Field/project development
The loan to Arena Energy will generate an estimated 38,600 B/D in new production from 22 platforms in the Gulf.
TotalEnergies signed off for 30% operated stakes in the Lang Lebah and B14 gas fields offshore Sarawak on the sidelines of ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi, while also highlighting methane-reduction partnerships in Angola, India, and Southeast Asia.
New rules requiring Mozambique’s LNG industry to supply 25% of production to the domestic market could stabilize gas deliveries to South Africa’s Secunda industrial center as the Pande and Temane gas fields near depletion.
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This paper presents a reduced physics-based model that accelerates the ability to screen infill-location optimization, using the fast marching method to maximize production for a reservoir with multiple realizations. -
The Loran Phase 2 license award builds on BP’s growing presence in Venezuela as it seeks to develop offshore projects, particularly shared fields near Venezuela’s maritime border with Trinidad and Tobago.
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ExxonMobil and its Area 4 partners have awarded $1.1 billion in pre-investment contracts for long-lead upstream equipment supporting Mozambique's Rovuma LNG project. The awards, led by OneSubsea, mark a key step toward FID as development advances on ExxonMobil's largest global investment.
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Gran Tierra will refocus its investment strategy to strengthen its portfolio in Canada and Azerbaijan while Maurel & Prom, majority owned by Pertamina’s international upstream arm, grows its South American footprint in Colombia and Ecuador.
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The sale of Woodside’s Calypso stake to BP completes the company’s withdrawal from Trinidad and Tobago after decades of operations in the country.
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ExxonMobil’s Letter of Intent to begin preliminary engineering and procurement work for Mozambique’s Rovuma LNG project bridges the development to a final EPC contract, which Area 4 partners are expected to award following an FID anticipated by year-end 2026.
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Beetaloo Energy and Halliburton have signed an MOU to advance Beetaloo Digital, a proposed gas-powered AI data center hub in Australia’s Northern Territory that could create a new long-term market for Beetaloo Basin gas.
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Hungary’s MOL Group captures a major project within the EU and its largest upstream opportunity since it farmed into in Azerbaijan’s ACG offshore field.
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As 50-50 joint venture partners in Arrow Energy, the operator of the Surat Gas Project, Shell and PetroChina will share the AUD 713 million (USD 501 million) cost of Phase 3.
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Equinor, ADNOC, Eni, Santos, Saipem, and Halliburton lead this week’s offshore energy headlines, with a new Barents Sea discovery, a $6.2 billion UAE gas project FID, and major contract awards across Côte d’Ivoire, Iraq, Libya, and Romania. Key updates also include progress at Santos’ Barossa and Pikka developments and new North Sea drilling commitments from Equinor a…
