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June 17, 2025
The American Petroleum Institute has joined more than 100 other energy trade groups and organizations in urging the Department of the Interior to develop a new five-year offshore leasing program that fully leverages the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.
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June 13, 2025
Israel ordered the halt of the offshore Leviathan field operated by Chevron due to security concerns, according to the Energy Ministry. The escalating tensions in the Middle East raise the risk of a wider war in a region that’s key to global energy supplies.
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June 11, 2025
The Gulf’s rising importance represents a turnaround from the past two decades, when the region took a backseat to the U.S. shale boom. But now tumbling crude prices are hurting shale drillers while major, longer-term Gulf projects are starting to come online.
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June 10, 2025
ABB has been awarded a large order by Seatrium to supply electrical equipment and automation solutions on a new generation of FPSO vessels for operator Petrobras. The two vessels—P-84 and P-85—will be deployed approximately 200 km offshore Brazil.
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June 04, 2025
The Government of Ghana, Tullow Oil, Kosmos Energy, PetroSA, Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) and Explorco have entered into an MOU to extend production licenses covering the Jubilee and TEN fields in Ghana until 2040.
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May 29, 2025
bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) has safely delivered first gas through connection of the initial discovery well at the Mento development, offshore Trinidad. The drilling campaign for the remaining seven gross wells on the platform will now begin, bp announced. Mento is a 50/50 joint venture between bpTT and EOG Resources, with EOG acting as operator.
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May 28, 2025
BW Offshore has signed an agreement to acquire the FPSO Nganhurra, a purpose-built facility with production capacity of 100,000 bpd and storage capacity of 900,000 barrels. The acquisition is part of a strategy to offer timely and competitive redeployment solutions.
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May 26, 2025
Oil production has started from the fourth development phase of the Mero field off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the pre-salt area of the Santos basin. The field is operated by Petrobras (38.6%), with TotalEnergies and Shell Brasil each holding 19.3% working interest.
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May 19, 2025
Sable Offshore has restarted production at the Santa Ynez Unit (SYU), offshore California, marking a major milestone for the development once owned by ExxonMobil. The Santa Ynez Unit was previously shut down in May 2015 after facing regulatory hurdles and a pipeline leak.
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May 14, 2025
McDermott has successfully completed fabrication, construction, and offshore floatover of the Scarborough floating production unit (FPU) topside and hull structures for Woodside Energy.
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May 14, 2025
Eni has started gas production from the Merakes East field, in the Kutei basin, offshore Indonesia. The field will contribute up to 100 MMscfd of gas or approx. 18,000 boed to Eni’s production. This startup is another example of fast-track development as the field was brought on production approximately two years from FID.
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May 07, 2025
ABS issued an approval in principle to SBM Offshore for its near zero FPSO concept. The NearZero FPSO design incorporates low carbon technologies that collectively create a “near zero” Scope 3 carbon emissions profile, achieving up to 80% reduction in GHG emissions.
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May 06, 2025
Viridien has sold its Sercel Marlin™ Offshore Logistics management solution to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to enhance operational efficiency and safety across its Western offshore E&P operations in India.
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May 06, 2025
In a session titled “Offshore Production and Recovery: The Value of a Holistic Approach,” SLB’s President of Production Systems, Paul Sims, gave his take on key factors affecting the current offshore energy landscape, as well as SLB’s latest strategies and innovations.
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May 05, 2025
(WO) – Day one of OTC 2025 kicked off Monday, May 5, in Houston, Texas. Offshore innovations and industry priorities in the current economic and geopolitical climate led much of the discussion on day one, exemplified in a panel on electrification.
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May 05, 2025
BW Energy has reached final investment decision (FID) for the Maromba development offshore Brazil based on a capex-efficient development with an integrated drilling and wellhead platform (WHP) and a refurbished FPSO.
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April 21, 2025
Chevron and TotalEnergies have launched production at the Ballymore project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico/Gulf of America, a tieback expected to deliver up to 75,000 barrels per day. The field connects to the Blind Faith platform and marks Chevron’s first development in the Norphlet trend.
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April 15, 2025
MODEC, a leading floating solutions provider in the global FPSO industry, has opened its new execution center in Kuala Lumpur, affirming its commitment to Malaysia as a strategic hub for regional business operations and innovation.
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April 08, 2025
Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell), a subsidiary of Shell plc, today announced the start of production at Dover, the second subsea tieback connecting new wells to the existing infrastructure of the Shell-operated Appomattox production hub in the Gulf of America/Gulf of Mexico.
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April 03, 2025
bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) has safely delivered first gas from its Cypre development. Cypre is one of bp’s 10 major projects expected to start up globally between 2025 and 2027, announced as part of bp’s reset strategy to grow the upstream.
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April 02, 2025
INEOS Energy has completed its acquisition of the U.S. Gulf business held by CNOOC's U.S. subsidiary. The deal increases INEOS' production globally to over 90,000 boed and marks the third major investment by INEOS Energy in the U.S. in the past three years.
