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Tullow Posts $1.3B Loss. Looks at 'Various Refinancing Alternatives'

Sep 09, 2020

Tullow Oil is exploring ways to fend off a potential cash crunch as the London-listed group reported a $1.3 billion loss after it was forced to write down $1.4 bln due to collapsing demand for oil.Tullow, with a market cap of $361 million as of Tuesday and $3 billion in debt…

SRO Solutions Upgrades IBM Maximo for FPSO Player MODEC

Sep 09, 2020

UK-based tech company SRO Solutions has recently completed what it says is a 'major digitization project' for the Japanese FPSO provider MODEC in Ghana where the company has two FPSOs deployed.'The project, part of a series of high value digitization…

Giant Tuna Offshore Gas Find Could Save Turkey $21B

Sep 09, 2020

Turkey could save up to a whopping $21 billion in gas import costs with the development of it recently hit Tuna-1 gas discovery in the Black Sea, Norwegian energy intelligence firm Rystad Energy has estimated.As previously reported, Turkish…

Taiwan: MHI Vestas to Source More Offshore Wind Turbine Goods Locally

Sep 09, 2020

Offshore wind turbine maker MHI Vestas has further expanded its list of local suppliers in Taiwan for delivery of components for turbines to be built for the country's growing offshore wind market.The wind turbine company said Wednesday it would…

JERA, J-Power, Equinor in Offshore Wind Pact in Japan

Sep 09, 2020

Norwegian energy giant Equinor has entered into a consortium with Japanese power companies JERA and J-Power to jointly evaluate and work towards submitting a bid for offshore wind power projects in Akita Prefecture off Noshiro City, Mitane Town…

Shell Buys Kosmos' Frontier Exploration Assets for Up to $200M

Sep 09, 2020

Oil and gas company Kosmos Energy said Wednesday it had agreed to sell some of its frontier exploration asset interests to Shell for up to $200 millionShell will acquire Kosmos’ interest in blocks offshore São Tomé & Príncipe, Suriname, Namibia…

Equinor Hires Noble Lloyd Noble Jack-up Rig for Valemon Drilling

Sep 09, 2020

Norwegian energy company Equinor has signed a three-well contract with offshore drilling contractor Noble Corp. for the use of the Noble Lloyd Noble jack-up drilling rig at the Valemon field, in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The drilling is slated to begin in the summer of 2021…

Banff FPSO Arrives at Kishorn Port ahead of Recycling

Sep 08, 2020

Teekay's Banff FPSO, which recently ceased production in the UK North Sea, has arrived at Kishorn Port for temporary mooring, ahead of recycling.The Banff FPSO had been producing oil for CNRI at the Banff and Kyle fields, some 200 kilometers…

Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Rejoins Chevron Board

Sep 08, 2020

Jon Huntsman Jr., the former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and the former Governor of Utah, has been re-elected to Chevron's board of directors.Huntsman, 60, was a member of the U.S. oil company's board from 2014 to 2017, serving on the Audit Committee…

ExxonMobil Hits Its 18th Oil Discovery Offshore Guyana

Sep 08, 2020

U.S. oil company ExxonMobil has made an oil discovery at the Redtail-1 well, offshore Guyana. The news of the discovery was shared Tuesday by both Exxon, and Hess, Exxon's partner in the prolific Stabroek Block,  This is the U.S. oil major's…

Norway: Neptune Energy Spuds Bue Offshore Well

Sep 08, 2020

Oil and gas firm Neptune Energy has started drilling on the Bue well in the Fenja field in the Norwegian Sea.The well, drilled by Seadrill's West Phoenix semi-submersible drilling rig will act as a pilot for the location of the Fenja field's…

Equinor to Drill New Wells at North Sea Field as Several Previously Drilled Wells Unsafe for Production

Sep 08, 2020

Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor is planning to drill new wells at its Martin Linge development in the North Sea, after discovering that several previously drilled wells do not have the necessary barriers and that bringing them online would not be safe…

PGS Completes Seismic Survey Offshore Angola. Fast-Track Data in Q4

Sep 08, 2020

Norwegian seismic data acquisition firm PGS has completed a large seismic survey offshore Angola using the 2008-built Ramform Sovereign vessel.The 2020 PGS Namibe Basin survey connects the 3D seismic coverage of southern Angola with PGS seismic data library coverage in Namibia…

GC Rieber to Transfer Fleet Management Business to OSM

Sep 08, 2020

Norwegian offshore vessel owner and manager GC Rieber Shipping has signed an agreement to transfer its fleet management services business to OSM Maritime Group, and become a pure shipowner.Under the agreement, GC Rieber Shipping will transfer all technical…

Ampelmann Nets Gangway Deal with McDermott in India

Sep 08, 2020

Dutch offshore gangway solutions provider Ampelmann has won a contract that will see one of its crew-transfer gangways deployed offshore India.Ampelmann said Tuesday that it had signed a contract with offshore engineering and construction firm…

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