Topic
Oil and gas
Every Vessel Hunter story on Oil and gas: 8 stories, from 9 June 2026 to 25 September 2026. Newest: "Shell completes $840m sale of Na Kika and Coulomb interests to Talos and Ridgewood". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
Shell completes $840m sale of Na Kika and Coulomb interests to Talos and Ridgewood
Shell Offshore has completed the sale of its Na Kika platform and Coulomb field interests in the US Gulf to Talos Energy and a Ridgewood Energy affiliate for about $840m in cash.
Petrobras Opens Negotiations on Four Offshore Blocks in Ghana's Keta Basin
Petrobras has submitted an expression of interest for four offshore blocks in Ghana's Keta Basin, part of a plan to make Africa its main exploration region outside Brazil.
BP puts North Sea business up for sale
BP has launched a process to sell its North Sea business, ending an association with the basin that has run for six decades.
New Zealand awards first offshore exploration permit since lifting drilling ban
EnZed Energy secured a 12-year permit in the Taranaki Basin, the country's main oil and gas-producing region.
Norwegian offshore strike costing the industry more than $50m a week
A strike on the Norwegian Continental Shelf is costing the offshore industry more than $50m a week, with drilling suspended across a string of rigs and installations.
TGS grows Asia-Africa footprint with Brunei and Sierra Leone work
TGS has won a multi-client 3D seismic survey contract in Brunei and is starting 2D and 3D reprocessing projects offshore Sierra Leone, expanding its Asia-Pacific and Africa footprint.
Leadership reshuffle at MedcoEnergi as company names new chief executive
Indonesian oil and gas firm MedcoEnergi has appointed Ronald Gunawan as its new chief executive officer. The move follows a broader leadership reshuffle confirmed at the company's annual general meeting of shareholders.…
Norway averts offshore oil strike with last-minute pay deal
Norway has averted an offshore oil strike after unions and producers struck a last-minute pay deal, avoiding a potential cut of about 45,500 boe per day in output.
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