Asset Management
Talos Energy founder Tim Duncan has been named executive chairman of newly formed 1947 Oil&Gas, which will focus on acquiring and developing mature, shallow-water assets through its buyout of Renaissance Offshore. The deal is expected to close in Q2 2026.
Operators aren’t rushing to drill, even as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz drives oil prices up.
The following three papers show challenges and potential solutions across various stages of the deepwater well-development cycle from a variety of deepwater basins across the world.
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Strathcona doubles down on heavy oil—sells Montney assets for nearly CAD 3 billion, grabs Canada’s top crude-by-rail hub, and sets sights on MEG Energy in bold growth move. -
Floatover topsides installation is the latest milestone in Woodside's $12.5 billion gas project.
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Operator Cenovus expects the concrete gravity structure to be moved in June, first oil to be produced in Q2 2026.
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The investment underscores ExxonMobil’s pivot to Nigeria’s offshore after it finalized the divestiture of its onshore assets in the country.
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The contracts build on Cairo’s decades-long strategic energy alliance with Moscow, which will soon include nuclear energy.
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Operator targets first oil 30 months after field sanction of $1.5 billion heavy-oil project that will use a refurbished wellhead platform and FPSO.
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Leaders at OTC 2025 warned that tariffs and supply chain strains threaten offshore project economics despite record global output.
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FLNG vessels will handle gas from the Vaca Muerta formation when they go online in 2027 and 2028 offshore Argentina.
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Global majors remain committed to boosting investment in Egypt’s offshore gas production as they eye Cairo’s underutilized LNG capacity.
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Contractor will moor the production semisub in the Keathley Canyon area of the US Gulf of Mexico.
