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Shell: No Prelude FLNG restart before year-end
LNG giant Shell is not expecting to restart full production from its Prelude FLNG facility offshore Western Australia before year-end. Courtesy of Shell In a brief update on the activities, Shell...
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Sleipnir SSCV installs Tolmount platform in North Sea
Heerema’s Sleipnir, the LNG-powered world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel, has installed the Tolmount platform In the Southern North Sea. Heerema said on Thursday that the project consisted of...
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Seabed Geosolutions wins more work in Brazil
Seabed Geosolutions has secured a contract for a baseline 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey as well as a future 4D monitor OBN survey in Brazil. The project will take place in water depths greater...
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Norway clears OKEA’s buy of Equinor’s Aurora discovery
Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved OKEA’s acquisition of Equinor’s operated 40 per cent working interest in PL195 and PL195 B, which include the Aurora discovery. Norwegian oil and...
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DeepOcean and Enpro deliver attic oil recovery project for Shell
Subsea contractor DeepOcean has completed the attic oil recovery project for Shell in the North Sea. According to DeepOcean, the recent campaign on Brent Bravo concrete structure wrapped up with no...
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Westwood names head of energy transition
Market research provider and consultancy Westwood Global Energy Group has filled a newly-created role of head of energy transition. David Linden; Source: Westwood Westwood said earlier this week that...
View ArticlePGNiG, Aker BP expand cooperation with gas purchase deal
PGNiG Supply & Trading (PST), the international trading arm of the Polish oil and gas company PGNiG, and Aker BP have signed a contract for the sales and purchase of natural gas produced on the...
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Weatherford in “industry’s first” with Gulf of Mexico casing sidetrack
U.S. oilfield services player Weatherford has achieved the industry’s first 12 ¼-inch casing sidetrack for an undisclosed operator. Lead mill attached to the bottomhole assembly; Source: Weatherford...
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BOEM to hold next Gulf of Mexico lease sale in mid-November
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has proposed to offer around 78 million acres in a region-wide lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico scheduled for November 2020. BOEM said on Thursday that the...
View ArticleSeadrill scores extension for West Vela drillship from BP
Oil major BP has awarded a new contract for Seadrill Partners’ West Vela drillship for work in the U.S. part of the Gulf of Mexico. Seadrill Partners said on Thursday that the latest extension would...
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Rystad: UKCS output never to return above 2 million boe per day
Even though Hurricane Energy had promising exploration results in UK’s fractured basins, energy intelligence firm Rystad Energy believes that the country’s hydrocarbon production would never rise...
View ArticleAfrica Energy gets shareholder approval for South African deal
Africa Energy has received approval from shareholders for a transaction which will see the company increase its interest in the Total-operated Block 11B/12B, located offshore South Africa, from 4.9...
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West Africa win for Polarcus
Marine seismic player Polarcus has secured a contract for a 3D seismic data acquisition services in West Africa. According to the Oslo-listed company, the contract has an expected duration of two...
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Operations on Gulf of Mexico offshore rigs return to normal following...
All rigs operating in the Gulf of Mexico have begun operating normally following the passing of Hurricane Delta, but nearly a quarter of oil output still remains shut-in. The BSEE said in its latest...
View ArticleShell to use Bentley Systems’ digital twins to speed up capital projects
Shell’s Deepwater business has selected Bentley Systems’ digital twin solutions to streamline its capital projects process and accelerate time to first oil. Bentley Systems said that Shell, with a...
View ArticleU.S. offshore rig count flat for fourth week straight
The number of active rigs in the U.S. remained flat for the fourth week in a row, according to weekly rig count reports by Baker Hughes. Baker Hughes Rig Count: U.S. +13 to 282 rigs U.S. Rig Count is...
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Erdoğan: Tuna-1 Black Sea discovery holds 405 bcm of natural gas
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has visited the Fatih drillship to announce an increase in discovered resources at the Tuna-1 (Danube-1) offshore well in the Black Sea. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
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Petrobras delays Parque das Baleias project to 2024
Brazilian oil major Petrobras has postponed the Parque das Baleias integrated project in the Campos basin by about one year. Petrobras said last Friday that it also cancelled the FPSO charter bidding,...
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TechnipFMC scores Breidablikk subsea EPCI
TechnipFMC has secured an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract for pipelay and subsea installation at the Equinor’s Breidablikk field. Breidablikk field illustration...
View ArticlePXP, CNOOC discussing South China Sea work after lifting of Philippines...
Oil and gas company PXP Energy has started negotiations with CNOOC regarding a memorandum of understanding between Philippines and China on joint oil and gas development in the South China Sea....
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