Offshore drilling companies Maersk Drilling and Noble Corp. last week announced they'd merge to form one of the world's largest offshore oil drilling rig companies. Westwood Energy's Terry Childs analyzes the proposed deal and how the combined…
Royal Dutch Shell's decision to move its corporate headquarters and tax base to London may win over shareholders but it has struck a blow to Dutch prestige.As the energy giant crosses the North Sea, it will shed 'Royal Dutch' from its name,…
Swedish developer of twin offshore wind turbine technology Hexicon has partnered with Australia-based engineering giant Worley for FEED, Engineering Procurement Fabrication (EPF), and installation management of Hexicon's technology demonstrator project TwinWay…
RWE plans to invest 50 billion euros ($57 billion) through 2030 to double its green energy capacity to 50 gigawatts (GW), as Germany's largest power producer outlined its plan to become a global renewables heavyweight.However, Markus Krebber…
Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday it would scrap its dual share structure and move its head office to Britain from the Netherlands, pushed away by Dutch taxes and facing climate pressure in court as the energy giant shifts from oil and gas.The company…
Amplify Energy Corp withdrew its full-year forecast on Monday, saying that a large oil spill from one of its subsea pipelines in southern California last month forced it to shut its operations in the region.In mid-October, the U.S. Coast Guard said about 588 barrels (25…
UK-based drilling waste management company, TWMA, said Monday it would highlight how its wellsite processing solution has been proven to reduce the carbon emissions of drilling operations by 50% at this year’s ADIPEC, where it is exhibiting…
Malaysian FPSO supplier Yinson has signed two letters of intent with Brazilian oil company Petrobras for the charter, operations, and maintenance of Integrado Parque das Baleias (“IPB FPSO”), a floating, production, storage, and offloading vessel in the North Campos Basin…
Australian oil and gas firm FAR has started drilling at the Bambo-1 exploration well in Block A2, offshore The Gambia.'The Stena IceMax drillship arrived on site on 12 November Gambian time and after completing preparations, has successfully spudded the well…
Australia's Woodside Petroleum on Monday took a big step toward funding its biggest growth project, announcing the sale of a 49% stake in the planned expansion of its Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Western Australia.In a statement…
Aberdeen-based EnerMech has won a five-year contract to deliver tensioning, torquing, and associated services across all of TAQA’s North Sea platforms. Under the new contract, EnerMech will deliver these services on the Cormorant Alpha, North Cormorant…
Italian energy industry giant Eni said Monday it had held the naming and sail away ceremony for the Coral-Sul FLNG unit, the first floating LNG facility ever to be deployed in the deep waters of the African continent. The event took place at Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje…
Saipem, an Italian energy industry construction and installation services provider, has secured two new offshore contracts in Australia and Turkey totaling more than $600 million for transportation and installation activities.In Australia, Chevron…
Saab Seaeaye, a company building underwater remotely operated vehicles, has agreed to sell 10 of its newly launched electric work remotely operated vehicles (eWROV), including further options, to marine robotics company, Ocean Infinity.'The…
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) Chief Executive Sultan al-Jaber said on Monday the world could not 'simply unplug' from hydrocarbons and that the oil and gas industry needed to invest over $600 billion a year until 2030 to meet expected demand…