Eni is recording positive results from its first exploration well, XF-002, currently under drilling in offshore Block 2 Abu Dhabi (UAE) in 115 ft of water depth.

McDermott's storage business, CB&I, has been awarded a contract by Venture Global Plaquemines LNG for two 200,000 cubic meter liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks as part of the first phase of the Plaquemines LNG export project.  

Subsea 7 has been awarded a substantial¹ project for subsea installation services related to Beacon Offshore Energy LLC’s Shenandoah Development, located offshore Gulf of Mexico in water depths up to 6,300 feet.

On January 18, 2022, Kosmos Energy completed the drilling of the Winterfell-2 appraisal well on Block 943 in the Green Canyon area of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Sarawak Shell Berhad/Sabah Shell Petroleum Corporation (SSB/SSPC) has executed two options on the previously announced contract that will employ the 7^th generation drillship Maersk Viking offshore Malaysia.

National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Erik Milito issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacated Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 257.

For decades offshore operators have been realizing the benefits that innovative technology has brought to site characterization and asset integrity projects. Remote solutions are elevating these benefits to the next level and are fast becoming as established as the everyday solutions we witness.

Three additional companies have announced their support for exploring the implementation of large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in and around the Houston industrial area.

As the world takes decisive steps on climate change, the ensuing policy changes and their effect on the world’s fastest growing fossil fuel, natural gas, were examined at an event held by the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) on Tuesday, February 1, 2022.

CRP Subsea has successfully delivered contracts providing more than 500 Rotating Buoyancy Modules (RBMs), which adds to previous deliveries that have been installed and successfully operating for the past 3 years. They will also be attached to deepwater high-temperature, high-pressure flowlines to mitigate pipeline buckling on the seabed.

Expandable technology designed to unlock greater commercial value by maximizing production from existing wells, developed by Coretrax, has successfully been deployed in the Middle East for the first time.

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract with TotalEnergies E&P Danmark which will employ the high-efficiency jack-up rig Maersk Reacher for well intervention services in the Danish North Sea.

Due to continuing consequences from Covid-19 and operational restrictions at the time of start-up of the Hammerfest LNG plant, the date has been pushed from March 31 to May 17, 2022.

Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Marte Mjøs Persen, officially opened the Martin Linge field on January 27. With good operational performance since the field came on stream in June and high oil and gas prices, the investments in the field are expected to be recovered in full during 2022.

TechnipFMC has been awarded a large⁽¹⁾ subsea Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract by Petrobras for its Búzios 6 field (module 7), a greenfield development in the pre-salt area.

Pakistan continues to strengthen its natural gas transmission pipeline network to meet the growing natural gas demand in the country. It accounts for more than 80% of the total upcoming transmission pipelines length additions by 2025, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.