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Shell exploration well offshore Egypt indicates commercial discovery

Tuesday, July 28 2026

Oil Discovery

Shell’s Velox-1X exploration well off the coast of Egypt has encountered promising oil indicators and could lead to the first crude oil discovery in the under-explored Western Mediterranean region.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drillship, Egypt, Exploration, exploratory drilling, International projects, Oil and Gas, Oil discovery, Shell Tagged With: drilling, egypt, exploration, Mediterranean, Oil Discovery, Shell

BW Ideol and NGE join forces in Mediterranean

Monday, July 27 2026

Partnership Agreement

BW Ideol and NGE announce the signing of an exclusive partnership agreement covering the Mediterranean floating wind market.

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Filed Under: BW Ideol, Construction, Damping Pool, DEOS, Design, Floating wind, International News, Mediterranean, Partnership Tagged With: BW Ideol, construction, Damping Pool, DEOS platform, Design, floating wind, Mediterranean, NGE, partnership agreement

Geophysical survey and UXO activities in mediterranean area

Thursday, May 14 2026

General – Mediterranean

Next Geosolutions announces that it has been awarded a contract as part of a project relating to a subsea energy infrastructure located in the Central Mediterranean.

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Filed Under: Geophysical, International projects, Mediterranean, Next Geosolutions, UXO Tagged With: geophysical survey, Mediterranean, Next Geosolutions, UXO

New agreement for Normand Jarstein  

Tuesday, May 5 2026

General – Letter of Intent

Solstad Maritime has entered into a Letter of Intent with Reach Subsea for CSV Normand Jarstein, with operations planned in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

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Filed Under: Black Sea, CSV, International News, Mediterranean, Reach Subsea, Solstad Maritime Tagged With: black sea, CSV, Mediterranean, Reach Subsea, Solstad Maritime

Greece’s parliament ratified deepwater agreements

Saturday, March 21 2026

General – Exploration

Greece’s parliament has ratified agreements for four frontier deepwater exploration blocks, which have been awarded to a partnership between Chevron and HELLENiQ ENERGY.

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Filed Under: Chevron, deepwater operations, Exploration, Greece, HelleniQ Energy, International projects, Mediterranean Tagged With: agreements, chevron, Crete, deepwater exploration, Greece, Helleniq Energy, Mediterranean, Peloponnese, rafitication

Türkiye objects to Greece’s Chevron energy deal

Monday, February 23 2026

General – Politics

Türkiye said on Thursday it opposed Greece’s unilateral activities in energy fields south of Crete with a consortium led by U.S. major Chevron as a violation of international law and good neighbourly relations.

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Filed Under: Chevron, Greece, International projects, Libya, Mediterranean, Türkiye Tagged With: chevron, Greece, international law, Libya, Mediterranean, Türkiye, violation

Subsea7 awarded contract in the Mediterranean Sea

Wednesday, February 11 2026

Fossil Energy – Subsea Installation

Subsea7 announced the award of a contract by Chevron for subsea installation in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Filed Under: Chevron, flowlines, International News, Subsea 7, subsea installation, Umbilicals Tagged With: chevron, flowlines, Mediterranean, subsea installation, Subsea7, umbilicals

Turkey expands offshore push as TPAO signs MoU with ExxonMobil

Saturday, January 10 2026

Fossil Energy – Turkey

Turkish Petroleum (TPAO) and Exxonmobil signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering new exploration areas in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean and other potential areas, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Thursday to Reuters.

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Filed Under: Black Sea, Exploration, exploratory drilling, ExxonMobil, International projects, MoU, TPAO Tagged With: black sea, exploration, ExxonMobil, Mediterranean, MOU, TPAO, turkey

Fugro to support deepwater gas project for Eni

Thursday, June 26 2025

Fossil Energy – Eni

Fugro has been awarded a contract to conduct a comprehensive site characterisation programme for an Eni-operated deepwater gas development project in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Filed Under: Cyprus, deepwater project, ENI, Fugro, Gas development, International News, Mediterranean Tagged With: characterisation programme, Cyprus, deepwater, Eni, fugro, Mediterranean

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