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Report: BP Relaunches Sale of UK North Sea Fields

Jan 08, 2021

BP has relaunched the sale of stakes in a number of North Sea oilfields it agreed to sell to Premier Oil before the beleaguered company was taken over last year, industry sources said on Thursday.BP originally agreed to sell its interest in…

MENA NOC Charters Gulf Marine Services' Jack-Up Unit

Jan 08, 2021

Gulf Marine Services, a UAE-based provider of offshore jack-up support vessels, has secured a long-term contract for its GMS Evolution jack-up. 'Winning this contract follows the successful trial of the vessel's Cantilever Workover System, with…

Tekmar's Pipeshield Bags 'Largest' Contract

Jan 08, 2021

UK-based offshore energy technology and services company Tekmar has said that its Pipeshield International subsidiary has won its largest-ever contract.'Pipeshield International Limited...has secured its largest contract win to date, to design…

Constellation Nets Long-Term Drillship Deal with Petrobras

Jan 08, 2021

Brazilian oil and gas drilling company Constellation has won a long-term contract for its ultra-deepwater drillship Brava Star with the Brazilian oil firm Petrobras.Constellation said this week that the contract for the 2015-built Brava Star…

Neptune Energy Extends Deepsea Yantai Offshore Rig Contract

Jan 08, 2021

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has extended the contract for the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible drilling rig. This is the rig Neptune used when it last year made one of Norway's largest offshore discoveries - the Dugong.The Deepsea Yantai…

Lekoil Fights Top Shareholder over Board

Jan 08, 2021

London-listed Nigerian oil company Lekoil's shareholders will vote on Friday on an investor's bid to add three members to the company's board, in the culmination of a bitter dispute between its founder and its biggest shareholder.The dispute even drew in Nigeria's Ministry of Petroleum…

Energean Buys Total's Interest in Block Offshore Greece

Jan 08, 2021

Oil and gas company Energean has completed its takeover of Total’s entire 50% interest and operatorship in Block 2, offshore Western Greece. Coupled with the 25% working interest that Energean bought through the recent acquisition of Edison E&P…

Malaysia: Petronas Takes over Operatorship of E11 Gas Hub from Shell

Jan 08, 2021

Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas has become the operator of the E11 gas hub, located 130km offshore Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia, effective 1 January 2021.  The E11 hub which has been producing since 1982 under the MLNG Production Sharing…

Petrobras Says 2020 Oil Output Averaged Record 2.28 Million BPD

Jan 07, 2021

Brazil's state-run oil company Petrolero Brasileiro SA produced a record 2.28 million barrels of oil per day on average in 2020, according to a securities filing on Thursday.The combined oil and natural gas output of Petrobras, as the company is known…

Pioneering Spirit to Remove Two Morecambe Bay Platforms

Jan 07, 2021

Allseas' giant heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit will remove the DP3 and DP4 platforms in Morecambe Bay off the U.K. for independent oil and gas operator Spirit Energy.The two normally unmanned installations used to produce gas as part of…

Suncor to Record Impairment Charge on White Rose Assets

Jan 07, 2021

Canadian energy company Suncor will record in the fourth quarter of 2020 a non-cash after-tax impairment charge of approximately $425 million on its share of the White Rose asset and West White Rose Project in the Jeanne d’Arc basin off Newfoundland and Labrador…

Ithaca Energy Taps Crawford as CFO

Jan 07, 2021

Independent oil and gas company Ithaca Energy on Thursday announced the appointment of David Crawford as chief financial officer, taking over the role from predecessor Graham Forbes who will be leaving Ithaca, effective February1.Crawford is…

Apache Corp to Create Holding Company Structure

Jan 07, 2021

Apache Corp said it plans to create a new holding company called APA Corp, that would replace the oil and gas producer as the public company trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange.Apache will become a unit of APA and continue to hold assets in the United States…

Opinion: Biden Administration Can Align with Offshore Energy

Jan 06, 2021

Economic recovery. Climate change. Racial equity. COVID-19. These four issues are at the core of President-elect Joe Biden’s Day 1 priorities. Separately, each issue seems like a monumental challenge with no easy solution. But there is a path…

Crowley Forms 'New Energy' Division to Focus on Offshore Wind, LNG

Jan 06, 2021

Crowley Shipping announced Wednesday it has formed a New Energy division to focus on offshore wind and liquefied natural gas (LNG) services in the U.S. and adjacent regions.The Jacksonville, Fla.-based maritime transportation and services firm…

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