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Petrofac Nets Three-year Deal with ONEgas

Jul 14, 2021

Oilfield service firm Petrofac has secured a new three-year contract with ONEgas, an integrated cross-border asset between Shell UK and the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM).  The contract, secured by Petrofac’s Engineering and Production…

Sparrows' Alpha to Prepare 88 Wind Turbine Platforms for Walk-to-work (UK)

Jul 14, 2021

Sparrows Group's subsidiary Alpha has said it has been awarded a contract to carry out wind turbine platform modifications in support of a new walk-to-work system at a UK east-coast offshore wind farm.Alpha and Sparrows team will construct and install push-on plates…

Norway: OMV Wraps North Sea Well Drilling

Jul 14, 2021

Austrian oil and gas company OMV has completed the drilling of the wildcat well 1/3-13 in the North Sea, offshore Norway.Using Maersk Drilling's Maersk Integrator jack-up rig, OMV Norge, a subsidiary of OMV, drilled the well near the 1/3-11 (Ipswich) oil find…

Giant Floating Solar Farm Unveiled in Singapore

Jul 14, 2021

Singapore unveiled on Wednesday one of the world's largest floating solar panel farms, spanning an area equivalent to 45 football fields and producing enough electricity to power the island's five water treatment plants.The project is part of…

Olympic Subsea's Whole Fleet to Feature Kongsberg's Vessel Insight Solution

Jul 13, 2021

Offshore vessel owner Olympic Subsea has decided to install Kongsberg Digital's Vessel Insight solution across its entire fleet as a means of accessing, collecting, and consolidating a full range of mission-critical data.Olympic Subsea’s fleet…

NOSC to Distribute MVW's Water Treatment Solutions in Norway

Jul 13, 2021

M Vest Water (MVW), a company providing water treatment solutions for the oil & gas industry has signed a distribution agreement with NOSC, a part of Norwegian Oilfield Supply Group, with activities mainly in Norway.Under the LoI MVW's products…

Report: At Least Three Firms Vying for Petrobras' Albacora Fields

Jul 13, 2021

Petrobras' Albacora oilfields in Brazil are likely to attract at least three buyers despite a roughly one-month delay to let interested parties finalize their bids, four sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.Petroleo Brasileiro SA…

NEO Energy Completes Acquisition of Zennor Petroleum

Jul 13, 2021

North Sea-focused oil and gas company NEO Energy has completed the acquisition of independent oil and gas company Zennor Petroleum Limited, first announced back in March.HitecVision-backed NEO Energy said in March it would acquire Zennor from Kerogen Capital for up to $625 million…

An Industry-First: DEME Installs Offshore Wind Cables Using LNG-powered 'Living Stone'

Jul 13, 2021

Belgian offshore installation service provider DEME Offshore has installed the DolWin6 High Voltage DC (HVDC) cable in the German North Sea, using its LNG-powered DP3 vessel Living Stone. DolWin6 has a transmission capacity of 900 MW and is owned and operated by transmission system operator TenneT…

Serica Energy: Columbus Well Flow Test Successful

Jul 13, 2021

Oil and gas firm Serica Energy on Monday announced successful flow test results from its Columbus development well in the UK North Sea.The well was drilled to a measured depth of 17,600ft with a horizontal section of over a mile in length in the Forties Sandstone formation…

Guyana Relaunches Search for Company to Market Its Crude

Jul 12, 2021

Guyana is re-launching a search for a company to market the government's share of crude oil produced off the South American country's coast to make the tender process 'simpler and more competitive,' the natural resources minister said on Monday…

Equinor, Shell, Neptune Extend with Bristow in Norway

Jul 12, 2021

Offshore helicopter operator Bristow on Monday said it had secured separate two-year contract extensions through April 2024 with Equinor, Shell, and Neptune.The company will support the oil firms' air transportation crew change needs for their operations in the Norwegian continental shelf…

Shell to Supply PetroChina with Carbon Neutral LNG

Jul 12, 2021

Oil major Shell has signed a five-year contract with PetroChina to supply the Chinese company with carbon-neutral liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargos, Shell said on Monday.Many companies, particularly those in the fossil fuel industry are using…

Petrobras Sells Papa-Terra Field to 3R Offshore

Jul 12, 2021

Brazilian national oil company Petrobras has struck a deal with 3R Offshore to sell it its interests in the producing Papa-Terra, located in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil, for up to $105.6 million in total.3R Offshore, a company with a strategy to revitalize mature offshore fields…

Petronas Names New Chairman

Jul 12, 2021

Malaysia has appointed Mohd Bakke Salleh as the chairman of state energy firm Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), the prime minister's office said on Monday.The change comes as Petronas is recovering from a demand slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic…

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