Over the second quarter of 2022, BP’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project in Mauritania and Senegal achieved a 5 per cent progress, when compared to the previous quarter of the year, topping the 80 per cent mark. The project is on track for the first gas in 3Q 2023 despite delays related to the FPSO sailaway.

Vermilion Exploration & Production Ireland is about to commence pipeline and subsea structure inspection at the Corrib gas field.

Malaysia’s Dagang NeXchange Berhad (DNeX), via its subsidiary Ping Petroleum UK, has renamed its recently acquired floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is expected to be one of the UK’s first offshore wind-powered oil and gas production facilities.

North Sea-focused oil and gas company NEO Energy has filed its environmental statement for the Affleck offshore field redevelopment for review by the UK’s authorities.

Austrian oil and gas company OMV has started drilling operations on the Oswig exploration well located in the North Sea offshore Norway.

Norwegian offshore engineering contractor Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract from Shell UK for the delivery of a not permanently attended installation (NPAI) for the Jackdaw gas field located in the UK North Sea.

A new agreement signed between an oil and gas operator and a green energy and infrastructure developer will see the creation of one of the UK’s first wind-powered oil and gas production facilities.

Oil and gas giant BP joined its peers in posting record quarterly profits on the back of higher oil and gas prices and strong refining margins. The company also announced a 10 per cent dividend increase and net debt reduction.

Saipem has secured an E&C contract with EniMed, a subsidiary of Eni, for the transportation and installation of an offshore gas pipeline connecting the four wells of Argo and Cassiopea Fields to the Sicilian coast.

Two UK-headquartered and AIM-listed oil and gas companies, i3 Energy and Europa Oil & Gas, have completed a farm-in agreement (FIA) for a sub-area of UKCS Licence P.2358, containing the Serenity discovery in the North Sea, ahead of an appraisal well planned for September.