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Island Drilling Wins Drilling Contract from Trident Energy

Sep 06, 2022

Island Drilling Company announced it has signed a contract with Trident Energy to provide the Island Innovator drilling unit and associated services for a drilling campaign offshore Equatorial Guinea.Planned to start in September/October of 2023…

Valaris Receives $40 Million from ARO Drilling

Sep 06, 2022

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris announced on Tuesday that it has received a payment of $40 million from its joint venture with Saudi Aramco, ARO Drilling, representing a partial early repayment of its shareholder notes receivable.Following this payment…

TotalEnergies Seeking Production License for S.Africa Block

Sep 06, 2022

TotalEnergies has lodged its production license application for Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa, the national petroleum regulator said on Tuesday, before a deadline expired which might have seen the oil major forfeit its right to develop the huge discovery…

Baker Hughes to Restructure Organization into Two Units

Sep 06, 2022

Oilfield services firm Baker Hughes Co said on Tuesday it will simplify its organizational structure by reducing its business units to two from four, starting October 1.The company added it expects to deliver at least $150 million in cost savings…

EIVA Acquires SensorSurvey for Survey Solution Testing Partnership

Sep 06, 2022

EIVA a/s announced it recently acquired Danish hydrographic survey company SensorSurvey a/s.The two companies, having worked together for many years, are now taking the next step forward in bridging efforts – strengthening both EIVA’s product…

Ashtead Technology to Acquire Subsea Dredging Firm WeSubsea

Sep 05, 2022

UK-subsea rental equipment and solutions specialist Ashtead Technology said Monday it planned to acquire WeSubsea to expand its mechanical solutions service offering.Founded in 2010, WeSubsea is a specialist in subsea dredging technology solutions with its operating base in Aberdeenshire…

Gazprom: Off-line Nord Stream Compressor Station Now Deemed Hazardous

Sep 05, 2022

Russian gas giant Gazprom said on Monday it had received a formal warning from Russian regulators that the idled Portovaya compressor station, which is supposed to push gas towards Germany through the Nord Steam 1 pipeline, no longer complied with safety requirements…

U.S. EPA Revokes Permit for Phillips-Trafigura Bluewater Offshore Terminal

Sep 05, 2022

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has revoked the pollution control permit of Bluewater Texas Terminal, according to a letter sent by the EPA to the offshore oil terminal, following objections from environmental groups.The terminal, jointly…

Guyana Boosts Oil Profit Outlook for 2022 by 30%

Sep 05, 2022

Guyana could bank about $1.25 billion this year from the sale of oil as its share of offshore production and royalties, up 30% from a prior estimate, the government's finance ministry said over the weekend. Historically one of South America's poorest nations…

Shell, Petronas Develop Rosmari-Marjoram Gas Fields in Malaysia Using Solar-powered Offshore Platform

Sep 05, 2022

International oil major Shell has, together with Malaysia's Petronas, reached a final investment decision (FID) to develop the Rosmari-Marjoram deepwater sour gas fields, discovered in 2014, offshore Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia.Shell,which is the operator of the project with an 80 percent stake…

S. Korea Shipyards Set to Halt Operations as Typhoon Hinnamnor Approaches

Sep 05, 2022

South Korea issued weather advisories and raised its typhoon alert level on Monday as typhoon Hinnamnor neared, with heavy rain and strong wind already lashing southern parts of the country.The typhoon, travelling northward at a speed of 19 km per hour (12 mph)…

Scientists Detect Second 'Vast' Methane Leak at Pemex Offshore Oil Field in Mexico

Sep 05, 2022

Satellites recorded another large methane leak at an offshore platform belonging to Mexico's Pemex in August, according to exclusive data shared with Reuters, even as pressure mounts on the state oil company to reduce these emissions. Three…

Shell and Total Namibia Offshore Oil Discoveries 'Likely in Billions of Barrels'

Sep 05, 2022

Namibian offshore oil and gas discoveries by TotalEnergies and Shell are of commercial quantities, likely in the billions of barrels, the southern African nation's mines and energy minister said on Friday. Both companies announced earlier this…

Kremlin Blames Europe for Nord Stream 1 Halt, Saying Sanctions Hamper Maintenance

Sep 05, 2022

The Kremlin blamed European politicians on Sunday for keeping shut the Nord Stream 1, one of its main gas supply routes, saying their economic sanctions on Russia had hindered Gazprom's maintenance of the pipeline.State-controlled Gazprom announced…

Euro Hits 20-year Low on Russian Nord Stream Gas Pipeline Halt

Sep 05, 2022

The euro fell below 99 cents for the first time in nearly two decades, while sterling was on the ropes on Monday as Russia's halt on gas supply down its main pipeline to Europe sparked concerns over energy prices and growth.The euro slid to $0…

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