An investigation has been launched following a near-miss incident on the Hibernia platform located offshore Canada. This is the fourth such incident on the platform this year.

UK-based oil and gas company i3 Energy has completed drilling operations on the Serenity appraisal well in the North Sea but has not found the targeted sand.

Commissioning of Baltic Pipe’s receiving terminal in Western Jutland is set to be further delayed due to technical challenges. This, however, will have no impact on the gas volumes sent to Poland.

AIM-listed oil and gas company Reabold Resources has disclosed that Shell is the oil and gas major, which is in the process of acquiring its investee company, Corallian Energy Limited (CEL). This acquisition entails a gas field located West of Shetland.

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has extended the period of higher gas production from the Duva offshore field in Norway.

E&P company Energean has made a commercial gas discovery with the Hermes exploration well offshore Israel and has moved on to drill the next well in the campaign.

UK’s Unite the union has confirmed that over 300 offshore drilling and contract maintenance workers employed by Archer, Maersk, Transocean, and Odfjell Drilling have backed strike action.

The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) believes that Western Australia (WA)’s Mineral and Petroleum Review 2021-22 highlights the importance of the oil and gas industry to the state and national economies, as this sector has reinforced WA’s fourth straight resources sales record.

While Nord Stream and other pipeline closures take their toll on domestic supply, leaving Europe to scramble amid a gas supply crunch, Canada’s oil and gas producer Trillion Energy is hoping to alleviate the energy crisis by scaling up natural gas production in the fourth quarter of 2022 through programmes for which it has secured the required funding.

As the UK government puts the wheels into motion to kick off a new oil and gas licensing round to strengthen its energy security, environmental activists and supporters of Just Stop Oil have set up roadblocks, demanding a halt to new fossil fuel projects and investments in the UK. These activists claim that the answer to tackling the energy and climate crises lies in ramping up renewable investments.