Companies

Island Drilling has been awarded a three-year contract for well plugging on Equinor-operated fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) using the Island Innovator semi-submersible rig. In addition, the oil service companies Archer Oiltools and Baker Hughes Norge have won framework agreements for plugging services. Island Innovator is a mobile …

U.S. supermajor Chevron has expressed interest in oil and gas exploration in two additional offshore blocks south of the Greek island of Crete, Greece’s Ministry of Energy and Environment said on Wednesday. Earlier this year, Greece said that Chevron had expressed interest in exploring the area southwest of the Peloponnese …

Shell is holding its Capital Markets Day on Tuesday in New York—and analysts expect Chief Executive Officer Wael Sawan to reaffirm the UK-based supermajor’s new focus on oil and gas. Shell was one of the first European majors to pivot back to oil and gas in a 2023 strategy to …

BP and Apollo have announced that they have reached agreements for Apollo-managed funds to purchase a 25% non-controlling stake in BP Pipelines (TANAP) Ltd – BP TANAP – the BP subsidiary that holds BP’s 12% interest in TANAP, owner and operator of the pipeline that carries natural gas from Azerbaijan …

China’s state oil major Sinopec reported a net profit of almost $7 billion for 2024, which represented a 16.8% decline on the year, attributed to lower oil prices and electric cars. “In 2024, international crude oil prices fluctuated downward, the domestic transportation industry accelerated the replacement of new energy … …

Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras is in the midst of discussions with US LNG suppliers on a long-term import agreement, Reuters reported on March 14. Petrobras officials did not reveal which US suppliers the company has engaged in talks with; however, the discussions are part of the South American country’s efforts to …

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has launched talks to potentially buy the energy assets of the UAE’s sovereign wealth fund in a deal that could be worth about $10 billion, sources familiar with the plans told Bloomberg on Friday. ADNOC – which has recently reshuffled shareholdings, listed some subsidiaries, …

Germany’s biggest utility RWE will supply green hydrogen to France’s oil and gas supermajor TotalEnergies in a 15-year deal from 2030, in one of the largest such agreements globally. RWE to supply around 30,000 metric tons of green hydrogen annually to TotalEnergies from 2030 to 2044, the German utility giant …

European energy firms have filed lawsuits against Russian energy giant Gazprom totaling 18 billion euros ($19.6 billion) over gas supply cuts, the Moscow Times reported on March 10. The claims stem from Gazprom’s decision to drastically reduce gas deliveries to Europe in 2022 after Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that …

Abu Dhabi’s national oil company ADNOC is considering an initial public offering of its newly-created energy investment firm XRG on a stock market outside the United Arab Emirates, in what could be one of the world’s biggest IPOs ever, Reuters reports, citing sources with knowledge of the plans. ADNOC announced …