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Empyrean Energy: Jade Prospect Site Survey Complete. Drilling Rig Talks Underway

Mar 07, 2022

Empyrean Energy, a company gearing up to start drilling at its Jade prospect, offshore China, said Monday that China Oilfield Services Limited ('COSL') had successfully completed the well site survey required over the Jade Prospect drilling location…

Offshore Gangway Firm Uptime Nets Long-tem Walk-to-Work Deals with DOF Subsea

Mar 07, 2022

Motion-compensated gangway supplier Uptime International has secured two long-term walk-to-work contracts with the offshore vessel owner DOF Subsea.Uptime will be supporting DOF Subsea's on the vessel owner's recently awarded long-term contract for a Multi-Purpose Supply Vessel (MPSV)…

PGS' Ramform Titan Seismic Vessel Makes First Ever U.S. Port Call

Mar 07, 2022

The Norwegian seismic survey company PGS' seismic vessel Ramform Titan recently entered Galveston, Texas, marking the first-ever visit of a Titan-class vessel to a U.S. port. The PGS vessel is mobilizing for a 4D survey in the Gulf of Mexico…

Plexus Suspends Activities With Russia's Gusar over War in Ukraine

Mar 07, 2022

Plexus Holdings, the AIM-quoted oil and gas engineering services firm that owns the proprietary POS-GRIP method of wellhead engineering, said Monday it would suspend its activities with Russian license partner Gusar due to the war in Ukraine…

Exxon Sues U.S. Over Taxes Related to Offshore Gas Project in Qatar

Mar 07, 2022

Exxon Mobil Corp filed a suit against the U.S. seeking a partial refund of $2.1 billion in taxes and penalties tied to a Middle East gas project in Qatar, according to a filing on Friday in U.S. district court in Dallas.Exxon and QatarEnergy…

As Russia Avoids Energy Sanctions, Oil Majors Flee but TotalEnergies Stays

Mar 07, 2022

BP, Shell, Exxon, Equinor flag Russia exitsTotalEnergies sticks with Russian natgas assetsLNG central to TotalEnergies' strategyFrance's TotalEnergies cuts a lonely figure hanging onto its Russian investments during a mass exodus of western oil majors from the country after its invasion of Ukraine…

CERAWEEK-Energy Conference Kicks Off as Ukraine Conflict Leaves Oil Market in Turmoil

Mar 07, 2022

The world's biggest gathering of energy industry leaders kicks off in Houston Monday, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine delivers an oil price shock to the global economy and embattled executives face growing criticism for the industry's role in climate change…

IOG's North Sea Gas Fields Set to Come on Stream as Onshore Works Complete

Mar 04, 2022

UK-based oil and gas firm IOG plc has informed that the onshore reception facilities for its Saturn Banks project development have been successfully commissioned, in what is the final step to first gas from its Southern North Sea gas fields…

Subsea 7 Nets Krafla FEED. Eyes Large EPCI Deal after FID

Mar 04, 2022

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has awarded Subsea 7 a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for the marine installations associated with the Krafla development project, offshore Norway.The awarded work is required to finalize…

Borders & Southern Petroleum Looking to Raise Cash for Working Capital, Darwin Discovery Work

Mar 04, 2022

Borders & Southern Petroleum, a company with oil and gas exploration assets offshore the Falkand Islands, is looking to raise $1.8 million via a placement of shares. It will use the proceeds for general working capital purposes and for work on its Darwin offshore discovery in the Falklands…

Japan to Release 7.5 mln bbls of Oil Reserves. Investigates Exxon's Sakhalin-1 Exit

Mar 04, 2022

Japan will release 7.5 million barrels of oil from private reserves as a part of an International Energy Agency (IEA)-led coordinated release, industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said on Friday.The volume makes up 12.5% of a planned coordinated…

Oil Rises Above $112 as Ukraine Conflict Offsets Iran Supply Hope

Mar 04, 2022

Oil rose above $112 a barrel on Friday in a volatile session as fears over disruption to Russian oil exports in the face of Western sanctions offset the prospect of more Iranian supplies in the event of a nuclear deal with Tehran.Signs of an escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict…

Coastal Contracts Sells Three Vessels for $26.2M

Mar 04, 2022

Bursa Malaysia-listed marine oilfield services provider Coastal Contracts has agreed to sell three of its vessels for RM109.7 million (around $26.2 million).The company, based in Sabah, Malaysia, said earlier this week that its subsidiaries…

Australia's Victoria State Sets 9GW Offshore Wind Target by 2040

Mar 04, 2022

Australia's Victoria state on Friday set targets of at least 2 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power by 2032, and 9 GW by 2040, setting up ambitious goals to help fill a gap in power supply as coal-fired plants shut down.Australia, heavily dependent on coal-fired power…

South Brooklyn Marine Terminal to Become an Offshore Wind Hub

Mar 03, 2022

The storied South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) complex in Brooklyn, N.Y. will be transformed into a major regional hub for offshore wind under a new agreement signed Thursday.Energy companies Equinor and bp said they reached a deal with terminal…

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