Norwegian offshore support vessel operator Havila Shipping has secured a bareboat charter extension for its Havila Harmony vessel.Brazil's offshore service firm OceanPact has declared the option for one-year extension of the bareboat agreement on the Havila Harmony…
China Three Gorges Corporation said Wednesday it had installed the world's first 16MW offshore wind turbine, off the coast of Fujian, China.The news was also confirmed by the wind turbine maker Goldwind, which said: “On June 28, Goldwind successfully…
Thirty-five years ago, on July 6, 1988, one of the offshore oil and gas industry's worst-ever disasters struck - the explosion of the Piper Alpha platform in the UK North Sea. To this day, the disaster is the worst ever in the industry by the number of lives lost…
Extracting minerals from the ocean floor could negatively impact biodiversity on a scale of up to 25 times greater than land-based mining, and fixing the damage would cost twice as much as extraction, a new report said on Thursday.A search for…
Italy's Eni ENI.MI and its Norwegian unit Vaar have agreed to buy private-equity backed Neptune Energy in a deal valuing the assets of the gas and oil producer at $4.9 billion including debt, the two groups said on Friday.The acquisition, which is expected to be completed at the start of next year…
Analysts at major global banks have been upgrading their share price expectations for Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras PETR4.SA as they evaluate that the new leftist government's policies are not as unfriendly to investors as some had feared…
Britain's windfall tax on oil and gas producers will not be applied if prices drop below certain levels for six months in a row, the finance ministry said on Friday, in a move the government hopes will boost energy security.The energy profit…
Kazakhstan's Energy Minister Almasadam Satkaliyev said on Tuesday that the central Asian country is pressing ahead with $16.5 billion in claims against international oil companies over disputed project costs.The new claims are the latest in…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Thursday it had acquired more shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp, boosting its stake in the oil company to 24.4%.In a regulatory filing, the conglomerate controlled by billionaire Warren Buffett said it paid about $201 million for 3…
Italian offshore engineering and construction firm Saipem has won two new offshore contracts in the North Sea and the Black Sea, worth $850 million in total.One contract is for an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) project in the Black Sea…
After nearly a century, oil output in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is heading towards its peak with new platforms providing a last hurrah as the region becomes a hot spot for burying greenhouse gases.Some companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp, have been dumping assets in the Gulf…
MISC, a Malaysian provider of offshore energy solutions and facilities, on Tuesday unveiled what it called a 'future-ready Newbuild Floating Production Storage & Offloading (NBFPSO) Unit' at OTC Houston 2023. 'It is the world’s first NBFPSO…
Exxon Mobil Corp is not giving up on oil exploration in Brazil, the company's country chief Alberto Ferrin said on Monday during the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston.'I would say very crystal clear that Exxon Mobil is not quitting exploration in Brazil at all…
Exxon Mobil Corp and its partners have approved a $12.7 billion investment for their fifth and most expensive offshore oil project in Guyana, the U.S. firm said in a statement.The project called Uaru will produce up to 250,000 barrels of oil…
BP has agreed to buy rival giant Shell's 27% stake in the Browse joint venture, expanding its holding in Australia's largest untapped gas resource in a move that could improve the development prospects for the long-stalled project.The Browse project…
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