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Borr Drilling Agrees $125M Payment Settlement with Mexican Client

Jan 31, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has agreed to receive payment settlement for approximately $125 million with its major Mexican customer, related to its outstanding receivables.The company expects to collect this amount in the first half of February 2025…

Equinor Assigns Operator for Five New Offshore Helicopters

Jan 31, 2025

Equinor has awarded Tromsø-based Lufttransport RW the assignment of operating five new helicopters from manufacturer Leonardo, which will be used to transport passengers on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).The five new helicopters are type AW189 aircraft…

Baker Hughes Hooks Technology Supply Order for Venture Global LNG

Jan 31, 2025

Energy technology company Baker Hughes has signed a major contract to provide modularized liquefied natural gas (LNG) system and power island to support Venture Global (VG) LNG projects in the United States.Baker Hughes has also signed a multi-year services frame agreement…

Vår Energi Gets Green Light for Dilling Op in North Sea

Jan 31, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 7/1-4 S in production license 1090, in which Vår Energi holds an operating stake of 50%, along with partners Petoro (20%)…

Halliburton Bags Major Drilling Contract with Petrobras Off Brazil

Jan 30, 2025

U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton has secured a contract from Petrobras for integrated drilling services across several offshore fields in Brazil.The contract scope includes drilling services for development and exploration wells over a three-year period…

TotalEnergies Hires Stena Drilling’s Drillship for Work Off Suriname

Jan 30, 2025

TotalEnergies has awarded a contract to Stena Drilling for its Stena DrillMax drillship, which will be deployed for work offshore Suriname.As part of the contract, Stena DrillMax will perform managed pressure drilling of one exploration well in Suriname with TotalEnergies EP Suriname…

Petrobras Increases Oil and Gas Reserves to 11.4 billion Barrels

Jan 30, 2025

Brazilian state-run oil and gas major Petrobras has informed that its proven reserves of oil, condensate and natural gas rose to 11.4 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in 2024, compared to 10.9 billion boe reported in 2023.Oil and condensate…

Shell's Profit Falls to $3.66B in Last Quarter of 2024

Jan 30, 2025

Shell on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter profit of $3.66 billion, missing estimates, on lower refining margins and lower liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading, while saying it would buy back shares worth $3.5 billion.The oil major also announced a 4% increase in its dividend…

Approval Granted for Blue Ammonia FPSO

Jan 29, 2025

MODEC and Toyo Engineering have jointly obtained an Approval in Principle (AiP) from ABS for a Blue Ammonia FPSO that will produce ammonia from the gas supplied by a traditional FPSO located nearby.Blue ammonia is produced from hydrocarbons where the CO2 emitted during production is sequestrated…

US Upstream Oil and Gas Deals Reach $105B Last Year

Jan 29, 2025

Dealmaking in the U.S. upstream oil and gas industry hit $105 billion in 2024, the third highest annual total ever, but activity slowed in the second half as buyers found fewer targets to acquire, consultancy Enverus said on Wednesday.Last year's…

Aize Nets BP’s Digital Twin Global Deal

Jan 29, 2025

Digital twin software provider Aize has secured a new agreement to act as a global partner for asset visualization for BP.Building on successful technical and operational delivery in the North Sea, Caspian Sea, and West Africa, the four-year…

Petronas Preps for Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline Decom Op

Jan 29, 2025

Malaysia's Petronas will decommission the Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline, the state energy firm said on Tuesday in its activity outlook report.The 500 km natural gas pipeline in Malaysia connects Kimanis in Sabah to Bintulu in Sarawak and has been operational since early 2014…

Trinidad and Tobago Put 26 Deepwater Oil and Gas Blocks on Offer

Jan 29, 2025

Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday offered 26 offshore oil and gas blocks in its largest-ever auction of areas for deepwater exploration and production, according to an official notice.The twin-island Caribbean country, Latin America's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG)…

Vår Energi Set to Enhance Drilling Ops with Reelwell’s Digital Drill Pipe Tech

Jan 29, 2025

Reelwell, with Odfjell Technology as strategic partner, has secured a multi-year contract with Vår Energi for the provision of its DualLink-powered digital drill pipe technology.As part of the agreement, Reelwell’s DualLink technology will be…

Dolphin Drilling’s Chief Steps Down

Jan 29, 2025

Oslo-listed offshore drilling firm Dolphin Drilling has informed that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bjørnar Iversen resigned from the position.Jon Oliver Bryce has been appointed interim-CEO.Bryce currently holds the position as Chief Strategy…

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