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Keppel Wins Lingshui 17-2 Engineering Work

Apr 25, 2019

Keppel FloaTEC secured an engineering services contract from China’s Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC), the main engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contractor for the Lingshui 17-2 production semisubmersible to be built at COOEC's Qingdao facility in China…

Keppel to Add 1,800 Offshore, Marine Staff

Apr 18, 2019

Singapore conglomerate Keppel Corp is planning to add 1,800 staff this year at its offshore and marine business, the first time the company is hiring for the division after cutting thousands of jobs since 2015.The slump in oil prices in 2014…

Keppel Wins Drilling Rig, FPSO Work

Apr 17, 2019

Singapore based Keppel Offshore & Marine announced Wednesday it has won two contracts: one from Diamond Offshore for the upgrade of the drilling semisubmersible rig Ocean Onyx, and the other from an unnamed operator for fabrication and integration…

Turan Tallies $500 Mln Contract from BP

Apr 16, 2019

Turan Drilling & Engineering announced Tuesday it has been awarded a $500 million contract from BP for work offshore Azerbaijan.The contract is for the operations and maintenance of seven platform drilling rigs operated by BP in the Caspian Sea…

Lukoil Inks Deal on Kazakhstan's Zhenis Block

Apr 03, 2019

Lukoil has signed a contract with the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and KazMunayGas for hydrocarbon exploration and development of the Zhenis block in Kazakhstan's sector of Caspian Sea, Russia's second-largest oil producer announced on Wednesday…

Jadestone Resumes Stag Drilling

Apr 02, 2019

Asia Pacific focused independent oil and gas company Jadestone Energy said drilling operations have resumed at the Stag oilfield offshore Australia in the wake of tropical cyclone Veronica.Following the weakening of the tropical cyclone, personnel…

Malaysia's 2nd FLNG May be Ready by Q1 2020

Apr 02, 2019

State-owned Petroliam Nasional Bhd, or Petronas, expects to have its second floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Malaysia ready by the first quarter of next year, its chief executive, Wan Zulkiflee, told the LNG2019 conference in Shanghai on Tuesday…

Yinson Buys Ezion

Apr 02, 2019

Singapore's ailing offshore and marine firm Ezion Holdings (EHL) has found a saviour in Malaysian-listed Yinson Holdings, the world's sixth largest floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) operator.Yinson Eden Pte Ltd (YEPL) made…

Ocean Geo-Frontier Tallies Survey Contract

Apr 01, 2019

New joint venture company Ocean Geo-Frontier (OGF) on Monday signed a consignment service agreement with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) for geophysical surveys to be conducted by a three-dimensional geophysical survey vessel…

MacGregor Bags Order from CNOOC

Mar 26, 2019

MacGregor announced Tuesday it has received an order from China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to supply the on-vessel mooring system for a semi-submersible floating production unit (FPU) being built for a deepwater natural gas field in the western part of the South China Sea…

InterMoor Wins Jadestone Contract

Mar 25, 2019

Mooring solutions provider InterMoor said it has been contracted by Jadestone Energy to carry out a feasibility study for a permanent spread mooring system for a floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) at Nam Du field located in block 46/07…

TechnipFMC Scores Merakes Contract

Mar 25, 2019

TechnipFMC announced Monday it has been awarded a large integrated engineering, procurement, construction, transportation and installation (iEPCI) contract by operator Eni for the Merakes project, located offshore Balikpapan Indonesia, at a water depth of approximately 1…

Sapura Energy Posts Quarterly Profit

Mar 25, 2019

Malaysia's largest oil and gas services company Sapura Energy on Monday reported a profit for the fourth quarter on gains from disposal of a subsidiary stake, after five consecutive quarters of losses.Sapura's declared net profits of 500.4 million ringgit ($123…

Murphy Oil Sells Malaysian Assets

Mar 21, 2019

Murphy Oil Corp said on Thursday it is exiting Malaysia with the $2.13 billion sale of its oil and gas assets to a Thai company and will use the deal proceeds to pay down debt, buy back shares and fund potential deals in the United States.The buyer…

Ophir Agrees to be Bought by Medco

Mar 21, 2019

London-listed Ophir Energy Plc said on Wednesday it agreed to be bought by Indonesian oil and gas group Medco for a sweetened cash bid of 408.4 million pounds ($539 million) after previously agreeing to a lower offer.Under the terms, Ophir shareholders will receive 57…

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