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Brent Crude at Five-month High on Abu Dhabi Output Cuts

Aug 31, 2020

Oil rose on Monday, with Brent touching the highest in five months, underpinned by a 30% cut in Abu Dhabi crude supplies and encouraging Chinese data even as global demand struggles to return to pre-COVID levels in a well-supplied market.Brent crude futures for November advanced to $46…

Boskalis Completes North Sea Pipeline Replacement Project for Perenco

Aug 31, 2020

Boskalis Subsea Services, a subsidiary of the Dutch marine services giant Boskalis, on Monday said it had completed work on a North Sea pipeline as part of a 'multi-million-pound' contract awarded to it by Perenco. The Aberdeen-based company mobilized the dive support vessel (DSV) the Boka Da Vinci…

Maersk Drilling Bags Long-Term Jack-Up Extension with Shell in Brunei

Aug 31, 2020

Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has won a long-term contract extension for its jack-up rig Maersk Convincer with Brunei Shell Petroleum in Brunei.Brunei Shell Petroleum has exercised its contract extension option that will see the jack-up drilling unit extend its stay in Brunei…

Neptune Energy Extends Deepsea Yantai Rig Contract to Late 2021

Aug 31, 2020

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has extended the contract for the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible offshore drilling rig.The rig, owned by China's CIMC and managed by the Norwegian drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling, was recently used to…

Dana Petroleum Names New CEO

Aug 31, 2020

Dana Petroleum, a North Sea-focused subsidiary of South Korea's KNOC, has appointed Jongwoo Kim as its new CEO.Kim joins Dana Petroleum from its parent company Korea National Oil Corporation.Jongwoo succeeds the previous CEO Yongwoo Kang who…

Israel's Delek in Ithaca Energy Merger Discussions

Aug 31, 2020

Israel's Delek Group said on Monday it is in talks with third parties about a possible merger of its North Sea energy operations, as it reported a second-quarter loss.Merging Ithaca Energy with an international group would be part of a process of turning it into a public company traded in London…

Ocean Installer, Vard Working on 'Most Advanced' Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

Aug 31, 2020

Ocean Installer, a Norwegian company mostly known for its offshore oil and gas services provider, is increasingly turning towards the offshore wind industry.Following a recent establishment of an offshore wind branch, and the naming of a director to lead it…

Former TGS CFO Joins AqualisBraemar

Aug 31, 2020

Offshore energy consultancy AqualisBraemar has named Dean Zuzic as the group’s new chief financial officer (CFO). Zuzic has more than 30 years of finance and management experience. He has recently held CFO roles at Oslo-listed seismic players TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA and Spectrum ASA…

U.S. Gulf of Mexico Oil Output Remains Lower in Wake of Storm

Aug 31, 2020

U.S. Gulf of Mexico crude oil output remained down 70%, or 1.29 million barrels per day, according to data released on Sunday by the Department of Interior, as companies continued to return crews to offshore facilities that were evacuated ahead of Hurricane Laura…

Allseas' Pioneering Spirit Removes Ninian Topsides in Final Decom Gig of 2020

Aug 28, 2020

Allseas' colossal Pioneering Spirit offshore construction - or in this case 'deconstruction - vessel has removed the Ninian Northern platform topsides in the UK North Sea.Located in the North Sea, 160 kilometers northeast of the Shetland Islands…

Shell Taps Kongsberg for Cloud-Based Digital Twin Services

Aug 28, 2020

Norway's industrial tech solutions provider Kongsberg Digital has signed an enterprise framework agreement with Shell, for the supply of its digital twin software, across the oil and gas giant's upstream, integrated gas, downstream, and manufacturing business lines…

Hermitage Offshore Services Appeals NYSE Delisting Decision

Aug 28, 2020

Offshore vessel owner Hermitage Offshore Services has appealed against the New York Stock Exchange's move to delist its shares.Hermitage Offshore Services (previously known as Nordic American Offshore) on August 12 filed for a voluntary petition…

UK: ORE Catapult to Develop Testing Facility for Next-Gen Offshore Wind Turbines

Aug 28, 2020

UK's Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has teamed up with and Advance Northumberland to develop a new facility for testing the next generation of advanced offshore wind turbines in Northumberland County, North East England.According to ORE…

Akastor Assumes Full Control over DOF Deepwater and Its 5 Vessels

Aug 28, 2020

Norwegian oil services investment firm Akastor will take full ownership of DOF Deepwater, a joint venture with company DOF, as part of the debt restructuring agreement with the JV's lenders.  DOF Deepwater operates five mid-sized AHTS vesselsAs…

Borr Drilling Posts $109,6M 2Q Loss

Aug 28, 2020

Jack-up drilling rig contractor Borr Drilling on Friday reported a $109,6 million net loss for the second quarter of 2020, on revenues of $84 million.For comparison, Borr provided the 1Q 2020 figures, in which it posted a loss of $87 million…

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