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Baron Oil Gets Six-Month Extension for Chuditch PSC Offshore Timor-Leste

Jun 02, 2023

Baron Oil's subsidiary SundaGas, which operates the Chuditch PSC, offshore Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, has been granted a further six-month extension to Contract Year Two of the PSC by the relevant Timor-Leste national authority, Autoridade Nacional do Petróleo e Minerais ('ANPM')…

Suncor to Cut 1,500 Jobs by End of Year - Report

Jun 02, 2023

Canada's second-biggest oil producer Suncor Energy Inc will cut 1,500 jobs by the end of this year, aiming to reduce costs and improve its financial performance, the Globe and Mail reported on Thursday, citing details from the Canadian Press…

Trinidad Asks US for Changes to Venezuela Offshore Gas Project License

Jun 02, 2023

Trinidad and Tobago is requesting the U.S. government amend the terms of a license authorizing the joint development of a promising offshore gas field with Venezuela, the Caribbean nation's energy minister said on Thursday.The United States…

Aker Solutions, Aker BP Extend Subsea Production Systems Agreement

Jun 02, 2023

Norwegian offshore engineering and construction firm Aker Solutions and its compatriot oil and gas company Aker BP have agreed to extend a frame agreement for the provision of Subsea Production Systems until December 31, 2028. The original agreement…

Equinor's Arctic LNG Plant to Resume Production Next Week After Gas Leak Shutdown

Jun 01, 2023

Norway's Equinor plans to restart production at its Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Hammerfest on June 8 after it was shut down on May 31 due to a gas leak, the company said in a market message on Thursday. The facility will be unavailable until 2100 GMT on June 8…

Plans Announced for LNG Export Facility in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Jun 01, 2023

Grand Isle LNG is proposing to build an LNG export facility, thirteen miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana, in Plaquemines Parish, promising significant economic benefits to the region.The proposed deepwater port is a platform-based modular design…

Helix Energy Solutions Wins Major Offshore Decommissioning Deal in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Jun 01, 2023

U.S.-based offshore service firm Helix Energy Solutions has secured a 39-well decommissioning contract in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico shelf with an unnamed client. The project, awarded to Helix's Louisiana-based subsidiary Helix Alliance, is expected to start in mid-2023…

Petrobras Eyes Global Expansion as Brazil Hopes Fade, Sources Say

Jun 01, 2023

Brazil's Petrobras may look abroad for future growth, two sources with knowledge of the state-run firm's plans told Reuters, after environmental regulators dashed its hopes of exploring near the Amazon River where it had aimed to make its first major domestic oil discovery in over a decade…

Valeura Extends FPSO Charter and Maintenance Services Contract for Jasmine Oil Field

Jun 01, 2023

Valeura Energy said Thursday it had signed two key contracts relating to its Jasmine oil field offshore Thailand.Namely, Valeura’s charter of the field’s FPF-003 floating production storage and offloading vessel (“FPSO”), and a contract for…

Denmark's Semco Maritime to Acquire German Firm Wind Multiplikator

Jun 01, 2023

Denmark-based engineering and contracting group Semco Maritime has agreed to acquire German firm Wind Multiplikator, specialized in managing offshore wind farms and projects and providing engineering and consulting services.The transaction also…

Eidesvik Offshore to Sell Three Laid Up Seismic Vessels

Jun 01, 2023

Eidesvik Offshore has entered into agreements to sell its three remaining seismic vessels, Veritas Viking, Vantage, and Viking Vision, to two separate buyers. All the vessels are in lay-up and treated as held for sale in the company accounts…

Cyan, Taya in Offshore Wind Vessel Collab in Taiwan

May 31, 2023

Singapore-based Cyan Renewables said Wednesday it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to partner with Taiya Renewable Energy, a Taiwanese offshore wind farm development company. Under the MOU, Cyan and Taiya will collaborate to build vessel capacity…

Crowley Invests in Tugdock's Floating Dry Dock Platform to Boost U.S. Floating Offshore Wind

May 31, 2023

U.S.-based maritime logistics and offshore services firm Crowley on Wednesday announced a new investment in Tugdock. Tugdock has developed 'the world’s first road-transportable floating dry dock' known as the Tugdock Submersible Platform (TSP)…

Tanzania to Review Approval of $42B LNG Project in June

May 31, 2023

Tanzania's government said on Wednesday it had completed negotiations with the investors of its $42 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, with the agreements set to be reviewed for approval next month. Energy minister January Makamba…

French EDF Joins Two Irish Floating Wind Projects

May 31, 2023

French power giant EDF has entered into a joint venture partnership with Irish developer Simply Blue Group to develop two wind farm projects off the Irish coast, the groups said in a press release on Wednesday. The projects are the Western Star…

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