1+ hour, 53+ min ago  (226+ words) Published Apr 27, 2026 6: 40 am ET Rhino Resources has contracted Saipem's Saipem 12000 drillship to drill an appraisal well offshore Namibia to test the extension of an oil discovery in the Orange Basin. The Capricornus-1 A well, located in Block 2914 under the PEL…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (180+ words) Published Apr 22, 2026 7: 15 am ET Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured contract awards in the Gulf of America for two ultra-deepwater drillships, adding about $260 million to its backlog. The West Neptune drillship received a 365-day contract extension, with operations set to…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (179+ words) Sierra Leone has signed an agreement with Shell that allows the oil major to conduct advanced geological and geophysical surveys across multiple'offshore'blocks, the country's petroleum directorate said on Wednesday. The reconnaissance permit agreement covers an area of approximately 20, 600 square kilometres…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (227+ words) Published Apr 17, 2026 4: 49 am ET Energy data and intelligence firm TGS has signed a strategic agreement with the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to acquire, process and promote seismic and geophysical data across the country's offshore basins. The agreement covers the reprocessing…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (161+ words) Published Apr 17, 2026 7: 46 am ET Brazil's Petrobras has signed an agreement to acquire a 75% stake and assume operatorship of Block 3 offshore S'o Tom" and Pr'ncipe from Oranto Petroleum. The block is currently held by Oranto, which has a 90% interest and acts…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (194+ words) Published Apr 13, 2026 4: 17 am ET BP has agreed to acquire a 60% interest in three offshore exploration blocks in Namibia from Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas, marking its entry into the country as an operator. The blocks - PEL97, PEL99 and PEL100 - are located in the Walvis…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (217+ words) Published Apr 13, 2026 4: 25 am ET Total Energies has made a hydrocarbon discovery on the Moho license, offshore the Republic of Congo, following the drilling of the MHNM-6 NFW exploration well targeting the Moho G structure. The well encountered a hydrocarbon column…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (184+ words) Published Apr 7, 2026 4: 51 am ET BW Energy has agreed a 25year extension of the Dussafu Marin production license offshore Gabon. Following an agreement with the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Gabonese Republic, the license period has been extended from 2028 to…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago  (170+ words) Published Apr 6, 2026 6: 41 am ET Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured a 1, 095-day contract extension for the West Polaris drillship with Petrobras offshore Brazil, adding about $480 million to its backlog. The extension will see the ultra-deepwater drillship continue operations at the…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (241+ words) Published Mar 27, 2026 6: 32 am ET Etu Energias has agreed to acquire stakes in offshore Blocks 14 and 14 K in Angola from Azule Energy, after exercising pre-emption rights over the assets. Azule Energy, a joint venture combining the Angolan businesses of BP and…...