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Exploration Well in Black Sea Offshore Block Comes Up Dry

Feb 04, 2026

An OMV Petrom-operated exploration well, drilled at the Vinekh prospect in Black Sea's Han Asparuh block off Bulgaria, has been assessed as dry, after encountering only non-significant natural gas shows, according to NewMed Energy, one of the partners in the license.The well reached a final depth of around 3,230 meters below sea level. While gas shows were encountered in the target formations, they were assessed as non-commercial…

Ukraine Looks to Partner With Romania to Develop Black Sea Gas Discovery

Mar 16, 2026

Ukraine's Naftogaz, which discovered 'substantial' offshore gas reserves in the Black Sea before Russia's invasion, is in talks with Romania's OMV Petrom to form a partnership relating to the field, three industry sources told Reuters.The sources…

N-Sea Expands Fleet with Offshore Support Vessel Newbuild

Mar 10, 2026

N-Sea Group has entered into a long-term charter agreement with Rederij Groen for the newbuild offshore support vessel Dominus, which is being constructed by PASSER at Shipyard De Hoop in Tolkamer, the Netherlands.Construction of the vessel…

North Sea Storm Cuts EnQuest’s 2026 Output Forecast

Feb 23, 2026

North Sea-focussed oil producer EnQuest forecast lower annual production on Monday after storm damage to a third‑party platform led to a five-week outage at its Magnus field.Severe weather disrupted operations in the UK North Sea early in 2026…

Trinidad Hopeful for Offshore Gas Projects with Venezuela

Feb 18, 2026

Trinidad and Tobago's government is optimistic two flagship offshore gas projects with neighboring Venezuela to be operated by Shell, BP and Trinidad's National Gas Company will move forward amid political changes in the OPEC country, the energy minister of the twin-island nation said on Wednesday…

Equinor Gets Permit to Drill North Sea Wildcat Well

Jan 29, 2026

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 25/7-13 in production license 782 S.The license is operated by Equinor with 60% working interest, with partner Aker BP holding the remaining 40%…

BP, Shell Seek US Licenses for Trinidad-Venezuela Cross-Border Gas Fields

Jan 28, 2026

Shell and BP are seeking U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control licenses to extract natural gas from fields in Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, the Caribbean country's energy minister Roodal Moonilal said on Wednesday.Shell is seeking a license to develop the Loran-Manatee discovery…

European North Sea Investment Pact to Mobilize $1.17T for Offshore Wind

Jan 26, 2026

Governments from nine North Sea countries, together with industry and power grid operators, have formed an investment pact aimed at mobilizing up to $1.17 trillion (€1 trillion) in offshore wind investment and accelerating Europe’s buildout of offshore wind capacity…

Venezuela Reopens Wells as Exports Resume

Jan 13, 2026

Venezuela's state oil company has begun reopening some of the wells it and its joint venture partners had shut amid a strict U.S. embargo, as crude exports resume with two shipments departed on Monday, three sources close to operations said…

Navitas Eyes More North Falklands Exploration Acreage after Sea Lion FID

Jan 12, 2026

Navitas Petroleum has signed a non-binding agreement to farm into an offshore exploration license in the North Falklands Basin adjacent to its recently sanctioned Sea Lion oil development, as the operator advances plans to expand its footprint in the region…

US Orders Military to Enforce ‘Quarantine’ of Venezuelan Oil

Dec 26, 2025

The White House has ordered U.S. military forces to focus almost exclusively on enforcing a 'quarantine' of Venezuelan oil for at least the next two months, a U.S. official told Reuters, indicating Washington is currently more interested in…

Venezuela Turns to Floating Oil Storage as Onshore Tanks Fill

Dec 23, 2025

Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA has started filling tankers with crude and fuel oil and keeping them in Venezuelan waters, as inventories have mounted due to the U.S. seizing Venezuela-linked ships at sea, according to company documents and shipping data…

DNO Strikes North Sea Oil Offtake Deals with ExxonMobil and Shell

Dec 18, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas producer DNO has secured new North Sea oil offtake agreements with subsidiaries of ExxonMobil and Shell from January 2026, unlocking up to $410 million in associated financing and strengthening its liquidity amid volatile energy markets…

Trump Targets Venezuelan Oil Exports with ‘Sanctioned’ Tankers Blockade

Dec 17, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered on Tuesday a 'blockade' of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Washington's latest move to increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro's government, targeting its main source of income.It…

North Sea Gas Platform ‘Goes Green’ with Offshore Wind

Dec 15, 2025

Dutch gas producer ONE-Dyas has started operating the first natural gas production platform in the Dutch and German North Sea to be powered by offshore wind energy, after completing an electricity cable connection to Germany’s Riffgat offshore wind farm…

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