Oil and gas major BP has achieved the first gas from its Matapal project located in waters offshore Trinidad.

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor and its partners have received permission to increase gas exports from two offshore fields in Norway to supply the tight European market.

Members of Oil and Gas Authority have raised conflict of interest concerns.

Velesto Drilling’s contract with ConocoPhillips in Malaysia for the NAGA 7 jack-up rig is considered terminated following an incident earlier this year in which the rig tilted and submerged, resulting in a total loss of the asset.

Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies – oil and gas players that continue raising their stakes in the renewable energy sector – have been selected by the French government to participate in the country’s first tender dedicated to floating wind.

Longboat Energy has began drilling on its first ever exploration well.

Crown Estate Scotland, which is currently reviewing the ScotWind Leasing Round applications, will open a new leasing process early next year, dedicated specifically to offshore wind projects which support the decarbonisation of the oil and gas sector, and to small-scale innovation projects of less than 100 MW.

Australia’s parliament has passed new legislation to strengthen the country’s offshore oil and gas regulatory framework

UK based energy company IOG has renamed its flagship North Sea development.

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has started production from the Duva development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.