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Valeura Energy Books Jack-up Rig for Wassana Oil Field Drilling

Oct 06, 2022

Valeura Energy, an oil and gas company with assets offshore in the Gulf of Thailand and the Thrace Basin of Turkey, has agreed with Petrovietnam Drilling and Well Service Corporation to charter the PV Drilling I jack-up drilling rig to support its Gulf of Thailand operations in 2023…

PTTEP Taps Technip Energies for FEED at Lang Lebah Gas Plant with CO2 Capture

Oct 06, 2022

Thai oil company PTTEP has selcted Technip Energies to perform Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) of the Lang Lebah OnshoreGas Plant 2 (OGP2) project located in Bintulu, Sarawak, in Malaysia. The FEED contract covers the design of an onshore…

Mitsui OSK Signs Charter With New Russian Operator of Sakhalin-2 LNG project

Oct 05, 2022

Japan's Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) said on Wednesday it had signed a long-term charter contract with the new Russian operator of the Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) project for LNG carrier Grand Mereya to continue its shipping service.Russian…

Exxon Working on Sakhalin-1 Exit

Oct 05, 2022

Exxon Mobil XOM.N is working with its partners on the U.S. company's exit from the Sakhalin-1 oilfield in eastern Russia, its head of upstream operations said on Tuesday. Production from the giant field, which Exxon operates and in which it owns a 30% stake…

Petrobras Orders 10th FPSO for Búzios Field

Oct 04, 2022

Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras has ordered a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel from Singapore's Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters.The FPSO, named P-82, will be deployed at the giant Búzios oil field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area…

Petronas Taps ADC Energy for Offshore Rig Inspection Services

Oct 04, 2022

Aberdeen-basead ADC Energy has, through its local partner in Malaysia, Onyx, secured a three-year contract to deliver its rig integrity and inspection services to Petronas Carigali, a subsidiary of Petronas.The scope of work ADC Energy will…

Shell to Invest in Second Offshore Oil, Gas Project in a Month

Oct 03, 2022

Shell announced a second investment in Malaysia's oil and gas sector in a month as the major and its partners, including Petronas, aim to revive output in an environment of tight global supply.Shell's decisions come after the war in Ukraine disrupted Russian oil and gas supplies and boosted prices…

Japan Designates 'Promotion areas' for Offshore Wind Farms

Sep 30, 2022

;Japan's industry ministry said on Friday it has designated three 'promotion areas' off the coast of Nagasaki, Niigata and Akita prefectures for developing offshore wind farms, while selecting five 'promising areas' and 11 'potentially suitable areas'…

Samsung Heavy Industries, Equinor Sign Strategic Collaboration Deal

Sep 30, 2022

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has signed a 'Strategic Collaboration Agreement' with Equinor, Norway's largest energy company, to strengthen its competitiveness in the offshore EPC business.According to SHI, the two companies have recognized…

Petrobras Orders $2.8B FPSO from Keppel O&M

Sep 29, 2022

Singapore's Keppel Offshore & Marine has won a $2.8 billion contract with Brazil's Petrobras for the construction of a large FPSO for deployment at the Buzios field offshore Brazil.Scheduled for delivery in 1H 2027, the P-83 is a repeat order of the P-80 FPSO that Keppel O&M secured in August 2022…

Greater Tortue Ahmeyim FPSO Returned to Quayside after Drifting Off Due to Typhoon

Sep 27, 2022

Oil and gas company Kosmos Energy said Tuesday that the FPSO for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project had been returned to the quayside  of the COSCO shipyard in China, following the recent incident in which the vessel drifted away due to the impact of Typhoon Muifa…

Taiya Renewable Energy, BW Ideol in Floating Wind Pact

Sep 27, 2022

Taiya Renewable Energy on Tuesday announced a joint development of a floating offshore wind pipeline including a 50 MW floating wind pilot-project and commercial-scale projects offshore Taiwan with floating wind specialist BW Ideol.'This cooperation…

Uniwise Offshore Boosts OSV Fleet Cyber-Security with Inmarsat's Fleet Secure UTM

Sep 27, 2022

Uniwise Offshore, a Thailand-based offshore support vessel (OSV) company, has boosted cyber-security standards across its OSV fleet by adopting technology from Inmarsat, a mobile satellite communications specialist.'With reliable connectivity delivered by Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress…

S.Korea's Hanwha Group to Invest $1.4B for Daewoo Shipbuilding

Sep 26, 2022

South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd signed a tentative agreement on Monday for Hanwha Group to invest 2 trillion won ($1.4 billion) in return for a 49.3% stake and management rights in the shipbuilder, the companies and Daewoo's major stakeholder said…

India's BPCL Signs MoU with Petrobras to Diversify Oil Sourcing

Sep 26, 2022

India's state-run Bharat Petroleum Corp said it had signed a preliminary agreement with Brazil's national oil company Petrobras PETR4.SA to help it diversify its crude oil sourcing.Indian state refiners rarely buy Brazilian oil. The Memorandum…

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