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China using oil rigs near Pratas to boost kill chain
18 Jan 2026 18:57 GMT
There are likely tactical implications when comparing the recent incursion of a Chinese military drone into the airspace of the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands (Dongsha, 東沙群島) and a report last year on China building oil rigs within Taiwan’s exclusive …
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Workers and union complain of overcrowding on offshore facility
18 Jan 2026 11:36 GMT
Unions have taken up the complaints of overcrowding made by their members onboard the Ichthys Explorer, the central production facility (CPF) on Inpex’s Ichthys giant gas field offshore Australia.
The 120,000-tonne Ichthys Explorer, the world's largest …
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North Sea drilling ops on Equinor’s agenda for this month
16 Jan 2026 12:56 GMT
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has received a drilling permit from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) for a wildcat well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
The drilling permit has been granted for the wellbore 34/8-A-37 H in …
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Second Gas Discovery Confirmed at ConcoPhillips’s Otway Basin Well off Australia
14 Jan 2026 15:49 GMT
Gas has been confirmed at the Charlemont-1 exploration well offshore Victoria, operated by ConocoPhillips, following the successful recovery of a gas sample that validates the Charlemont Trend in Australia’s Otway Basin.
Australia’s 3D Energi - …
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Mega $12.5 billion gas project makes inroads as FPU ends its miles-long journey in Australia
13 Jan 2026 08:05 GMT
Australia’s energy giant Woodside has welcomed the arrival of a floating production unit (FPU), which crossed oceans to reach Australian waters and come to the firm’s giant gas project off the coast of Western Australia.
The Australian giant sees the FPU’s …
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Massive floating gas platform arrives off WA coast
13 Jan 2026 07:30 GMT
A massive floating platform has arrived off the West Australian coast as Woodside Energy's controversial Scarborough gas project nears production.
The 70,000-tonne floating production unit was slowly towed by five large ocean towing vessels more than …
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Woodside’s floating gas platform arrives off WA coast
13 Jan 2026 05:05 GMT
A massive floating platform has arrived off the West Australian coast as Woodside Energy’s controversial Scarborough gas project nears production.
The 70,000-tonne floating production unit was slowly towed by five large ocean towing vessels more than …
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The UK green auction tweak that could transform its offshore wind rollout
12 Jan 2026 14:42 GMT
A proposed reform to the UK's Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme could help transform the country’s offshore wind rollout in the long run and have big implications for floating technology, say experts.
The UK Department for Energy Security and Net …
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Probable Gas Found in All Target Reservoirs at ConocoPhillips' Otway Well
07 Jan 2026 12:31 GMT
ConocoPhillips has identified probable gas across all targeted Waarre sandstone reservoirs at its Charlemont-1 exploration well in Australia’s Otway Basin, resuming drilling after an earlier pressure-related pause before suspending operations again due to …
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Oil & gas trio books Eidesvik’s 2013-built LNG-powered vessel
26 Dec 2025 12:37 GMT
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Eidesvik Offshore has secured more work for one of its platform supply vessels (PSVs).
PSV Viking Princess; Source: Eidesvik
While revealing a contract award for the PSV Viking Princess, Eidesvik Offshore explains that the …