Chinese oil firm CNOOC says it is planning to invest RMB 105 billion (US$17.35 billion) to 120 billion ($19.82 billion) on projects during 2014. Nexen Inc, bought by CNOOC in early 2013, will account for about 19% of the spending. Overall…
Fundy Tidal Inc.'s turbine project in the Bay of Fundy, off Nova Scotia. www.fundytidal.com
PTTEP and Pertamina agreed to form a 50:50 joint venture to buy Hess’ assets offshore Indonesia for US$1.3 billion. The companies will gain 75% stake in Pangkah field and 23% in the Natuna Sea A field. The Pangkah transaction will be finalized in Q1 2014…
Brazilian independent HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA acquired a 60% working interest and the operatorship stake in the Polvo field from BP Energy do Brasil Ltda, following the Jan. 8 close on a deal worth US$101 million.In the transaction…
Repeated boughts of bad weather around the UK have caused disruption to offshore oil and gas operations in the North Sea. Endeavour International Corporationsaid today that, due to the continued periods of bad weather, timing of first production from second production well…
Petrobras' partners in the BC-10 development, also known as Parque das Conchas, have finalized a buyout worth approximately US$1.6 billion for the Brazilian national's 35% interest in the project. Shell will pay $1 billion for its additional 23% interest…
After Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) announced that the Siri would not return online until Q2 2014, the Danish Energy Agency approved a temporary production solution to allow for a Q1 2014 restart. Siri, wholly-owned by operator DONG Energy…
Ceona's high-capacity flexible/umbilical pipelay and subsea construction vessel the Polar Onyx has been floated out of dry dock at Ulstein Verft yard in Norway following an intensive outfitting program. It has now moved to the shipyard quay…
Renowned energy expert Prof. Michael J. Economides suffered a fatal heart attack this past weekend on an international flight from Madrid to Chile. He was 64. Economides was a professor at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of…
PTTEP and Pertamina signed a 50:50 joint venture to buy Hess' assets off Indonesia for US $1.3 billion. The companies will gain 75% stake in Pangkah field and 23% in the Natuna Sea A field. The Pangkah transaction will be finalized in Q1 2014…
Cairn India Ltd. today announced that its board of directors approved a proposal for the buyback of equity shares of the company from its existing shareholders. The buyback would be done from the open market through the stock exchanges…
International tidal technology and project developer Atlantis Resources Limited bought MeyGen, Europe’s largest tidal power project. Atlantis already held 10% of the company developing the project, MeyGen Limited. It has now bought…
Cargotec's MacGregor has entered into an agreement to acquire Aker Solutions' mooring and loading systems unit for an enterprise value of approximately EUR180 million. The unit, known by the Pusnes brand name, provides mooring equipment…
Life-saving equipment firm Viking has bought a major stake in IT startup Saatsea. The firm, which will be renamed Viking Saatsea, provides cloud-based onboard training and competence management systems to industry. It was set up…
Geoprediction firm Ikon Science has acquired the software, services and intellectual property of Bergen headquartered Terra Geotech AS. Eamonn Doyle, the founder of Terra Geotech, has joined Ikon Science as VP real-time operations, bringing…