The nomination of a Brazilian senator and longtime energy consultant to lead Petrobras suggests President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wants the state-run firm to pivot to more renewable energy projects.Since 2019, Petroleo Brasileiro SA has doubled down on deep…
Bibby Marine's Bibby WaveMaster 1 (BWM1) set sail for Denmark this week, on a charter for Total Energies, to help get some of their personnel home in time for Christmas after weather conditions prevented helicopter transfer.BWM1, a walk-to-work…
Hurricane Energy's largest shareholder Crystal Amber Fund is calling for the removal of top management at the British company and the appointment of two directors from another firm that the fund says could invest in Hurricane.Hurricane put itself…
Some 170 members of UK's largest union Unite working for Petrofac on Repsol's UK North Sea offshore platforms, are taking 48-hour strike action from Thursday, December 22, the union has informed. Separately, 76 unite members who are Petrofac…
North Star, a UK-based offshore services firm building a fleet of offshore wind vessels, is looking to recruit more than 170 seafarers over the next 18 months.The company is eyeing experienced crew ahead of its first hybrid-powered offshore wind fleet arriving in UK waters early next year…
Capricorn Energy's third-biggest shareholder, Palliser, on Monday called for a general meeting to set a vote on removing seven Capricorn directors from supervisory roles, including the CEO, a plan Capricorn rejects.Palliser is one of a chorus…
The family of the British national killed by a colleague on an offshore rig in Qatar last week has issued a statement confirming the identity of the deceased, describing him as 'an amazing, one-of-a-kind, beautiful soul.'The man has been identified as 38-year-old Robert Robson…
Groups of oil workers held protests in southern Iran on Saturday, demanding higher wages and retirement bonuses, according to videos and reports posted on social media.The reported oil workers’ protests, which Reuters could not verify, come…
A British offshore oil worker in Qatar murdered a coworker on an offshore oil rig, hid the body, and tried to kill another coworker on Monday, the British media reported.The Mirror initially reported that all three workers are from Scotland and employees of Stapem Offshore…
Austrian company OMV appointed Berislav Gašo (48) as the new Executive Board Member responsible for its Energy segment. Gašo has accepted the appointment. He will assume the position with effect from March 1, 2023. The appointment spans a three-year period…
Norwegian offshore engineering and construction firm Aibel has started a trial to allow apprentices to work offshore as an organized part of their training. The aim is to give the apprentices a broader experience, Aibel said.Aibel's Sleipner…
Oil and gas company Barryroe Offshore Energy, until recently known as Providence Resources, said Tuesday that its CFO had decided to resign.The Irish-based company said it had accepted notice of the resignation of Simon Brett, Chief Financial Officer…
Philippe François Mathieu has been appointed executive vice president for Exploration and Production International (EPI), with effect from 1 January 2023.Mathieu succeeds Al Cook, who will leave the company to pursue a CEO position outside the company…
UK-based Offshore Wind Growth Partnership has appointed Anil Sayhan as its new Program Director. Sayhan joins from Shell where he held frontline and corporate roles in products marketing, exploration and production, and renewables and energy solutions in the Netherlands…
French oil giant TotalEnergies, one of the last Western holdouts in Russia after the war in Ukraine, said it was withdrawing its two members from Novatek's board and would take a $3.7 billion hit to write off the value of its stake in the Russian group…