ADES Holding Company, an oil and gas drilling services provider that is part of Saudi Arabia-headquartered ADES Group, has secured the green light to restore all temporarily suspended offshore rig operations in Saudi Arabia, as offshore activity across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region continues to recover. The post Go-ahead for ADES to restart all suspended offshore rig ops as jack-up market remains tight appeared first on Offshore Energy.

With its sights set on higher domestic gas production, Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources is pushing to accelerate field development in the Eastern Mediterranean waters, as part of its broader efforts to enable upstream growth and achieve its exploration and production plans through 2030. The post Egypt moves to fast-track Mediterranean gas field tie-in in pursuit of production growth appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services company Saipem is carrying out completion work with its 2000-built drillship for compatriot energy giant Eni on a gas well off the coast of Sicily, with the campaign scheduled to run through to late September 2026, according to an Italian Coast Guard order. The post Saipem’s 26-year-old drillship on completion ops at Eni’s gas well offshore Sicily appeared first on Offshore Energy.

NKT’s new cable-laying vessel (CLV) NKT Eleonora, which will be able to run on both […] The post VARD welcomes NKT’s cable layer to Norway for final outfitting and commissioning appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras has found hydrocarbons in a frontier well located in ultra-deep waters off the coast of Amapá, deepening Brazil’s Equatorial Margin exploration quest. The post Petrobras widens Brazil’s Equatorial Margin push with hydrocarbon discovery off Amapá appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Tekmar Group has been awarded a contract valued at around €1 million to deliver […] The post Tekmar secures €1 million concrete protection contract for ‘major’ European offshore wind project appeared first on Offshore Energy.

DOF Group has secured two subsea contract awards in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region that […] The post DOF adds 80 days of subsea work to backlog in Asia-Pacific appeared first on Offshore Energy.

UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has hit a dead end in its plans for oil and gas exploration off South Africa’s Wild Coast, after the Constitutional Court overturned a Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) order that had kept the project alive, delivering a major victory for environmental groups and local communities. The post Shell loses five-year legal fight as South Africa’s court sets aside Wild Coast exploration permit appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras has notched a new production milestone, with one of its oil fields surpassing 4 billion barrels of cumulative output as the pre-salt, now entering its third decade, cements its status as the company’s production powerhouse in Brazilian waters. The post 73 years in the making: Petrobras’ oil field exceeds 4 billion barrels as Brazil’s pre-salt turns 20 appeared first on Offshore Energy.

UK-headquartered energy giant BP and its partners, ADNOC’s XRG and UCC Oil and Gas Holding, have secured a key licence off the coast of Venezuela in a push to unlock 4 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of proven gas resources. The post BP, XRG, and UCC on 4 tcf Venezuelan gas quest as offshore development gathers pace appeared first on Offshore Energy.