The President of the Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, and Eni’s Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi, confirmed the joint commitment to accelerate the production start-up of the Zohr field offshore Egypt. The two met on Sunday in Cairo to…

AziLat Ltd., an oil and gas exploration company focused on South America will buy two offshore blocks in Brazil from OGX Petróleo e Gás S.A. (“OGX”). The blocks CE-M-603 and POT-M-475 are located in the Ceará Basin and the Potiguar…

Harvey Gulf International has taken delivery of Harvey Power, the second LNG-powered offshore support vessel operating in the United States. The vessel, built by Gulf Coast Shipyard in Gulfport, Mississippi, has started its contract with Shell in the U.S. Gulf…

Noble Corporation, a UK-based drilling contractor has won two new rig contracts, and one extension. The driller, in its fleet status report on Thursday, said it had secured work for the following rigs: Noble Danny Adkins, Noble Houston Colbert, and…

Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad is closing to spudding its Sea Lion-1 exploration well, offshore Victoria, Australia, following several delays. The company on Friday said that its subsidiary, Carnarvon Hibiscus Pty Ltd (CHPL) would take over the West Telesto drilling rig soon,…

Norwegian seismic survey company Dolphin Geophysical has informed today that it has been selected as the first shortlisted contractor for “one major project offshore India.” The title of the company’s press release reveals the deal would be for a 3d…

Rowan Companies, a Houston-based offshore driller, has won a contract for its Rowan Gorilla IV jack-up rig from Arena Energy. In its fleet status update on Wednesday, Rowan said the new 300-day contract would start in direct continuation of the…

Norwegian oilfield services provider Aibel will build the converter station at Haugsneset for land-based power supply to the giant offshore oil field, the Johan Sverdrup. The contract, awarded by the nation’s largest oil company Statoil, also includes trenching and laying…

Lukoil, PanAtlantic, and Romgaz have discovered a gas field at the Trident block (EX-30) in the Black Sea, offshore Romania. The Russian company announced Wednesday the completion of drilling of the exploratory well Lira-1X and the discovery of a gas…

South Korea’s majors rig builders Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) have teamed up in a Joint Industry Project, looking to cut rig construction costs and project delays. According to Hyundai…