Brazil's government is considering an overhaul in the rules for auctions of subsalt oilfields, a senior official told newspaper Valor Economico.Special secretary to the Economy Ministry Waldery Rodrigues told the newspaper the government could…
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Somalia had invited Turkey to explore for oil in its seas, after Ankara signed a maritime agreement with Libya last year, broadcaster NTV reported. Turkey has been a major source of aid to…
Following last year's large gas/condensate discovery at Brulpadda well offshore South Africa, French oil major Total is preparing to drill more wells in the vicinity.After the Brulpadda, estimated by Rystad Energy to hold 500 mboe to 600mboe…
A range of oil companies and their suppliers saw their market value enrichened Monday for reasons that included oil skipping its usual end-of-month dip in December, as WTI and Brent in 2020 still looking like 2019.With oil stable, even “minor”…
Malaysian offshore vessel and rig owner Perisai Petroleum Teknologi is about to get delisted after Bursa Malaysia decided to dismiss the company's request to give it more time to get its business in order.Perisai, which provides vessels and rig to the local oil and gas industry…
Polarcus has begun the latest phase of the Cygnus regional multi-client 3D survey in the Vulcan Sub-basin, offshore north-west Australia, the marine geophysical company announced on Monday.The 1,500-square-kilometer Phase 3 South survey, covering the Skua…
Offshore accommodation specialist Prosafe has agreed to sell the Safe Bristolia flotel for scrap.In an operational update for the fourth quarter of 2019, Prosafe on Monday said that it had entered into an agreement to sell the Safe Bristolia…
Croatian DIV Group is set to buy Kleven Verft, a Norwegian shipbuilding company specializing in the construction of offshore and cruise vessels.DIV, which owns the Brodosplit shipyard in Split Croatia, has signed an agreement to buy the Norwegian company based in Ulsteinvik…
Malaysian oil company Petronas Carigali has chartered an anchor handling tug supply vessel from Perdana Petroleum.The vessel already started its contract with Petronas Carigali on December 24, 2019 but it is only on Monday, January 20, that Perdana announced the deal…
Oil and gas company FAR has secured a $300 million reserve-based loan for its share of the CAPEX for recently sanctioned Sangomar field development, offshore Senegal.“FAR is pleased to announce a binding and committed underwritten US$300 million…
Drilling contractor ADES has won a contract extension for its ADMARINE 261 jack-up rig in Saudi Arabia.ADES said Monday that the contract extension was for a tenure of one year. The contract is expected to start upon the expiry of the current contract in February 2020…
Turkey called on Sunday for the European Union to end what it said was the bloc's prejudice against Turkish Cypriots, defending its launch of a fresh round of hydrocarbons drilling off the Mediterranean island.Turkey began drilling for oil and gas near Cyprus last year despite warnings from the EU…
Offshore vessel supplier Eidesvik Offshore has secured a long-term charter for one of its platform supply vessels.The Norwegian company said Monday its 2003-built PSV Viking Energy had secured a five-year time charter with Equinor.Equinor will have options to extend the charter further…
Norwegian offshore oil company Aker BP has awarded the Maersk Integrator jack-up drilling rig a contract for work at the Ivar Aasen field offshore Norway.Maersk Drilling, the rig's owner, said Monday that the Maersk Integrator would move to…
The first real-time maritime robot testing center for offshore wind in Europe is being established.The European Atlantis center will be in Viana do Castelo and involves an investment of 8.5 million euros. It is coordinated by INESC TEC, and…