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Baker Hughes Lands Major Order in Qatar for North Field East Project

Sep 29, 2020

Oilfield services giant Baker Hughes has received a large order from Qatar Petroleum to supply multiple main refrigerant compressors (MRCs) for Qatar Petroleum’s giant North Field East (NFE) project. The North Field is the world’s single largest non-associated offshore natural gas field…

Sovcomflot Returns Seismic Vessel to Polarcus

Sep 29, 2020

Russian firm Sovcomflot has returned the offshore seismic vessel Ivan Gubkin to its owner Polarcus.The 14-streamer 3D seismic vessel - originally named Polarcus Amani - had been on a charter with Sovcomflot since 2017 and should've stayed with Sovcomflot for five and a half years…

Keppel Starts Review of Struggling Offshore and Marine Business

Sep 29, 2020

Singaporean conglomerate Keppel Corp said on Tuesday it had identified assets worth S$17.5 billion ($12.8 billion) that could potentially be monetized, including through sales, and started a review of its loss-making offshore and marine (O&M) business…

Oil Prices Drop as Demand Worries Counter U.S. Stimulus Hopes

Sep 29, 2020

Oil prices dropped on Tuesday, paring gains from the previous session, as persistent demand concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic outweighed hopes generated by a new U.S. stimulus package that lawmakers are struggling to agree.More than 1…

Mermaid Completes Exit from Asia Offshore Drilling

Sep 29, 2020

Thai offshore service provider Mermaid Maritime has completed the previously proposed exit from Asia Offshore Drilling, a joint venture firm with drilling contractor Seadrill.Earlier this month, Mermaid said it would exercise its put option and sell its 33…

Lundin Ups Edvard Grieg Oil Field Reserve Estimate

Sep 29, 2020

Lundin Energy has raised its reserve estimate for Norway's Edvard Grieg oilfield by 50 million barrels of crude, an increase of 17%, and boosted output plans for the coming years, the Swedish company said on Tuesday.So-called plateau production…

Rystad: Demand for Offshore Trunklines to Drop 26%. Middle East to Drive Recovery

Sep 29, 2020

Norwegian energy intelligence company Rystad expects that the market demand for large-diameter offshore pipelines, known as trunklines, will see an annual drop of 26% this year.According to Rystad, the length of total installations this year is forecasted to reach 2…

Equinor Discovers Oil and Gas at Swisher Prospect

Sep 29, 2020

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has discovered oil and gas at its Swisher prospect in the North Sea, offshore Norway.Recoverable resources are estimated to be in the range of 2-6 million standard cubic meters of oil equivalent, or around to 13-38 million barrels of oil equivalent…

Fire Shuts Equinor's Plant That Processes Gas from Barents Sea Field

Sep 29, 2020

A fire at Equinor's Melkoeya liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in the north of Norway halted output on Monday but caused no injuries, police and the company said.Images on local media showed plumes of smoke rising from the plant, but the fire was eventually put out…

GIEK Banks on Renewable Energy

Sep 28, 2020

Wenche Nistad, CEO of the Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency (GIEK) pulls no punches in assessing the appetite for investment in traditional offshore oil and gas today: “The money has disappeared; nobody wants to invest in oil and gas anymore…

Edison Chouest's C-Innovation Acquires Caltex Oil Tools

Sep 28, 2020

Edison Chouest Offshore's marine services affiliate C-Innovation has acquired the controlling interest in Caltex Oil Tools, a provider of equipment rentals, services, and customized engineering capabilities to the offshore industry.C-Innovation said that the Houston-based Caltex…

SLPE to Design Foundations for Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 28, 2020

UK-based engineering company Sea and Land Project Engineering (SLPE) has won the bid for the provision of a wind turbine foundation concept design for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, UK.The Inch Cape offshore wind farm project is being developed by Red Rock Power Limited subsidiary…

RWE Signs Deals to Expand Lease Areas of Four Offshore Wind Farms in UK

Sep 28, 2020

Renewables giant RWE has, together with its partners, signed agreements in the UK to expand the existing offshore wind farms Gwynt y Môr, Galloper, Greater Gabbard, and Rampion. The granted seabed leases comprise extension projects with a combined potential installed capacity of around 1…

Wintershall Noordzee Wraps Sillimanite Drilling. Calls for Dutch Gov't to Boost E&P Sector

Sep 28, 2020

Wintershall Noordzee has completed the drilling of a well at the Sillimanite South field discovery in the Dutch North Sea, and converted it into a development sidetrack.It was the third well drilled in sequence after the two Sillimanite Unit…

Vattenfall Launches Floating Solar Farm in The Netherlands (VIDEO)

Sep 28, 2020

Swedish power company Vattenfall has inaugurated its first floating solar farm in Gendringen, the Netherlands.The solar farm, with a capacity of 1.2 megawatts, was built on the site of the sand and gravel extraction company Netterden.'This means that from now on…

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