A second ultra-deepwater drillship, the Deep Value Driller, having completed its operations in Ghana for Eni Ghana Exploration & Production, will take on work in Indonesia under a new project for Eni Ganal Deepwater. The vessel is being managed by Saipem under a bareboat charter with a purchase option.
Vår Energi ASA reported strong third-quarter 2025 results, highlighted by accelerated project delivery and rising production from key developments on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The company said seven of nine new growth projects scheduled for 2025 start-up are already on stream, positioning Vår Energi ahead of schedule in its transformation plan.
Partly because of that supply increase, the Washington-based fund has upgraded its forecast for Saudi economic growth to 4% for this year, compared with an earlier estimate of 3%, according to the latest regional economic report published Tuesday.
The joint industry project (JIP), led by DeepOcean, introduces a patented heating solution that allows power cables to be installed after pipeline lay or integrated within reeled pipelines. This approach can reduce manufacturing and installation costs by up to 35% and cut carbon emissions by 30%, while improving operational efficiency and extending tieback distances.
Galp last year undertook an exploration campaign in Namibia, where discoveries by oil majors such as Shell Plc and TotalEnergies SE have drawn international attention. The company also holds licenses in São Tomé and Príncipe, an island nation off Africa’s west coast where it recently teamed up with Shell and Petrobras.
State-owned Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. plans to buy more than a million tons of diesel, gasoline and butane gas for delivery in November, up 60 percent from the same period last year, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified as they’re not authorized to speak to the media. Egypt’s energy ministry didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Oil prices continued to inch lower in early Tuesday trading as concerns about oversupply and sagging demand resumed their grip on the market, even as trade-talks between the United States and China offered a glimmer of optimism.
In a filing, the company said it was ready to start pumping gas to the last block at Plaquemines LNG more than two years ahead of schedule. In its latest request to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Venture Global asked for and received an extension to the original deadline, to the end of 2027.
“Japan has steadily reduced dependency on Russian energy in the wake of the Ukraine war,” Trade Minister Yoji Muto said on Tuesday, without providing a timeline or details on when imports could end. LNG supply from the Russian Sakhalin-2 export project accounts for about 10 percent of the nation’s total imports of the fuel and so “plays an important role” in energy security, he added.
The total U.S. rig count increased by one week on week and the total Canada rig count rose by five during the same period, taking the total North America rig count up to 746, comprising 548 rigs from the U.S. and 198 rigs from Canada, the count outlined.