Australian energy giant Santos has failed to find commercial hydrocarbons in the second exploration well in its campaign offshore Australia, the Apus-1.

Danish offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has secured a contract extension for a semi-submersible rig for operations in Australia.

Oil majors Shell and TotalEnergies have secured six and two offshore exploration blocks, respectively, in the Santos basin offshore Brazil as part of the country’s latest bid round.

Malaysian oil and gas marine contractor MTC Engineering (MTCE), an affiliate of MTC Group, has secured its first FPSO development project in Indonesia through a consortium. This will be the firm’s third FPSO project so far and the first one in Indonesia.

Oil and gas company TotalEnergies and its Danish Underground Consortium partners Noreco and Nordsøfonden have announced the completion of this spring’s installation campaign of Tyra II in the Danish North Sea with seven out of eight platforms now in their final position.

Houston-based oil and gas company Murphy Oil has achieved the first oil from the Khaleesi, Mormont, and Samurai field development project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, as production has begun flowing through the Murphy-operated King’s Quay floating production system (King’s Quay FPS).

UK-based oilfield services provider EnerMech has won its second long-term deal to support the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG development in Australia with a subsidiary of Japan’s oil and gas player Inpex. The latest contract is for the provision of technical support and maintenance services.

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has started drilling an exploration well, located in the North Sea offshore Norway, using an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig.

Hungary plans to pay for Russian gas in euros through Gazprombank, which will convert the payment into roubles to meet a new requirement set by President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday.

The European Union members have announced a new, fifth round of sanctions against Russia and its businesses due to the war in Ukraine, including a ban on Russian vessels from accessing EU ports. However, the EU is still weighing additional sanctions related to the banning of Russian oil imports.