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Guyana's Granger Claims Presidential Election Victory

Mar 06, 2020

Diplomats and foreign observers on Thursday questioned preliminary results of Guyana's presidential election as incumbent David Granger claimed victory and the opposition denounced fraud, setting up a showdown in the oil-rich South American nation…

Aker BP Taps Tendeka for Sand-Face Completion Equipment

Mar 05, 2020

Offshore completions services company Tendeka has received a Letter of Intent for the supply of sand-face completion equipment to Aker BP’s Norwegian assets. Tendeka said the deal was a substantial one with a multi-million-pound scope.Over the next three years…

Oil Falls, OPEC Backs Deeper Supply Cuts

Mar 05, 2020

Oil fell on Thursday as the coronavirus epidemic showed no signs of slowing, with deaths mounting globally, and while major producers agreed on deeper output cuts to bolster prices, they could not immediately secure Russian support for the decision…

Aker BP, Framo Pump Pact a Market Indicator

Mar 05, 2020

Aker BP and Framo have signed a first long-term frame agreement for the preventive maintenance of seawater lift pumps, a deal in which “compensation is directly linked to facility uptime”, the operator said in a release Monday.While the “seawater lift as a service” agreement might sound “smart”…

Premier Oil Targets Carbon Neutral Operations by 2030

Mar 05, 2020

British North Sea-focused oil and gas producer Premier Oil has committed to carbon-neutral operations at its fields by 2030, reporting a record free cash flow of $327 million last year, up around 30% and boosted by its flagship Catcher field…

Dutch Gov't to Double Renewables Subsidies

Mar 05, 2020

The Dutch government on Wednesday said it would double the amount of money available under its renewable energy subsidy program to 4 billion euros ($4.45 billion) in 2020, from a previously planned 2 billion euros.The Netherlands is scrambling…

BW Energy Starts Oil Production from Tortue Phase 2 in Gabon

Mar 05, 2020

Oslo-listed BW Energy has started oil production from the Tortue Phase 2 field development project in the Dussafu Marin Permit offshore Gabon.The Gamba well DTM-5H was successfully brought online as of 4 March, ahead of schedule. The second well…

Equinor's Sverdrup Output to Reach Full Capacity in April

Mar 04, 2020

Output at Norway's Johan Sverdrup oilfield will rise to 433,000 barrels per day (bpd) in April from around 350,000 bpd at the end of last year, according to a schedule seen by Reuters which operator Equinor shared with oil traders. The first…

Oil Steadies as OPEC, Allies Work on Big Cut

Mar 04, 2020

Brent oil prices steadied on Wednesday, paring early gains as markets assessed whether deeper output cuts by major producers would be enough to offset the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Brent crude was down by 1 cent at $51.85 a barrel at 0915 GMT…

Cameroon: TechnipFMC Clinches Etinde FEED

Mar 04, 2020

Oilfield services giant TechnipFMC has won a front end engineering design (FEED) contract for the development of the offshore IM gas condensate field at Etinde, Cameroon. The Etinde Permit (former Block 7) lies in shallow water in the Rio del Rey Basin…

Oil Output Cuts Could Boost Price to $60 a Barrel, Lukoil Says

Mar 03, 2020

OPEC's proposal to cut oil production by up to 1 million barrels a day would be enough to balance the oil market and lift prices to $60 a barrel, Leonid Fedun, vice-president of Russian oil producer Lukoil, told Reuters. The comments from Fedun…

Record Month for Belgian Offshore Wind

Mar 03, 2020

February 2020 was a record month for offshore wind energy production in the Belgian sector of North Sea, the Belgian Offshore Platform has informed.According to the industry body also known as BOP, offshore wind turbines in Belgium reached 804…

Brazil to Delay Second Shot at Huge Offshore Oil Auction?

Mar 03, 2020

Brazil's government is unlikely to auction the remaining production rights to the 'transfer-of-rights' (TOR) offshore oil zone until 2021, Economy Ministry Subsecretary Waldery Rodrigues told Reuters on Friday.The TOR area is a prolific oil-producing region off the Brazilian coast…

InterMoor Installs New ESP on Mampu-1 FPSO

Mar 03, 2020

InterMoor has recently transported and installed a new electric submersible pump (ESP) system as part of the MaMPU-1 FPSO upgrade for a wellhead platform project in Malaysia.The work for MISC Offshore Floating Terminals Dua Ltd included project management…

Wintershall DEA Gets OK for Island Constructor Use

Mar 03, 2020

Wintershall DEA Norge has received consent to used the Island Constructor well-intervention vessel at its Vega and Maria offshore fields in Norway.The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway said Monday that its consent applied for the use of the…

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