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Inpex Raises Full-year Profit Guidance Despite Prelude Impairment Loss

Nov 09, 2023

Japan's top oil and gas producer Inpex on Thursday increased its full-year net profit forecast to 340 billion yen ($2.3 billion) on expectations of higher oil prices and a weaker yen and after record nine-month earnings.Inpex had earlier forecast net profit for the year at 320 billion yen…

ADNOC to Cut 2024 Upper Zakum Oil Supply to Some Term Buyers -sources

Nov 09, 2023

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has notified some term customers that it will reduce the volume of Upper Zakum crude oil supply in 2024, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.The move could affect supplies to China…

Vietnam Will Struggle to Meet 2030 Offshore wind goal, Top Official Says

Nov 09, 2023

Vietnam will have a hard time reaching its offshore wind power target for 2030, a top executive at a state-owned energy company said, with foreign investors also warning of multiple regulatory hurdles that would need to be cleared.The Southeast…

ABS Approves New FPSO Newbuild Hull Design Concept

Nov 08, 2023

Classification society ABS announced it has granted approval in principle (AIP) for a the Sterling Streamline, a next generation concept design for large floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) newbuild hulls from India's Shapoorji Pallonji Energy (SPE)…

Japan Says to Ensure U.S. Sanctions on Russia LNG Project Won't Harm Supplies

Nov 08, 2023

Japan will make sure its energy supplies are not affected by sanctions the United States recently imposed on the Arctic LNG 2 project in Russia in which it has a stake, Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Tuesday.Japan, the world's second-largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyer…

Excelerate Energy Secures Long-Term LNG Deal with Petrobangla, Bangladesh

Nov 08, 2023

U.S.-based LNG firm Excelerate Energy has signed a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with the Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla). Petrobangla has agreed to purchase 0.85 to 1.0 million…

McDermott Secures 'Large' Offshore Project Contract in India

Nov 07, 2023

Offshore transportation and installation contractor McDermott said Tuesday it had won a 'large' transportation and installation contract with India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for the KG-DWN-98/2 development project, located off the east coast of India…

Bangladesh Gov't Gives Nod for Country's First Offshore Wind Project, Summit Says

Nov 07, 2023

Denmark's green investment proposal valued at USD 1.3 billion for developing the country's first 500 MW utility-scale offshore wind energy project has received approval in principle from the Bangladesh government to carry out a detailed feasibility…

ABL to Provide Marine Warranty Survey Services for Malaysian Drilling Rig Firm

Nov 06, 2023

Energy and marine consultancy ABL said Monday it had won a contract with offshore drilling firm Velesto Drilling to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services relating to the rig operator’s rig moves offshore Malaysia.ABL will also support Velesto Drilling with rig moves to adjacent countries…

Viking Supply Ships Takes Delivery of Andreas Viking AHTS

Nov 03, 2023

Swedish offshore vessel owner Viking Supply Ships has taken delivery of the Andreas Viking AHTS, previously known as the Far Senator.In March 2023, Viking Supply Ships said it would take two Ocean Yield-owned AHTS vessels, Far Senator and Normand Statesman…

Chevron Struggles to Exit Myanmar Gas Project After Nearly Two Years

Nov 03, 2023

Nearly two years after U.S. energy company Chevron condemned violence and human rights abuses in Myanmar and announced it would leave, the company said it still holds assets there, including a portion of an offshore gas field in a venture with the state energy company…

Murphy Oil Expects First Oil from Lac Da Vang Field in Vietnam in 2026

Nov 03, 2023

Murphy Oil Corp expects the first oil from the Lac Da Vang field in Block 15-1/05 in the Cuu Long Basin, offshore Vietnam, in 2026, the U.S. company said.The firm's board of directors have sanctioned the development of the project, where the company holds a 40% working interest…

Steel Cutting Ceremony Held in Thailand for Norway-bound Offshore Platform

Nov 02, 2023

Norwegian oil company Aker BP and construction firm Aibel on Thursday held the first steel cutting ceremony for the Munin platform in Thailand, being built for the Yggdrasil development offshore Norway.Thai monks blessed the steel in a formal ceremony…

US Targets Myanmar's State Oil and Gas Enterprise with Form of Sanctions

Nov 01, 2023

The U.S. on Tuesday imposed a form of sanctions on Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), the U.S. Treasury Department said, but stopped short of imposing full blocking sanctions on the ruling junta's main source of foreign revenue.The action…

McDermott-PTSC Consortium Tapped for $1B Vietnam Offshore Gas Project

Oct 31, 2023

A McDermott-Petrovietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC) consortium has received a limited letter of award from Vietnam's Phu Quoc Petroleum Operating Company for engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI), and hook-up and commissioning (HUC) services…

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