Supermajors secure more exploration acreage as drilling commitments decline, Westwood Energy says

July 27 (oilnow.gy) Global oil and gas majors are expanding their exploration portfolios, but most new agreements are focused on securing future opportunities rather than committing to immediate drilling activity, according to an analysis by Westwood Global Energy Group. The analysis, published on July 21, examined exploration agreements secured by the supermajor group, including bp,... Continue Reading →

July 27, 2026 0

São Tomé rejects bids from Brazil’s Petrobras and Nigeria’s Oranto after generous offshore oil auction fails to attract enough competition

July 16 (africa.businessinsider.com) An African island nation offered oil companies control of as much as 85% of three offshore blocks. Only two investors came forward. São Tomé and Príncipe has now reportedly rejected every bid submitted in its latest licensing round, delivering another setback to the Central African country’s decades-long search for a commercially viable... Continue Reading →

July 16, 2026 0

Uruguay’s Offshore Oil Province Could Be Bigger Than Vaca Muerta

CJuly 12 (oilprice.com) ompanies are gearing up for exploration drilling in deepwater blocks offshore Uruguay in the hope that the South Atlantic margin offshore South America could hold a lot of oil, similar to the recent discoveries offshore Namibia in Africa. Uruguay, with a limited exploration drilling history of three wells spudded, all dry,... Continue Reading →

July 13, 2026 0

Petrobras concludes acquisition of exploration block in São Tomé and Príncipe

July 9, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the disclosure made on April 17, 2026, announces that it has concluded the acquisition of the interest in and operatorship for Block 3, located offshore São Tomé and Príncipe, in Africa. Upon completion of the transaction, the consortium is now composed of Petrobras... Continue Reading →

July 10, 2026 0

MODEC to Supply Mooring System for Coral Norte FLNG off Mozambique

June 25 (OE) Japanese offshore services company MODEC has secured a contract to supply a SOFEC internal turret mooring system for the Coral Norte floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project offshore Mozambique, being developed by Eni and its partners. MODEC is collaborating with the Technip Energies-JGC joint venture on the project to support integration and... Continue Reading →

June 25, 2026 0

Baker Hughes to Supply Subsea Systems Azule Energy’s Field off Angola

June 25 (OE) Baker Hughes has secured a significant contract award from Azule Energy to supply subsea production systems for the Greater PAJ development offshore Angola. Under the agreement, Baker Hughes will provide deepwater horizontal tree systems for the ultra-deepwater greenfield project, as well as subsea control modules, intervention workover control systems and associated connection,... Continue Reading →

June 25, 2026 0

TotalEnergies to begin new drilling in Suriname next year, executive says

June 24 (Reuters) - Energy producer TotalEnergies expects to begin a new well drilling campaign next year to extend its exploration targets in Suriname, the French company's vice president for exploration in the Americas said on Wednesday. TotalEnergies' largest development in Suriname, the $10.5 billion Gran Morgu offshore project, is ⁠set to begin oil output... Continue Reading →

June 24, 2026 0

Azule Energy gives final go-ahead to $5.1 billion Angola offshore project

June 22 (Reuters) - Azule Energy, a joint venture between BP and Eni, ‌and its partners have approved the $5.1 billion Greater PAJ offshore oil project in Angola, company and government officials said at a signing ceremony on Monday. Partners in the project, Angola's first integrated cross-block development, include Norway's Equinor, Angola's oil and gas agency... Continue Reading →

June 22, 2026 0

Offshore Wind Ambitions Now Span Every Continent as First African Country Joins Global Alliance

June 17 (offshoreWIND.biz) Kenya has become the first African country to join the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA), marking a milestone for the global expansion of offshore wind. Announced at the eleventh Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa on 17 June, Kenya’s accession to GOWA positions Africa alongside Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Australia... Continue Reading →

June 17, 2026 0

Shell Makes ‘Most Promising Subsurface’ Find in Well Offshore Namibia

June 10 (OE) Shell and its partners QatarEnergy and Namibia's national oil company NAMCOR have reported encouraging results from the Merlin-1X exploration well in Petroleum Exploration License 0039 (PEL 0039) offshore Namibia, with the well delivering the most promising subsurface results to date in the license area. Merlin-1X, the tenth well drilled under the license... Continue Reading →

June 10, 2026 0

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