Draeger Marine & Offshore (DMO) has supplied equipment to support the UK’s first CO2 injection test for carbon capture and storage (CCS). The gas monitoring equipment is being used to ensure safe operations aboard Petrodec’s ERDA rig in the North Sea. SourceContinue Reading
Valaris has been awarded a 940-day contract extension for drillship VALARIS DS-16, starting in June 2026, and a new 914-day contract for drillship VALARIS DS-18, the company announced. The combined addition to contracted revenue backlog is approximately $760 million. SourceContinue Reading
McDermott has been awarded a sizeable* offshore transportation and installation contract by BRAVA Energia, an independent oil and gas company in Brazil, for the Papa-Terra field in the Campos Basin and the Atlanta field in Block BS-4 within the Santos Basin. SourceContinue Reading
Petro-Victory Energy Corp. and Azevedo & Travassos Energia S.A. (ATE) have signed a binding memorandum of understanding on July 2, 2025 (MOU) under which Petro-Victory will become a subsidiary of ATE. ATE has agreed to acquire all shares of Petro-Victory. SourceContinue Reading
Companies hired by TotalEnergies SE to build a $20 billion gas project in northern Mozambique have started preparing to resume work on the venture, four years after it was suspended because of a militant insurgency, according to people familiar with the matter. SourceContinue Reading
U.S. oil and gas company VAALCO Energy is refurbishing its FPSO facility at the Baobab field in Block CI-40, offshore Ivory Coast, African Energy Chamber announced. The modernization is set to increase production and extend the field’s economic life. SourceContinue Reading
OPEC+ will increase oil production even more rapidly than expected next month, as the group led by Saudi Arabia seeks to capitalize on strong summer demand in its move to reclaim market share. Eight key alliance members agreed to raise supply by 548,000 bpd at a conference on Saturday. SourceContinue Reading
Petrobras is considering the sale of its onshore operations in Brazil’s northeastern Bahia state, CEO Magda Chambriard said. Production on the Polo Bahia Terra is too expensive given that it yields less than a single well in the deepwater pre-salt region. SourceContinue Reading
Subsea7 has secured a sizeable contract for offshore Egypt to conduct engineering, procurement, commissioning and installation of flexible pipelines, umbilicals, and associated subsea components for a tie back to existing infrastructures. SourceContinue Reading
President Donald Trump secured a sweeping shift in U.S. domestic policy as the House passed a $3.4 trillion fiscal package that cuts taxes, curtails spending on safety-net programs and reverses much of Joe Biden’s efforts to move the country toward a clean-energy economy. SourceContinue Reading
