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Scrap Heap Challenge for Marginal Fields

Feb 12, 2020

Succeeding with marginal developments was a central topic to an entire afternoon session and yesterday’s Subsea Expo event in Aberdeen.Led by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), it was a session with some genuinely new ideas and open minds on show…

ConocoPhillips' Norway Wildcat Comes Up Dry

Feb 12, 2020

ConocoPhillips has drilled a duster at its production license 917, in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The well 25/7-9 S was drilled about 7 kilometers northwest of the Balder field in the central part of the North Sea and 200 kilometers west of Stavanger…

ConocoPhillips Keeps Bristow Helicopters Busy at Ekofisk

Feb 11, 2020

The U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips has extended contracts for offshore helicopters services in Norway with offshore transportation giant Bristow.Under the extension, valid through August 31, 2024, and as part of two separate contracts, Bristow…

Aker BP to Test Robots and Drones at Skarv

Feb 11, 2020

Aker BP said it plans to trial robots and drones for autonomous inspection, data capture and automatic report generation on its operated Skarv installation in the Norwegian Sea during 2020.The Norwegian focused exploration and production firm…

Aker BP, Equinor Nearing Solution for NOAKA Development

Feb 11, 2020

Oil firms Aker BP and Equinor are close to resolving their dispute over how to develop a cluster of oil and gas discoveries in the so-called NOAKA area of the North Sea, Aker BP said on Tuesday. The new engineering design initially comprises 506 million barrels of oil equivalents (boe)…

Equinor: New Gas Module to Boost Fram Field Output

Feb 11, 2020

Norway's Equinor has said that the new gas module recently put on the Troll C platform in the North Sea will accelerate and boost production from the nearby Fram field 'by substantial profitable volumes.'The Fram oil deposits in the North Sea comprise the Fram Vest and Fram Øst fields…

Aker BP Ditches Gina Krog for Shrek

Feb 11, 2020

Norway's Aker BP and Polish PGNiG have entered into an agreement to swap some of their respective offshore license interests in Norway. The deal will see Aker exit the Gina Krog field in the North Sea, but get hold of the recent Shrek discovery located near its Skarv FPSO in the Norwegian Sea…

TechnipFMC to Take $2.4B Impairment Charge

Feb 11, 2020

Oilfield services provider TechnipFMC said on Monday that it expects to take asset impairment charges of $2.4 billion in the fourth quarter as producers cut spending due to lower prices for oil and gas. TechnipFMC also said it expects 2019 revenue to be near $13…

Aker BP Q4 Profit Beats Forecast, Output to Rise 36% in 2020

Feb 11, 2020

Norway's Aker BP beat fourth-quarter profit forecasts on Tuesday and said it expects its oil and gas output to jump 36% in 2020, the first full year of production from the giant Johan Sverdrup oilfield.Chief Executive Karl Johnny Hersvik said…

Europe Leads Global Activity Surge

Feb 10, 2020

A slew of reports so far this year suggest a confluence of the right factors for a strong, sustained surge in contracting activity — especially in drilling — seems to be developing, at least in Europe.Several indicators were in January pointing to key some snowballing of new activity…

Azerbaijan to Produce More Gas, Less Oil in 2020

Feb 10, 2020

Azerbaijan plans to increase natural gas production this year, but slightly lower oil production due to the level of existing reserves, the vice president of state energy company SOCAR said in an interview. Yashar Latifov told Reuters the country planned to produce 38…

Thai Offshore Vessel Operator Enters UK North Sea Sector

Feb 10, 2020

Thai offshore service provider Mermaid Maritime is eyeing an expansion into the UK North Sea sector.The company said Sunday it had set up an indirect subsidiary Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) Limited on February 7.The MSS UK is owned by Mermaid's subsidiary Mermaid Subsea Services (Thailand)…

Eni Charters KNOT Shuttle Tanker Pair

Feb 10, 2020

Italian oil firm Eni has signed an agreement with tanker operator Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (KNOT) to charter two newbuild shuttle tankers.Shuttle tankers are used to offload oil from offshore platformsSouth Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering will build the two 124…

Oil Falls as Russia Needs Time on More OPEC+ Cuts

Feb 07, 2020

Oil prices slipped on Friday as Russia said it would need more time before committing to output cuts along with OPEC and other producers amid falling demand for crude as China battles the coronavirus epidemic. Brent crude futures fell 49 cents…

Fugro Surveying i3's Offshore Drilling Locations

Feb 07, 2020

Dutch offshore survey company Fugro has started a site survey over oil company i3 Energy's UK North Sea licenses, ahead of the planned drilling campaign later this year.North Sea-focused oil company i3 said Friday that Fugro had started the…

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