Equinor and its partners AkerBP and Wellesley Petroleum have found gas in the Ørn exploration well south-west of the Marulk field in the Norwegian Sea. Recoverable resources are estimated at 8-14 million standard cu m of oil equivalent, corresponding to 50-88 million BOE...

Devon Energy has announced that David Harris has been appointed to the position of Executive Vice President, Exploration and Production. Tony Vaughn previously served in this role and will retire from Devon after 20 years of service...

Schlumberger has announced the start of a new 5,080 sq km wide-azimuth (WAZ) multiclient survey in the Salina del Istmo Basin in the Gulf of Mexico Bay of Campeche, providing the first 3D coverage over this shallow-water target area that includes the recent Zama-1 discovery...

ExxonMobil has announced it made an oil discovery on the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana at the Tripletail-1 well in the Turbot area. The discovery adds to the previously announced estimated recoverable resource of more than 6 billion BOE on the Stabroek Block. Tripletail-1 encountered approximately 33 m of a high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoir...

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 Administrator Ken McQueen has announced EPA and the Department of the Army are repealing a 2015 rule that impermissibly expanded the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act...

Talos Energy has announced that it has received a two-year contract term extension as well as regulatory approvals for additional exploration activities on Block 7, located offshore Mexico's prolific Sureste Basin...

Data Gumbo has announced that the Offshore Operators Committee (OOC) Oil & Gas Blockchain Consortium has awarded the company its first contract to implement a pilot blockchain in water haulage...

Developing and implementing an emergency response plan is one of the most critical actions that an operator can take in order to save money and lives and protect the environment in case of a well control incident...

Helmerich & Payne has announced its quarterly dividend and provides an operational and capital expenditures update. On 4 September 4 2019, the Board of Directors of H&P held a meeting and declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.71/share on its common stock...

The Director of the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Scott Angelle wants to take his agency beyond being an organization that writes regulations. He wants to ensure that regulations are appropriate and drive performance...