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Qatar Petroleum enters acreage offshore Angola
State-owned Qatar Petroleum has entered into a farm-in agreement with Angola’s national oil company Sonangol and French oil major Total to acquire a 30 per cent stake in Block 48 located in Angolan...
View ArticleDeepTech Oil wraps up intervention project off Egypt
DeepTech Oil Services has completed an intervention project in the Zohr gas field in the Egyptian sector of the Mediterranean Sea for Eni and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC). The...
View ArticleAmpelmann to provide two gangways to Shell
Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann has signed a three-year contract with a subsidiary of oil major Shell for work in Asia Pacific. Ampelmann said on Wednesday that the contract was awarded by...
View ArticleOcean Installer first to use Welaptega’s Riser/Rope Cleaning and Inspection...
Welaptega, owned by integrated subsea technology and services company Ashtead Technology, delivered the Riser/Rope Cleaning and Inspection System (RCIS) to Ocean Installer for its inaugural deployment...
View ArticleTechnipFMC nets Mero 2 subsea EPCI in Brazil
TechnipFMC has secured a large contract for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) from Petrobras, the leader and operator of the Libra Consortium, for the pre-salt Mero field,...
View ArticleCOSL rig to drill wells off Norway for Chrysaor
Offshore drilling contractor COSL has signed a drilling rig contract with oil company Chrysaor, formalising a letter of intent signed for the rig in July. Earlier this summer, the company’s subsidiary...
View ArticleValaris declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Valaris, offshore drilling contractor with the world’s largest fleet, has filed for bankruptcy protection in an attempt to restructure its debt. Valaris said on Wednesday that it voluntarily filed for...
View ArticleSantos to launch Dorado FEED program in second half of 2020
Australia’s Santos expects to begin the front-end engineering design (FEED) program for the Dorado oil and gas project offshore Australia in the second half of 2020. Carnarvon, a partner in the...
View ArticleBenthic to provide Mero field geotechnical site investigation
Benthic, a global geosciences company and part of Acteon, has signed a contract with Petrobras to provide geotechnical site investigation services at the Mero field offshore Brazil. The work includes...
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Maersk Drilling picks up another extension from Aker BP
Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has won another one-well contract from Aker BP for the Maersk Integrator low-emission rig. Maersk Drilling said on Thursday that it received an...
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Santos swings to loss on impairments
Australian independent energy firm Santos reported a net loss in the first half as it booked a $526 million hit in asset impairments due to revised oil price outlook. Darwin LNG plant (Image: Santos)...
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Norway: Tax relief to increase investments in oil and gas
A survey made by the Norwegian statistics bureau SSB revealed that oil and gas investment in Norway will rise more this year and decline less in 2021 than predicted a few months ago. Oil firms,...
View ArticleSEA-KIT’s USV completes demo survey operations
SEA-KIT’s 12-metre Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV), for which the company recently received an order from Fugro, has completed a 22-day demonstration project, carrying out remote surveys on Europe’s...
View ArticleGC Rieber enters Polar King sale agreement
GC Rieber Shipping has entered into an agreement to sell the construction support vessel (CSV) Polar King. The Polar King is a multipurpose subsea vessel specially capable of execution operations...
View ArticleTwo workers airlifted from Statfjord B following switchboard room incident
Two workers were evacuated on Tuesday from Equinor’s Statfjord B platform offshore Norway after being exposed to smoke following a short circuit in a switchboard room. Norwegian offshore safety...
View ArticleBosch Rexroth and Barge Master reveal new autonomous landing system
Bosch Rexroth and Barge Master have introduced a new autonomous landing system for motion compensated gangways. The system is said to automatically attach the landing to the required site without the...
View ArticleResolve Marine disposes of jacket offshore India
US-based maritime salvage company Resolve Marine has been awarded a contract for stabilization and disposal of an oil platform jacket off the west coast of India. Resolve Marine did not disclose the...
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Turkey makes significant gas discovery in Black Sea
Turkey has found significant gas resources in the Black Sea, a discovery which could help the country cut its dependence on energy imports if the gas can be commercially extracted. Recep Tayyip...
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Keppel says FLNG conversion greener than building new unit
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine claims that converting an old carrier into a floating LNG producer saves about 33% of greenhouse gas emissions compared to building a new unit. FLNG Hilli...
View ArticlePoland could reach climate neutrality by 2056
The Polish Economic Institute (PEI) said on Wednesday that Poland, which is the only European Union country that has not pledged to reach net-zero by 2050, could reach that goal by 2056. The PEI...
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