UK’s regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), has fined Shell £50,000 and served it with a sanction notice for breaching production consents for five fields in the North Sea.

Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has been awarded a one-well extension for one of its jack-up rigs in the Dutch North Sea.

Oil majors Shell and TotalEnergies have paid $1.1 billion and about $947 million, respectively, for an increased stake in the Petrobras-operated Atapu field located offshore Brazil.

Nauticus Robotics is set to launch the first sets of Hydronaut – Aquanaut robots from its planned Nauticus Fleet by the end of this year.

Two Russian oligarchs were found dead this week alongside their family in luxurious homes in Russia and Spain, with the two cases discovered within 24 hours of each other.

Gas deliveries through the Yamal-Europe pipeline are set to come to a halt on Wednesday morning, officials in Warsaw said.

Houston-based Vaalco Energy has brought on stream its second well in the 2021/2022 four-well drilling campaign offshore Gabon and started drilling the third one. The second well has shown strong initial flow rates.

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured new contract awards for two of its rigs, the drillship West Neptune and the semi-submersible Sevan Louisiana, with a total value of $105 million.

US president Joe Biden has announced his administration is banning all Russia-linked vessels from the country’s ports, effective April 28, 2022.

Canada has issued new environmental measures to strengthen the country’s discharge requirements for cruise ships operating in waters under Canadian jurisdiction during the 2022 cruise season.