After a helicopter, carrying personnel from India’s government-owned company Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), was forced to land in the Arabian Sea, close to the firm’s offshore rig, four casualties have been reported.

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.

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips, has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for a wildcat well located in the North Sea offshore Norway.

ExxonMobil, Shell, CNOOC, and local authorities have agreed to evaluate the potential for a world-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Chinese Guangdong Province.

After an oil spill, which led to a production halt at an Australian offshore field, the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) intends to keep an eye on the situation and future activities to be undertaken by Jadestone Energy, a Singapore-headquartered oil and gas firm.

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has secured a permit from the country’s authorities for the drilling of a wildcat well, located in the Norwegian Sea.

Amid the geopolitical crisis, which is upping fuel prices, Brazil’s state-owned giant Petrobras has appointed an interim chief executive officer (CEO), which is expected to spearhead the firm until a new CEO takes over the steering wheel.

Shelf Drilling NorthSea (SDNS), a subsidiary of the UAE-based offshore drilling contractor, Shelf Drilling, has inked a deal with Noble Corporation to acquire five jack-up rigs, which are being sold to address the potential concerns identified by the UK’s competition regulator in regards to the proposed merger of Noble and Maersk Drilling.

Even though Norway saw a significant increase in gas production in May 2022 compared to the figures from the same period last year, this is only a small boost in regards to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s predictions. On the other hand, the oil output dropped below predictions for the third month in a row, continuing its downward trend.