BP on Tuesday boosted its dividend payout after a 26% drop in fourth-quarter profit on lower oil and gas prices which still beat forecasts.On Chief Executive's Bob Dudley last day in office, London-based BP increased its dividend by 2.4% to 10…
Australia-based oilfield services and engineering company Worley has named a new CEO after Andrew Wood decided to retire after 26 years with the company, seven as CEO.He will be replaced by Chris Ashton, who has been with Worley since 1998, most recently serving as the Chief Operating Officer…
Danish offshore vessel owner Maersk Supply Service has named Mark Andrew Handin as new Chief Operating Officer. Handin will join from Tidewater, another offshore vessel operator, where he currently works as VP of Operations.Handin, who has over…
Offshore rig builder Sembcorp Marine has said that its Brazil subsidiary Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz's former director has been charged for corruption and money laundering. A former Sembcorp Marine consultant has also been charged.SembcorpMarine…
U.S. oil major Chevron slumped to a $6.6 billion quarterly loss compared to 4Q 2019 $3.7 billion profit, citing previously announced impairments on several projects.'Included in the [4Q 2019] were previously announced upstream impairments and write-offs totaling $10…
Norwegian oil company Aker Energy has named Kadijah Amoah as Country Director for its business in Ghana. The company explained the appointment as part of its strategy to strengthen its local presence and management in Ghana. Aker Energy holds…
Royal Dutch Shell is cutting the pace of its vast $25 billion share buyback program after lower oil and natural gas prices halved its profit in the last three months of 2019, sending its shares to their lowest since July 2017. While the Anglo…
U.S. oil and gas producer Hess Corp on Wednesday reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss, as lower prices for its natural gas and natural gas liquids more than offset higher production at its Bakken shale assets in North Dakota. The company said average selling prices for natural gas fell 27…
BW Offshore has slightly reduced the valuation of its planned oil and gas spin-off, the Oslo-listed company said as it presented details for the initial public offering on Wednesday. The valuation of BW Energy was shaved to a range of between $700 million and $750 million…
Algeria has definitely been excluded from Energean's pending acquisition of Edison E&P.The Greek oil and gas company in July last year agreed to buy Italy-based Edison's oil and gas subsidiary Edison Exploration & Production for an initial consideration of $750 million…
Australian unions have negotiated permanent contracts for 70 percent of their members working for Monadelphous aboard Inpex facilities.'The Offshore Alliance and [Electrical Trades Union] negotiated Monadelphous INPEX facilities EBA [Enterprise…
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into legislation Bill, expanding the definition of a 'qualified offshore wind project'. This definition now includes an 'open access offshore wind transmission facility'.With the new legislation in place…
Oilfield services company Stratagraph has appointed William A. Hagan as its new president and chief executive officer.Hagan was previously president at the Lafayette, La. based mud logging and pressure detection services company. He has performed roles in sales…
Harvey Gulf International Marine announced it has hired John Dunn as Vice President of Subsea Vessel Operations, as the US-based services firm looks to grow its subsea business.Dunn, formerly of Oceaneering, has been hired as a member of Harvey…
British oil major BP will appoint Murray Auchincloss as new CFO, as Brian Gilvary has decided to retire in June after eight years in position, and 34 years with the company. Auchincloss currently serves as CFO of BP’s Upstream segment and will take up the role of BP CFO and join the board on July 1…