TechnipFMC delivers major subsea tree contract in Brazil
UK-based major TechnipFMC has delivered the last of 127 trees for the largest subsea tree contract in the world for a pre-salt project in Brazil. TechnipFMC, as FMC Technologies, won this contract...
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Lukoil, KazMunayGas ink deal for Al-Farabi block in Kazakh Caspian Sea
Russian oil and gas company Lukoil and Kazakhstan’s state-owned company KazMunayGas (KMG) have signed an agreement for future obligations on the Al-Farabi Project in the Kazakh Sector of the Caspian...
View ArticleAirborne Oil & Gas becomes Strohm
Dutch-based thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) manufacturer Airborne Oil & Gas has changed its name to Strohm. The launch of the new brand comes as the organisation confirms its commitment to the...
View ArticleNoble Corporation scores rig extension deal with ExxonMobil
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has been awarded a long-term extension for the ultra-deepwater drillship Noble Tom Madden from ExxonMobil. Noble said on Thursday that it has been...
View ArticleDesigning of carbon-neutral offshore oil and gas platforms underway
U.S. engineering firm McDermott has teamed up with electrical equipment giant Schneider Electric and io consulting, a Baker Hughes company, to design carbon-neutral facilities for the upstream oil and...
View ArticleHavyard extends closure as 75 people test positive for COVID-19
A total of 75 people associated with Norway’s shipbuilder New Havyard Ship Technology AS, part of Havyard Group, have tested positive for the coronavirus, further extending the closure of the yard....
View ArticleOPEC: Oil demand to decline after plateauing in late 2030s
World oil demand will plateau in the late 2030s and by then begin to decline, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said in its 2020 World Oil Outlook. OPEC said on Thursday...
View ArticleNorway’s striking labour union, oil firms to meet with mediator
Oil firms and labour officials in Norway will meet on Friday with a state-appointed mediator to try to end a strike threatening to cut output from the country by some 25 per cent. Six Norwegian...
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Hurricane Delta closes 92 pct of Gulf of Mexico oil output – largest in 15 years
Over 90 per cent of current oil production in the Gulf of Mexico has been shut-in as a result of Hurricane Delta, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said. The BSEE said in its...
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Lukoil starts phase two of Vladimir Filanovsky development drilling
Russian independent oil company Lukoil has launched phase two of the development drilling campaign on the Vladimir Filanovsky offshore field in Astrakhan. Source: Lukoil Lukoil said on Friday that the...
View ArticleNeptune Energy to use Halliburton cloud well construction suite
Oil and gas exploration firm Neptune Energy has decided to adopt Halliburton’s DecisionSpace 365 well construction suite of cloud applications to consolidate all global drilling and wells activities....
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Wage settlement ends oil strike in Norway
Norwegian oil firms were able to negotiate a wage bargain with officials of labour union Lederne on Friday, ending a 10-day strike which threatened to cut the country’s oil and gas output by almost 25...
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BP mobilising Ocean Apex rig for Ironbark drilling
The Ocean Apex semi-submersible drilling rig has been handed over to BP for the drilling of the Ironbark-1 exploration well offshore Australia. Cue Energy, BP’s partner in the WA-359-P license where...
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Hibiscus Petroleum buys into 3D Oil license off Australia
Malaysia’s Hibiscus Petroleum has completed its 50 per cent acquisition of interest in the exploration permit VIC/P74 offshore Australia from 3D Oil. Hibiscus said that the acquisition of the 50 per...
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DOF Subsea MPSV on Mero field duty for Petrobras
The DOF Group has secured another contract award in Brazil for Libra Consortium, supporting Petrobras’ operation activities on the Brazilian continental shelf. Namely, Petrobras has awarded DOF Subsea...
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Petrofac CEO to retire after 30 years. Former Shell VP to take his place
Group chief executive of oilfield services provider Petrofac has decided to retire at the end of the year. Petrofac said on Monday that its chief executive Ayman Asfari decided to retire from the role...
View ArticleStena Drilling drillship wins work in the Mediterranean
Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has won a new contract for its ultra-deepwater drillship Stena Forth in the Mediterranean Sea offshore Israel. According to Bassoe Offshore, the contract...
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Workers returning to Gulf of Mexico platforms following Hurricane Delta
Oil and gas operators are returning its workers to platforms in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Delta, which made landfall on Friday. The BSEE said in its latest report that personnel were...
View ArticleTurkey to carry out seismic survey in disputed area of Mediterranean
Exploration vessel Oruc Reis will carry out a seismic survey in the eastern Mediterranean over the next ten days, a move which will further test already tense relationships between Turkey and Greece....
View ArticleDNV GL, Bluewater pilot test hybrid digital twin for FPSOs
Classification society DNV GL and FPSO specialist Bluewater have teamed up on a pilot project to use hybrid digital twin technology to predict and analyse fatigue on an FPSO hull. DNV GL said that the...
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