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Woodside and Partners Appoint Wood for Greater Sunrise Gas Concept Study

Apr 17, 2024

Following a global contract procurement process, the Sunrise joint venture partners including Timor Gap, Woodside Energy and Osaka Gas Australia, have appointed Wood Australia on a Greater Sunrise concept study.The study will be led by Wood…

ExxonMobil Raised Package of CEO Woods to $36.9 Million in 2023

Apr 11, 2024

ExxonMobil Chief Executive Darren Woods received $36.9 million in total compensation for 2023, up nearly 3% from a year earlier, the oil major said in a regulatory filing on Thursday.And in proxy filing ahead of its May 29 annual meeting of shareholders…

EU to Investigate Chinese Wind Turbine Suppliers

Apr 10, 2024

The EU will investigate subsidies received by Chinese suppliers of wind turbines destined for Europe, in the bloc's latest move to shield domestic firms from cheap clean tech products.The European Commission will look into conditions for the development of wind parks in Spain…

Beach Energy to Let Go 30% of Workforce Amid Strategic Review

Mar 28, 2024

Australian oil and gas company Beach Energy has set out plans to lay off 30% of workforce across its business as part of a comprehensive strategic review which aims to deliver increasing returns to shareholders and increase efficiency.The first…

CEO Says Exxon Mobil Not Trying to Buy Hess

Mar 18, 2024

Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods on Monday said his company is trying to establish it has rights over Hess Corp's Guyana assets in its dispute with Chevron, not buy the company itself.In his first public remarks on the company's pursuit of an arbitration…

Big Oil Execs Push Back Against Calls for Fast Energy Transition

Mar 18, 2024

Top oil executives took to the stage of a major energy conference on Monday to vocally oppose calls for a quick move away from fossil fuels, saying society would pay a steep cost to replace oil and gas.Big oil companies including BP and Equinor…

Woodside Hires Subsea 7 for Trion Subsea Installation Services Offshore Mexico

Mar 14, 2024

Australia's top oil and gas company Woodside Energy has awarded a contract to Subsea 7 for subsea installation services for the Trion development offshore Mexico.Subsea 7 described the contract as large, which means its value ranges between $300 million and $500 million…

Harland & Wolff Inks Five-Year Contract with Global Oil Services Company

Mar 06, 2024

Harland & Wolff Group has signed a five-year master services agreement for the fabrication of large structures with oil services company supplying subsea infrastructure for global oil and gas developments.Harland & Wolff has received its first…

Weather Data Gathering Project Underway for US Offshore Wind

Feb 15, 2024

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have launched an 18-month initiative to gather extensive weather, ocean, and wildlife data near the sites of active offshore wind farms and lease areas off the coast of the Northeast United States…

Woodside Receives Trion Social Impact Assessment Approval

Feb 13, 2024

Woodside’s Trion oil and gas project has received approval for its Social Impact Assessment from the Mexican Ministry for Energy.Trion is a greenfield development that would represent the first oil production from Mexico’s deepwater. It is located in the Gulf of Mexico at a water depth of 2…

Wood Scoops $80M Contract Extension with Equinor Offshore Brazil

Feb 02, 2024

U.K. engineering company Wood has secured a contract extension with Equinor to deliver maintenance and modification solutions to its Peregrino offshore assets in Brazil.The two-year extension, worth $80 million, builds on a long-term and global partnership with Equinor…

SBM Offshore Announces New CEO

Jan 24, 2024

After 12 years as SBM Offshore CEO and Chair of the Management Board, Bruno Chabas has decided to step down on April 12, 2024. The Supervisory Board has decided to appoint Øivind Tangen, currently COO and member of the Management Board, as CEO and Chair of the Management Board from that date…

WoodMac: Asian LNG Demand Could Rise 5% in 2024

Jan 18, 2024

Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand is projected to increase by 5% at 12 million tons (Mt) in 2024, following a 2% at 5 Mt growth in 2023, according to the most recent report by Wood Mackenzie.China, the world’s largest LNG import market…

Wood Gets BP’s Topside Modification Job in North Sea

Jan 10, 2024

Engineering company Wood has been awarded a major contract to deliver topside modifications in support of BP’s latest subsea tieback in the UK North Sea.Wood’s operations business will deliver engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning…

Wood Secures Trion FPU Topsides Job

Jan 08, 2024

UK engineering company Wood has secured a contract from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for detailed engineering of the topsides facilities on Woodside Energy's Trion floating production unit (FPU) in the Gulf of Mexico.When complete, Trion will have a production capacity of 100…

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