Norwegian state-owned giant Equinor has decided to exercise its option for additional wells to be drilled by an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig offshore Norway.

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator to use one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs for production drilling and completion on a field located in the North Sea off Norway.

Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has initiated a shutdown of production at three fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and revealed plans to do the same with four more, as a direct result of the strike action that offshore workers have undertaken due to a dispute over wage demands.

The UK’s representative body for the offshore energy industry, Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), is starting the search for a new chief executive as its current one will be stepping down from the role at the end of the year.

North Sea-focused Ithaca Energy, owned by Israeli Delek Group, has completed the acquisition of Siccar Point Energy, which has enabled it to further expand its North Sea portfolio.

Three unarmed drones, which seemed to be headed straight for a gas field off Israel and Energean’s new FPSO, have been taken down by the Israeli forces over the Mediterranean Sea.

Two oil and gas players – Neptune Energy and OMV Norge – have been granted drilling permits by Norwegian authorities for wildcat wells – located in the North Sea offshore Norway – which are scheduled to be drilled this month.

Norwegian state-owned oil and gas giant Equinor has inked a deal to transfer a majority stake and operatorship of its field in the Gulf of Mexico to the UK-headquartered oil major, Shell.

Less than three years after the initial exploratory discovery well was drilled, LLOG Exploration, a U.S. oil and gas operator, has kicked off the first production from a deepwater two-well subsea development, located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Qatar’s state-owned giant QatarEnergy has joined an industry initiative, which aims to eliminate methane emissions from the oil and gas industry by 2030.