Dutch geotechnical survey firm Fugro has announced a set of 'painful measures' including workforce cuts, and a hiring and salary freeze, as the company expects the COVID-19 pandemic and low oil prices to negatively impact its business.'The company…
Oslo-listed marine seismic data acquisition company SeaBird Exploration has lost a survey contract offshore West Africa.In a statement on Monday, SeaBird Exploration said it had been notified that the end-client has canceled the two OBN surveys off West Africa due to the COVID-19 situation…
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has received an order from MHI Vestas Offshore Wind for the supply 33 Vestas V117-4.2MW typhoon variant turbines for Akita Noshiro offshore wind farm project in Japan. The Akita Norshiro offshore wind farm…
Oil prices slipped on Monday, after Saudi Arabia and Russia delayed a meeting to discuss output cuts that could partly alleviate oversupply in global markets as the coronavirus pandemic pummels demand.Brent crude slipped close to $30 a barrel in early trade and was at $33…
PetroVietnam's net profit in the first quarter of this year likely fell 50.8% from a year earlier to 4.44 trillion dong ($188.5 million) due to low oil prices and weak demand due to the new coronavirus, Vietnam's state oil firm said on Sunday…
Western Europe's largest oil and gas producer Norway said on Saturday it would consider cutting its oil production if a global deal to curb supply is agreed by the world's biggest producers.OPEC and its allies are working on a deal for an oil…
Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras has delayed by 90 days the deadline for bids to build a production platform in the Itapu field in Santos Basin after a sharp drop in oil prices and concerns about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters…
Malaysia's state energy giant Petronas, struggling with weak prices and falling demand, said on Friday its own funding needs and debt obligations would dictate any special dividend to the government amid the coronavirus crisis.The government…
Guyana's oil output rose 58.2% to 56,320 barrels per day (bpd) in January, up from 35,607 bpd in December, the South American country's finance ministry said in a report published this week.The government is still working with the consortium…
Pipeline gas flows from Norway to Britain fell 44% on Friday from the start of the week as the summer gas season starts and coronavirus lockdowns continue to hit demand, data shows.Pipeline gas flows to Britain fell to 49.7 million cubic meters (mcm) per day on Friday…
Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras has made an oil discovery in deep waters offshore Brazil.Petrobras said Thursday it had discovered the presence of oil in the pioneer well of the Uirapuru block, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt…
Offshore installation and construction company Subsea 7 has said it has won a sizeable contract - meaning worth between $50 million and $150 million, for work on a wind farm offshore Germany.Subsea 7 said Friday the contract was with innogy Kaskasi for the Kaskasi offshore wind farm project…
OPEC and allies are working on a deal for an unprecedented production cut equivalent to around 10% of global supply, an OPEC source said after U.S. President Donald Trump called on oil nations to stop the oil rout caused by the coronavirus pandemic…
The European Union has granted funds to an international consortium led by Spain's Iberdrola, to install and test a floating wind turbine in Norway.Norwegian Offshore Wind Cluster said earlier this week that the EU had granted NOK 290 million (~$27…
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…
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