Norwegian driller Songa Offshore has secured extra cash after Shell Development Australia declared the first well option on a drilling contract with the Songa Venus.

Oslo-listed AGR has landed an additional deal to support a coal seam gas project in Australia with Westside Corporation.

Fairstar Heavy Transport has secured two major  transportation contracts for the Gorgon project.

Technip has secured a slice of the SURF work for Eni's Kitan field development in the Timor Sea in the joint administration area between Australia and Timor-Leste.

Britain's BG Group has secured another supply deal for its forthcoming Queensland Gas LNG plant in Australia in a deal with Japan's Tokyo Gas.

Subsea companies in the UK have been urged to set out and chase new work from up to ten new offshore projects already at the Front End Engineering and Design phase offshore Australia.

Norway's Aker Solutions has secured a greater slice of Chevron's huge Gorgon gas development offshore Australia, with a a contract to deliver subsea umbilicals and associated equipment.

Britain's BG Group has signed up to a  20-year LNG supply deal with China's National Offshore Oil Corporation - CNOOC - which  marks two world firsts.

Royal Dutch Shell with PetroChina has finalised an agreement to buy out Australia’s Arrow Energy for Aus. $3.5 Bn (US $3.19 Bn).

France's Technip with South Korea's Samsung has been contracted to supply a floating LNG facility for a new project offshore Western Australia for the Prelude development.

Songa Venus will continue drilling down under after Songa Offshore and Shell development signed an agreement.

AGR Field Operations has landed a long term master goods and services agreement with ConocoPhillips Australia for operations down under.

Fairstar Heavy Transport has signed deals wit Theiss Pty Ltd for provision of transportation of a jack-up barge from Rotterdam to Melbourne.

ritish-based Rheochem has landed an extended deal to supply oil field services to Australian explorer Santos.

TGS has launched a 2D seismic acquisition program offshore West Papua in East Indonesia.

Technip and Subsea 7 have bagged a subsea installation contract with Australian Woodside Energy Ltd.

Master Marine has launched its first rig in Indonesia.

Prosafe reports that Shell Philippines Exploration has used the 30-day option for continued use of Safe Astoria.

Technip has bagged a deal to provide Front End Engineering and Design for an major offshore processing platform for Chevron Australia's Wheatstone gas project off Western Australia.

Royal Dutch Shell has confirmed it will take up an offer from Australia's Woodside Petroleum to buy more Woodside shares to retain its 34.27% stake in the company.

AGR Field Operations has secured a three year deal with the Australian based oil and gas exploration company AWE Ltd.

Seadrill's West Atlas jack-up rig has been formally condemned by its insurers following a fire in early November, and can now be removed, Seadrill says.

Seadrilll's jackup West Atlas has been formally condemned by insurers as a write-off after the rig was engulfed in a fire while drilling over the Montara well head platform for PTTEP offshore Australia at the beginning of last month, the rig operator declared today.

As many as 17 vessels may be affected by a two-day strike by Maritime Union of Australia, Farstad Shipping says.

Jackup West Atlas could be written off as a total loss after being engulfed in a wellhead platform fire while working offshore Australia, owner Seadrill has signalled.

DOF's subsidiary, DOF Subsea, has secured multiple contract awards in Australia at a combined value of 22 million US dollars. 

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries has been selected for a huge US $2 Bn order to build the LNG plant for the Chevron-operated Gorgon project offshore Australia.

Offshore construction contractor Royal  Boskalis has booked a slice of the scope of work on the Gorgon LNG project through an Australian subsidiary.