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  1. Sri Lanka Licensing Round 2026 Launched 8/25/2026

    Sri Lanka has launched Licensing Round 2026 (SL2026-01), offering four offshore exploration blocks covering nearly 34,000 km² in the Mannar Basin to qualified international energy companies, where prior exploration confirmed a working petroleum system.

  2. Viridien Commences Seismic Imaging Of First Hybrid Streamer/Node 3D Multi-Client Survey Of Langkasuka Basin Offshore Malaysia 8/25/2026

    Viridien has commenced seismic imaging of the Langkasuka multi-client 3D (MC3D) hybrid survey.

  3. bp Awards Halliburton Integrated Contract For Bumerangue Field Appraisal In Brazil 8/25/2026

    Halliburton today announced it received an integrated contract by bp for the first appraisal campaign in the Bumerangue field, offshore deepwater Brazil. The award includes a comprehensive suite of services to fast-track the appraisal campaign for bp’s discovery.

  4. More Gas For 30-Year-Old Troll A 8/25/2026

    The Troll A platform in the North Sea is being supplied with additional gas. On 22 August production started from the Troll Phase 3 stage 2 subsea project.

  5. Transocean Ltd. Announces $300M Contract For Ultra-Deepwater Drillship 8/20/2026

    Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (“Transocean”) today announced a two-year binding Letter of Award for the Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 with ONGC in India.

  6. Panoro Energy To Acquire Côte d'Ivoire Producing Asset From DNO 8/19/2026

    Panoro Energy ASA (“Panoro” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement with DNO ASA (“DNO”) to acquire the entire share capital of DNO’s wholly owned subsidiary DNO CI LLC (the “Acquisition”) which holds an indirect 9.09 per cent interest in the high-quality gas producing Block CI-27 offshore Côte d’Ivoire (the “Asset”).

  7. Aker BP Acquires Interests In The Losgann/Froskelår And Slagugle Discoveries 8/19/2026

    Aker BP has entered into two separate transactions that strengthen its positions close to existing infrastructure on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

  8. Equinor Joins Chevron In Namibia Exploration Licence 8/18/2026

    Equinor has signed an agreement with Harmattan Energy Limited, a Chevron subsidiary in Namibia, to acquire a 17.4% participating interest in Petroleum Exploration Licence 90 (PEL 90) in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia.

  9. SLB To Support Offshore Production Restoration For Brunei Shell Petroleum 8/18/2026

    Global energy technology company SLB today announced it has been awarded a contract by Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) to support production restoration from shut-in wells across multiple offshore fields.

  10. Australian Government Awards Zenith Energy Australia Contract To Lead Phase 2 Of The Northern Endeavour Decommissioning Program 8/18/2026

    Zenith Energy Australia, part of the Zenith Energy Group with headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland, has been awarded a contract by the Australian Government to act as lead contractor for phase 2 of the Northern Endeavour decommissioning program, one of the most significant offshore decommissioning programmes currently underway in the Asia-Pacific region.