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AIM-listed player seeks to widen gas horizons with exploration permit offshore New Zealand
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (366+ words) Sunda Energy has applied for a new petroleum exploration permit (PEP) within the offshore area of the Taranaki Basin on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island, covering approximately 645 square kilometers, which contains the Awakino gas condensate field originally…...
TotalEnergies, BluEnergies enhancing Liberia’s oil & gas offshore exploration prospects
1+ week, 31+ min ago (395+ words) The primary goal of the data reprocessing is to enhance the seismic character/definition and the AVO content of the original 3D seismic survey completed by the same firm in 2013. GeoPartners is conducting within the blocks a multi-beam echo sounder survey…...
2018-built rig all done with Shell’s Namibian offshore drilling campaign
1+ week, 1+ day ago (295+ words) The Deepsea Mira rig, which began its contract with Shell on April 4, 2026, completed the work with the UK giant on July 2, 2026, and earned its contractual day rate through the completion date. The extended duration of the contract with Shell has…...
Appraisal ops at Namibian discovery corroborate oil-bearing reservoir continuity
2+ week, 8+ min ago (455+ words) Rhino Resources’ update on behalf of the PEL 85 joint venture (JV) regarding its drilling campaign on Block 2914 offshore Namibia indicates that the Capricornus-1A appraisal well was drilled in the eastern portion of the Capricornus fairway, which was established by the…...
Eni and BP order Vallourec's pipe for Angolan waters
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (314+ words) Vallourec will supply over 26,000 tons of seamless carbon steel line pipes, representing approximately 210 kilometers of pipeline, including advanced solutions with heavy thermal insulation coating for the Greater PAJ project, described as Angola’s first integrated cross-block development. The line pipe solutions…...
TotalEnergies and Petronas embark on ‘major’ oil & gas search in Oceania
2+ week, 3+ day ago (633+ words) TotalEnergies and Petronas previously disclosed a plan to drill the Mailu-1 exploration well, as Papua New Guinea’s first deepwater well, within Block PL 576 in 2025. However, the well was later expected to be spudded in 2026 using Noble Corporation’s Noble Viking seventh-generation…...
SBM Offshore hires Nortrans flotel for long-term gig in Angolan waters
2+ week, 4+ day ago (241+ words) Offshore-Energy.biz SBM Offshore hires Nortrans flotel for long-term gig in Angolan waters Singapore’s offshore and shipping company Nortrans Offshore has secured a flotel assignment at Block 15 off the coast of Angola with Netherlands-based SBM Offshore, a provider of the…...
After Saipem and TechnipFMC, Baker Hughes hired for Angolan ultra-deepwater development
2+ week, 4+ day ago (224+ words) The Greater PAJ project is described as Angola’s first integrated cross-block development, with first oil expected in less than three years, in the first half of 2029. The development brings together five offshore fields across two blocks, Palas, Astraea and Juno…...
Namibia license farm-out drawing to a close with ministerial approval
2+ week, 5+ day ago (358+ words) Tower Resources has secured the final missing approval for the farm-out transaction with Prime Global Energies in Namibia, originally announced in January 2025, thanks to the receipt of a formal letter of approval from the Namibian Ministry of Industries, Mines and…...
New 3D streamer gig taking TGS to Africa & Middle East
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (158+ words) TGS has secured the award of a streamer acquisition contract in Africa and the Middle East region with an unnamed company. As a result, a 3D Ramform vessel is scheduled to begin acquisition activity in early September 2026. This contract has a…...