Floating tidal stream turbine developer Orbital Marine Power has appointed Black & Veatch as Lead Engineering Partner to support technology optimization and cost reduction engineering under the company’s €5m R&D program.Supported by the INTERREG France (Channel) England TIGER project…
Norway's ambition to build a full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) chain could cost around $25 billion crowns ($2.58 billion), including operating costs for ten years, an economic analysis showed on Thursday.The International Energy Agency…
Norwegian seismic player PGS said Monday it would reduce office-based personnel count by approximately 40%, including reductions already implemented, to address the lower market activity and to cut costs.The company said its plan is to bring…
Oslo-listed marine seismic company SeaBird Exploration is working to reduce costs further in the wake of uncertainty caused by low oil prices and COVID-19. The company said that in the worst-case scenario it would target to cut the spending to less than $400…
Magseis Fairfield, a company specializing in Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) offshore surveys, has announced cost-cutting measures which will include layoffs and furloughs.Citing increased market uncertainty due to the coronavirus and lower oil prices…
The world has been transformed in the past month since the Covid-19 pandemic took hold. The dramatic impact of COVID-19 on global oil demand and has been compounded by Saudi Arabia and Russia failing to agree production cuts to stabilize oil prices…
Nigeria-focused oil company Lekoil has said it will reduce workforce numbers as part of the 'immediate and accelerated' implementation of the company's general and administrative ('G&A') cost reduction measures. 'These measures are targeting an annual reduction of US$8…
Talos Energy, a U.S. oil company focused on the U.S. and the Mexican side of the Gulf of Mexico, has announced further cost cuts, inclusive of $170.0 million of reductions in capital, operating and G&A expenses. The company said Monday it would…
Hurricane Energy and Spirit Energy, partners in the Greater Warwick Area offshore the Shetland Islands, have updated the terms of the farm-in the companies had entered in September 2018.The two companies originally agreed on a phased work program…
For any new offshore oil and gas project, calculating costs is key. Operators must assess both up-front capital expenditure (capex) as well as expected ongoing operational expenditure (opex) over the life of the project and weigh these figures…
Indonesia considers allowing for production sharing oil and gas contracts optionsIndonesia is considering letting energy companies stick with the 'cost recovery' system for oil and gas production sharing contracts, the energy minister said on Monday…
British industry regulator, Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) will soon publish an industry report detailing the cost of decommissioning on the UK Continental Shelf and the progress being made by industry, government and regulators to reduce costs by more than 30 per cent…
As the oil and gas industry comes out of the recent downturn, E&P companies are tempted to chase the rewards of higher oil prices by accelerating the sanctioning of new projects.However, haste can lead to less certainty of what the ultimate cost of any given project will be…
Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, announced plans to cut $8.1 billion from its operational costs in the period from 2019 through 2023, according to a securities filing released on Friday.Petrobras said…
Petroleum production costs on the Norwegian continental shelf rose in 2018 after falling for three consecutive years, state-owned oil firm Petoro said on Thursday.Cost cuts were high on oil firms' agenda following a sharp fall in crude prices in 2014…