Following the crossing of the Suez Canal last Friday, the Energean Power FPSO has arrived on location in Israel and hook-up and commissioning operations are expected to begin immediately. However, Lebanon has warned Israel against any activity in the area as it believes the gas field is located within disputed waters.

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has found no traces of a hydrocarbon reservoir after drilling an exploration well in the North Sea offshore Norway, despite having the potential to be a “play opener.”

U.S. oilfield services provider McDermott has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by North Oil Company (NOC) for the Ruya development, previously referred to as Al-Shaheen Phase 3-Batch 1, located offshore Qatar.

Dutch offshore contractor Heerema Marine Contractors is moving forward with plans to remove the Dunlin platform from the waters off the UK after 45 years, using the world’s largest crane vessel, Sleipnir.

Following discussions with its joint venture (JV) partner, UK-based Hurricane Energy has decided to give up another licence in the Greater Warwick Area (GWA) on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), believing that economic development cannot be carried out within the remaining term of this licence.

Following last year’s rejection, oil major Shell has now received regulatory approvals for the development of the Jackdaw field located in the UK North Sea.

UK-headquartered IOG plc is looking forward to a phased increase to double the output at its Saturn Banks Project – Phase 1, located in the UK sector of the North Sea, after restoring the production following modifications to the terminal operated by Perenco (UK) Limited (PUK).

Offshore drilling contractor Aquadrill, formerly known as Seadrill Partners, has secured two new contracts, which will see it reactivating two of its rigs for deployment in India and Thailand.

London-listed Tullow Oil and Capricorn Energy, formerly known as Cairn Energy, have reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share combination of Tullow and Capricorn to create what they say will be “a leading African energy company.”

The G7 countries, representing the world’s biggest economies, pledged last Friday to end direct international public financing of the fossil fuels sector starting from the end of this year and affirmed the commitment to end inefficient fossil fuel subsidies by 2025.