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Equinor OK to Use Island Wellserver for LWI

Jan 17, 2020

Norway's Equinor has obtained regulatory consent to use the Island Wellserver vessel.The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway gave the oil company its approval to use the well intervention vessel in Norway in 2020.The consent applies to the use…

TechnipFMC Affirms Company Split Timeline

Jan 17, 2020

Oilfield services company TechnipFMC has reaffirmed its planned split into two separate companies is „well on track“ for completion in the first half of 2020. TechnipFMC, formed in 2017 via a merger between France's Technip and U.S. FMC Technologies…

Oilfield Services Giants Start Year with Asset Sales

Jan 17, 2020

Schlumberger, Halliburton Co, and Baker Hughes Co have kicked off the new year by putting units up for sale, as the three largest names in oilfield services seek to reshape their businesses and adjust to falling demand.Oilfield service providers…

GE Wins Scottish Substation Frame Deal

Jan 16, 2020

A flurry of North Sea and North American offshore substation awards culminated Thursday in a contract award to GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business from EDF Renewables and ESB for their Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind project.GE said…

Eni, Total Win Three Angola Blocks

Jan 16, 2020

Italian oil major Eni and France's Total were among the successful bidders for rights to develop three offshore blocks in Angola out of 10 auctioned late last year, the country's petroleum regulator said on Thursday.Eni and Total won operator…

Equinor Gets OK for North Sea Pilot Hole

Jan 16, 2020

Norway's Equinor has been given regulatory approval to drill in a block in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea using a Seadrill drilling rig.The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given its consent for exploration drilling in the block 30/2…

Eni's Goliat Output Cut by Technical Issues

Jan 16, 2020

Technical problems cut the oil output from Eni's Arctic Goliat field off Norway by almost 40% during the first ten months of last year, although the issues have since been resolved, the Italian company's local unit told Reuters.The field, which started production in March 2016…

Oil Firms' Social License to Operate 'Under Threat'

Jan 16, 2020

The oil and gas industry might lose the social license to operate, and if it doesn't act quickly on helping solve the climate change problem, there may be no second chance.Tim Eggar, the Chairman of the UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) addressed…

Woodside Signals Higher Output in 2020

Jan 16, 2020

Australia's Woodside Petroleum posted a nearly 7% rise in fourth-quarter production on Thursday and forecast higher output for fiscal 2020, as it steps up work on growth projects in a bid to triple its oil and gas reserves over a decade.The…

Climate Activists Block Shell's Aberdeen Offices

Jan 16, 2020

Extinction Rebellion movements' climate protesters have blocked entry to Shell's offices in Aberdeen.'At 6.30 am this morning, ExtinctionRebellion Scotland blocked all entrances to the headquarters of the oil giant on Altens Farm Rd in the European Oil Capital Aberdeen…

GMS Lifts 2020 guidance

Jan 16, 2020

Abu Dhabi-based offshore energy services firm GMS has raised its 2020 EBITDA guidance compared to its 2019 outturn, citing new contracts and cost cuts.'Guidance for 2020 EBITDA is in the range of $57 - $62m, compared to an expected 2019 outturn…

Tullow: No Guyana Drilling in 2020

Jan 16, 2020

London-listed oil company Tullow Oil will most likely not be drilling any wells offshore Guyana in 2020.In its trading update on Wednesday Tullow said it expected to report pretax impairments and exploration write-offs of around $1.5 billion…

PSW Takes Over EMAS Spoolbase In Norway

Jan 16, 2020

Norway's PSW Group has taken over the operation of the former EMAS spoolbase located in Gulen Industrial Harbor, Western Norway. In a statement on Wednesday, PSW Group said the agreement to take over the spoolbase covered all activities related…

Pacific Drilling Must Pay $320M for Rig Order Cancellation

Jan 16, 2020

A London arbitration tribunal has ordered offshore drilling company Pacific Drilling to pay $320 million to Samsung Heavy Industries for a 2015 drillship order cancellation.Pacific Drilling had ordered the Pacific Zonda ultra-deepwater drillship from Samsung in 2013…

Petrobras Puts Two Deepwater Assets Up for Sale

Jan 16, 2020

Brazilian oil company Petrobras is looking to sell two sets of deepwater concessions offshore Brazil.The company on Wednesday started the opportunity disclosure stage for the sale of its entire stake in the deepwater concessions Golfinho Cluster and Camarupim Cluster…

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