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LYTT Tech Boosts Output at BP's Clair Ridge Offshore Platform

Mar 22, 2021

LYTT, an energy tech company, said Monday its technology has helped improve production up to 2,000 barrels per day (bpd) at BP's Clair Ridge offshore platform, west of Shetland, UK.Clair Ridge is the second phase of development of the giant…

Offshore Vessel Owner Buys 1% in Offshore Driller Noble

Mar 22, 2021

S.D Standard Drilling Plc, a Cyprus-based, Oslo-listed offshore vessel owner, said Monday it had purchased 500,000 shares, corresponding to 1% ownership, in offshore driller Noble Corp, at USD 18.5 per share.'Noble completed its restructuring- and Chapter 11 process on 5 February 2021…

Saudi Aramco to Cut Spending as Profit Drops 44.4%

Mar 22, 2021

Saudi Arabian state oil giant Aramco is betting on an Asian-led rebound in energy demand this year after it reported a steep slide in net profit for 2020 on Sunday and scaled back its spending plans.The COVID-19 pandemic took a heavy toll on the company and its global peers in 2020…

Solstad Sells 2003-Built AHTS DUO

Mar 19, 2021

Solstad Offshore has sold two anchor handling towing and supply vessels earlier this week.Solstad said that the vessels sold were the AHTS Lady Astrid and Lady Caroline.Delivery of the vessels to the new owner took place Wednesday, March 17th…

SOFEC CEO to Retire

Mar 19, 2021

Rick Hall, CEO of SOFEC, a company providing mooring systems for the international offshore oil and gas industry, has decided to retire.According to SOFEC, a subsidiary of Japan's FPSO specialist MODEC, Hall, who has been with SOFEC for almost three decades…

Odfjell Drilling Bags 5-Year Drilling & Maintenance Contract on TAQA's North Sea Platforms

Mar 19, 2021

UAE-based oil and gas company TAQA has awarded Odfjell Drilling a contract for platform drilling & maintenance services on its UK North Sea platforms.The five-year contract covers services aboard the North Cormorant, Harding, Tern Alpha, Brae Alpha…

Ørsted Starts Offshore Construction at 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a Offshore Wind Farms in Taiwan

Mar 19, 2021

Denmark-based offshore wind installation company Ørsted, said Friday it was kicking off full-scale offshore construction activities of the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan.Ørsted said it would start laying export…

Siemens Energy to Deliver Topside Modules for MISC-built FPSO

Mar 19, 2021

Siemens Energy said Friday it had won a contract with Malaysian MISC to deliver eight complete topside modules for an FPSO MISC is building for deployment in South America.According to Siemens Energy, its topside modules 'will provide sustainable…

Mexico: Government to Absorb Pemex Debt Payments

Mar 19, 2021

Mexico's government will absorb regular debt payments this year for Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador intensifies his efforts to prop up the heavily-indebted state-run oil company.Those so-called debt amortization payments will total over $6 billion in 2021…

Report: EU Stops Sanctions on Turkey Oil Execs

Mar 19, 2021

The European Union has frozen plans to blacklist more senior executives at Turkey’s state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), four diplomats said, in the clearest sign that a diplomatic offensive by Ankara this year is bearing fruit…

U.S. Tells Firms Building Nord Stream 2 Pipeline to 'Immediately' Stop Work or Risk Sanctions

Mar 19, 2021

The U.S. State Department is tracking efforts to complete Russia's Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline and evaluating information on entities that appear to be involved, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday.'Any entity involved in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline risks U…

Johan Sverdrup Oil Field: Lundin Expects Further Output Capacity Growth

Mar 19, 2021

Sweden's Lundin Energy, a partner in Norway's giant Johan Sverdrup oilfield, said on Thursday it expected the field's production capacity and its reserve estimates to grow in the future.Production capacity from 2.2 billion to 3.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) field…

Norway's Feb Oil Production Slightly Above Forecast

Mar 19, 2021

Norway's oil production slightly exceeded official expectations in February, preliminary data from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) showed on Friday.Crude oil output slipped 0.6% from January to 1.793 million barrels per day (bpd) in February…

Brazil: Equinor, Partners Approve Development Concept for BM-C-33 Offshore Field

Mar 19, 2021

Norwegian oil firm Equinor, has, with its partners Repsol Sinopec and Petrobras, approved the development concept for BM-C-33, a gas/condensate field located in the Campos Basin pre-salt, offshore Brazil.The discovery at the BM-C-33 license…

Eni Moves to Settle Congo Republic Oil Permit Probe

Mar 18, 2021

Italian energy group Eni has filed a request with Milan prosecutors to pay 11.8 million euros ($14 million) to settle an investigation into oil permits in Congo Republic, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.The sources…

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