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Shearwater Secures Five-month Extension for Offshore Survey in Brazil

Oct 27, 2020

Seismic survey services company Shearwater GeoServices has won a five-month contract extension for CGG’s Brazil Nebula multi-client survey.This extension-period starts in the late fourth quarter of 2020 and will be conducted by the Oceanic Sirius vessel…

Nord Stream 2 Pipelaying Vessel Nears Project Hub

Oct 26, 2020

Russian pipe-laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy, expected to be used to finish the Moscow-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, is heading towards the German project hub of Mukran, Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Monday.According to the ship tracking data…

ConocoPhillips Hires Prosafe Flotel for 2022 Work in Norway

Oct 26, 2020

Offshore accommodation rig provider Prosafe said Monday it has won a contract to supply one of its flotels for work with ConocoPhillips in Norway.Prosafe, which has this year seen its fleet utilization decimated due to the pandemic, said ConocoPhillips'…

Saudi Energy Minister: We Should Look at All Options to Cut Emissions, Not Get Rid of Oil, Gas

Oct 26, 2020

Saudi Arabia's energy minister said on Monday the world should be looking at all options to mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases in its fight against climate change, but that getting rid of oil and gas would be 'far-fetched and unrealistic'…

Singapore: Keppel O&M, EMA Award Grant for Floating Energy Storage System Pilot

Oct 26, 2020

Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) and Keppel Offshore & Marine have jointly awarded a research grant to pilot Singapore’s first floating Energy Storage System (ESS). This project was awarded to a consortium led by Envision Digital International Pte Ltd (Envision Digital)…

PHOTO: Heerema Installs P11-Unity Platform

Oct 26, 2020

Dutch offshore installation services firm Heerema Marine Contractors has installed one of the world's smallest offshore gas platforms using its Sleipnir semi-submersible crane vessel - which is the world's largest -  in the Dutch sector of the North Sea…

Chevron Bets on Middle East Gas Riches and Reconciliation

Oct 26, 2020

After years of focusing on U.S. shale, Chevron Corp is staking its natural gas future on the Middle East, a volatile and divided region where energy majors have long tread warily.CEO Michael Wirth's pivot away from home is underpinned by a bet…

Egypt: BP Brings Online Qattameya Offshore Gas Field

Oct 26, 2020

Oil and gas major BP has started gas production from its Qattameya gas field in the East Nile Delta offshore Egypt.The field, discovered in 2017 and located in the North Damietta offshore concession, is ‎expected to produce up to 50 million cubic feet of gas per day…

PGS, TGS and WesternGeco Score Multi-year Seismic Deal with Petronas

Oct 26, 2020

Malaysian oil company Petronas has awarded a multi-year offshore seismic data acquisition and processing contract to a consortium comprising TGS, PGS, and WesternGeco.The multi-year contract is for the acquisition and processing of up to 105…

Fire-hit Hammerfest LNG Will be Shut for Up to a Year, Equinor Says

Oct 26, 2020

Norwegian oil company Equinor said Monday that its LNG plant, damaged in a fire on September 28, would be closed for up to a year for repairs.To remind, Equinor earlier this month said it expected to resume operations at the plant that processes…

BP Leads New UK North Sea CCS Consortium

Oct 26, 2020

Oil major BP said Monday it had, together with Eni, Equinor, Shell, Total, and National Grid, formed a partnership to develop offshore carbon dioxide ‎‎(CO2) transport and storage infrastructure in the UK North Sea.'This ‎infrastructure will…

Gulf of Mexico: BP Evacuates Offshore Workers Ahead of Storm

Oct 26, 2020

BP on Sunday said it has begun to evacuate four offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil platforms and secure facilities as Tropical Storm Zeta sprang up in the Caribbean Sea.The 27th named storm of this year's Atlantic Hurricane season, Zeta strengthened…

Canada: Cenovus Energy to Buy Rival Husky Energy in $2.9B Deal

Oct 25, 2020

Cenovus Energy Inc has agreed to buy rival Husky Energy Inc in an all-stock deal valued at C$3.8 billion ($2.9 billion) to create Canada's No. 3 oil and gas producer, as a pandemic-driven collapse in demand forces the industry to consolidate…

Equinor Gets Clearance to Drill Barents Sea Wildcat

Oct 23, 2020

Norwegian energy giant Equinor has received approval to drill a wildcat well in the production license 960, in the Barents Sea, off Norway.Equinor will use Seadrill's 2008-built West Hercules semi-submersible drilling rig to drill the offshore well 7018/5-1 at the Spissa prospect…

Former Petronas Exec to join EnQuest Board

Oct 23, 2020

UK-based, the North Sea and Malaysia focused, oil and gas company EnQuest said Friday it intended to appoint Farina Khan as a Non-Executive Director of the EnQuest Board with effect from November 1, 2020. On joining the Board, Farina Khan will…

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