Ukraine has launched missiles against three gas rigs in the Black Sea, according to Russian officials, south of Odessa.

Oil and gas exploration company Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas and its partners are planning to spud an exploration well offshore South Africa in the third quarter of this year, using an Island Drilling-owned semi-submersible rig.

The EuroAsia Interconnector electricity link, connecting Israel, Cyprus and Greece, will help reduce the European Union’s energy dependence on Russia, according to European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.

Almost four months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian crude oil, Urals, has seen a switch in flow from its traditional market of Europe to Asia, energy intelligence group Rystad Energy has revealed.

In pursuit of its strategy to go beyond net-zero, oil and gas company Neptune Energy has teamed up with several firms – ExxonMobil, Rosewood and EBN – to pool resources for the development of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.

AIM-listed and Singapore-headquartered oil and gas player Jadestone Energy has been forced to halt production from its field in the Timor Sea offshore Australia in preparation for repairs following an oil leak.

On the back of last month’s gas discovery offshore Israel, E&P company Energean has exercised its options with Stena Drilling as part of its 2022 growth drilling campaign.

Italian oil and gas company Eni has introduced the first hydrocarbons from the Coral South field located offshore Mozambique to the Coral-Sul FLNG vessel.

Norway’s Equinor and UK’s Centrica have reached an agreement for additional gas supplies to the UK. The supply agreement will provide further energy security for the UK over the coming three winters.

U.S.-based energy giant Chevron has awarded a long-term deal to Australia’s engineering company Worley for the provision of multiple services to its portfolio of onshore and offshore assets scattered around the world.