CGG and Shearwater put off streamer tech joint venture
CGG and Shearwater have agreed to suspend negotiations around creating a marine streamer equipment JV until visibility in the streamer replacement cycle improves. The companies said that decision...
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Shell gets extra time to process data for North Sea gas prospect
Oil major Shell has reaffirmed its commitment to drill an exploration well on the Pensacola gas prospect in the UK North Sea together with its partner Deltic Energy after getting a short extension...
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Apache sets aim for fifth Suriname well
Oil and gas company Apache Corporation has selected its fifth exploration well offshore Suriname in Block 58 and filed appraisal plans for two previous discoveries. Apache said in its third-quarter...
View ArticleWintershall Dea targets 30 pct reduction in CO2 emissions with new supply vessel
Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea says it will reduce annual emissions on supply vessel services to the Brage platform in Norway by up to 30 per cent when the Eidesvik-owned Viking Princess vessel...
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Petrobras kicks off binding phase for Ceará Cluster sale
Brazilian oil major Petrobras has kicked off the binding phase for the sale of its ownership in shallow-water fields in the Ceará Cluster offshore Brazil. The Ceará Cluster is located at a distance of...
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Japanese contractor secures more rig work in Indonesia
Hakuryu-14 jack-up rig; Source: JDC Japanese offshore drilling contractor Japan Drilling Company (JDC) has been awarded a new drilling contract by Pertamina for operations offshore Indonesia. JDC said...
View ArticleEni: Coral-Sul FLNG modules lifting complete (Video)
Italian oil and gas company Eni said the last of the 13 modules for the Coral-Sul FLNG facility has been lifted at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea. This embedded content is only...
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Turkey starts drilling second well in Black Sea
Turkey has begun drilling a second borehole on the Sakarya natural gas field in the Black Sea where it made its largest-ever discovery earlier this year with the Tuna-1 (Danube-1) well. Turkish...
View ArticleBusy storm season sinks Talos revenues
Houston-based Talos Energy has said that production shut-ins and project delays caused by to the busiest storm season in the last 15 years in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in it recording a decrease in...
View ArticleMcDermott ships second batch of MODEC FPSO modules to Singapore
Offshore engineering and services provider McDermott International has made the second shipment of topside modules for an FPSO unit for MODEC just weeks after the first shipment of modules sailed away...
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Noble gets rid of five cold-stacked floating rigs
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has decided to sell five of its cold-stacked floating drilling rigs. Noble Jim Day rig; Source: Noble Corp. In its fleet status report on Wednesday,...
View ArticleTotal defers first gas from Tyra due to Covid-19 delays
French oil major Total, as the operator of the DUC partnership, has suffered delays with the Tyra Redevelopment Project due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, the first production has been...
View ArticlePetroRio sells stake in large gas field offshore Brazil
Oil and gas company PetroRio has signed binding documents with Gas Bridge concerning the sale of the 10 per cent interest held by the company in the Petrobras-operated Manati gas field located...
View ArticleBoskalis Q3 offshore energy results partly hit by COVID-19, Horizon...
Boskalis has reported a revenue increase at its Offshore Energy business in the third quarter of 2020, compared to the previous two quarters, but also a drop in its order book to € 1.3 billion (€ 1.47...
View ArticleSimon Møkster wins new ERRV gig from Aker BP
Norwegian offshore support vessel provider Simon Møkster has been awarded a new contract for ERRV services by Aker BP in Norway. Simon Møkster said on Friday that it had entered into a new contract...
View ArticleTen-year extension for FSO duo on Al-Shaheen field off Qatar
A joint venture between Euronav and International Seaways has been awarded 10-year contract extensions for the FSO Asia and the FSO Africa for operations on the Al-Shaheen oil field off Qatar. The...
View ArticleThe future of seismic data acquisition
Seismic surveys have for decades been a key part of offshore exploration, producing comprehensive imagery of sub-bottom rock formations that allow the location and evaluation of oil and gas deposits....
View ArticleHeerema to wind down ‘no longer economically viable’ Angola business
Dutch offshore contractor Heerema Marine Contractors has decided to close its joint ventures in Angola due to poor market conditions. In a statement on Friday, Heerema Marine Contractors said that the...
View ArticleUK government to help creation of 2 million green jobs by 2030
The UK government has revealed its ambition to create 2 million green jobs by 2030 and has launched a Green Jobs Taskforce to help reach that goal as part of the government’s plan to build back...
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SBM Offshore picks LOC for marine warranty services on two FPSOs
Marine and engineering consulting firm LOC Group has been awarded new contracts with SBM Offshore to act as Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) on two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO)...
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