesy Cenovus Energy
SeaRose FPSO
Cenovus Energy expects to deliver offshore production next year in the range 65,000 to 75,000 boe/d.
Dec. 12, 2024
Courtesy Harland & Wolff
SeaRose FPSO
The SeaRose FPSO is sailing west to the White Rose field offshore Newfoundland following the completion of life extension work at the Harland & Wolff dry dock in Belfast.
Nov. 1, 2024
Courtesy Viper Innovations
Viper Innovations
J+S Subsea's work scope included the design, engineering, manufacture, marinization and testing of subsea-deployed systems for a project offshore Canada.
Aug. 13, 2024

Latin America

Courtesy Fugro
Petrobras awards long-term vessel contracts for Fugro, DOF
Petrobras FPSOs will also get real-time monitoring systems to ensure platform stability.
June 30, 2025
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Map of Suriname and surrounding countries, with Atlantic Ocean.
A Petronas subsidiary has acquired the exploration, development and production rights in Block 66 offshore Suriname with the signing of a production sharing contract.
June 27, 2025
Courtesy TotalEnergies
map of GranMorgu in Suriname
SBM Offshore has signed an operations and maintenance (O&M) contract for the FPSO GranMorgu with TotalEnergies EP Suriname.
June 20, 2025
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Petrobras and ExxonMobil led the way in the latest offshore block awards issued by the ANP under Brazil’s 5th Permanent Concession Offer Cycle.
June 19, 2025
Courtesy Prosafe
Safe Notos semisubmersible unit
The four-year semisub contract between Petrobras and Prosafe will begin in September 2026.
June 18, 2025
Courtesy Challenger Energy
Map of AREA OFF-1 and AREA OFF-3 areas offshore Uruguay
Challenger Energy has provided an update on its current work program concerning the AREA OFF-3 license offshore Uruguay.
June 14, 2025

Middle East

Courtesy Shana News Agency
Gas pipeline crossing in Persian Gulf.
Iran Gas Engineering and Development Co. has completed construction of a new 3-km subsea pipeline crossing beneath the seabed of the Persian Gulf.
June 27, 2025
Courtesy Energean
Energean Power FPSO at Admiralty Yard in Singapore in 2021.
The Israeli Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure has authorized production to resume from two offshore gas projects following a pause in hostilities between Israel and Iran.
June 25, 2025
Courtesy NewMed Energy
Leviathan operations offshore in the Mediterranean.
Natural gas production from the Leviathan reservoir has halted, according to NewMed Energy.
June 16, 2025
Courtesy Energean
Energean Power FPSO offshore Israel.
Israel’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure has ordered Energean to temporarily suspend production and activities at the offshore Energean Power FPSO.
June 14, 2025
Courtesy ADNOC
new main gas line at Lower Zakum Field
Wood will perform the detailed engineering design for "Package 5" of ADNOC Offshore’s Lower Zakum Long-Term Development Phase 1 project on Das Island in the UAE.
May 22, 2025
Courtesy Energean
Energean Power FPSO
Energean's Katlan gas field development offshore Israel is on track to deliver first gas in 2027, and Serica Energy continues work at the offshore Belinda Field in the North Sea...
May 22, 2025

North Sea & Europe

Courtesy Aker BP
Solitaire vessel completes pipelaying work in the North Sea.
The Pioneering Spirit vessel completed heavy-lift removals for the Valhall project, and the Solitaire vessel finished pipelaying work for the Yggdrasil development.
July 2, 2025
Courtesy Equinor
The illustration shows the two new subsea templates (marked in yellow) and the existing infrastructure from phases 1 and 2.
Equinor says the additional planned subsea infrastructure should increase recovery by 40 MMboe to 50 MMboe.
July 2, 2025
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offshore operations in the North Sea off the Danish coast.
Viaro Energy has agreed to acquire North Sea independent Deltic Energy via a recommended all-cash offer.
July 2, 2025
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AI-generated offshore wind farm.
This will be the first project under the ScotWind lease process to secure both onshore planning permission and offshore consent.
July 1, 2025
Courtesy Jan Arne Wold / Equinor
Transocean Enabler drilling rig
Equinor has struck oil in exploration well 7720/7-DD-1H, Drivis Tubåen, on the Johan Castberg Field in the Barents Sea.
June 30, 2025
Courtesy Serica Energy
Triton FPSO.
Following repairs and maintenance, Dana Petroleum is preparing to restart production operations at the Triton FPSO in the central UK North Sea.
June 30, 2025

Russia

Courtesy Lukoil
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Lukoil has opened a new center for core and reservoir fluids research in Perm, Russia.
Jan. 9, 2024
Courtesy Lukoil
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Lukoil has proven a large new gas-condensate field in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.
Feb. 7, 2023
Courtesy Nord Stream
Nord Stream 1 Castoro Dieci Lowering The Pipeline 62d73205d779e
Russian leader blames Western sanctions for the shutdown.
Sept. 8, 2022
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In Memoriam
Ravil Maganov, chairman of Russia's second largest oil producer Lukoil, died on Sept. 1 after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, a source familiar with the situation told...
Sept. 2, 2022
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Construction takes place on the offshore section of the Nord stream-2 gas pipeline on the bottom of the Baltic sea.
Russia will halt gas supplies to Europe for three days at the end of the month via its main pipeline into the region, Gazprom said on Friday, piling pressure on the region as ...
Aug. 19, 2022
Courtesy Rystad Energy August 2022
Iran Direct Octg Imports Rystad Energy
Metallurgical issues could impact Gazprom’s plans to support Iran’s offshore gas field development plans, according to Rystad Energy.
Aug. 15, 2022

US & Gulf of Mexico

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Authors review impact of recent court cases, executive orders.
Feb. 5, 2022
Courtesy Delfin Midstream Inc.
Delfin Midstream enters into agreement with Siemens to reserve gas turbine capacity
Delfin Midstream says it expects a final investment decision this fall for its offshore LNG export facility.
July 2, 2025
Courtesy W&T Offshore, Inc.
W&T Offshore secures legal victory concerning surety provider claims
W&T Offshore says that the ruling in the US District & Bankruptcy Court could affect how collateral is determined for insurance coverage.
June 30, 2025
Courtesy TGS
Laconia III map of seismic coverage.
This latest phase in the large-scale Laconia ocean-bottom node (OBN) survey program spans about 150 Outer Continental Shelf blocks in the Gulf of Mexico.
June 26, 2025
Courtesy BOEM
BOEM proposes Lease Sale 262 in the ‘Gulf of America’
The lease sale bid reading is proposed for December 10, 2025.
June 25, 2025
Courtesy TGS
TGS-created Gulf of Mexico map showing seismic surveyed areas.
TGS has completed the Amendment Phase 4 ultra-long offset ocean-bottom node (OBN) survey in the US Gulf of Mexico.
June 24, 2025