Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX) has shed light on its exploratory drilling activities in the offshore Hidaka area of Hokkaido. The post No ‘immediate commercialization’ in sight for gas discovery offshore Japan appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Japan’s power generation major JERA has taken delivery of its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from a giant gas project off the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory. The post Australian gas project’s LNG comes to Japan as JERA brings in first cargo appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Houston-based subsea energy equipment and services specialist KOIL Energy Solutions has secured a project for subsea umbilical handling, spooling, and storage services with an undisclosed company. The post KOIL picks up new subsea umbilical gig appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has received the Norwegian authorities’ blessing for plugging and abandonment (P&A) activities in the North Sea, which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling player. The post Equinor’s North Sea P&A ops with COSL’s 2012-built rig cleared for action appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Aberdeen-headquartered Maritime Developments Limited (MDL) has assisted Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem during flex-lay preparations for activities off the coast of Guyana. The post MDL lends Saipem a hand with flex-lay prep for ops in Guyana appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Brazilian state-owned energy heavyweight Petrobras has initiated a revenue stream with the first oil offloading from its eighth floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, which is working at a field in the Santos Basin off the coast of Brazil. The post Hanwha Ocean-built FPSO’s oil offloading opens revenue flows for Petrobras appeared first on Offshore Energy.

UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy has enhanced its long-term resource outlook by bringing to a close the acquisition of previously disclosed assets from the Netherlands-based exploration and production player ONE-Dyas. The post Serica’s North Sea expansion boost: Acquisition wrap-up ensures oil & gas portfolio growth appeared first on Offshore Energy.

EnQuest Petroleum Production Malaysia, a wholly owned subsidiary of London Stock Exchange-listed energy firm EnQuest, has set the wheels in motion to enlarge its oil and gas footprint in Southeast Asia through a proposed acquisition of interests in four production sharing contracts (PSCs) off the coast of Malaysia. The post EnQuest makes $833 million play to expand its Southeast Asian oil & gas arsenal appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Norwegian marine geoscience and technology company Shearwater GeoServices has picked up a new distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) seismic assignment in the Stabroek block off the coast of Guyana, thanks to a deal with ExxonMobil Guyana, a subsidiary of U.S.-headquartered energy giant ExxonMobil. The post ExxonMobil puts Shearwater on seismic duty offshore Guyana appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Scotland-headquartered engineering and design company T12 Engineering has finished its assembly and shipment scope for a major gravity-based subsea structure (GBS) by transporting it to Norway, completing what the firm describes as one of the largest projects it has delivered to date. The post Scottish player ships 60-ton subsea structure for Norwegian oil & gas playground appeared first on Offshore Energy.