Flaring by the energy sector in Mexico hit record levels last year while the number of sites where gas is burnt off also rose despite government pledges to reduce such activity, research by a leading team of scientists showed.The practice releases carbon dioxide…
U.S. offshore energy industry equipment maker Dril-Quip has appointed Carri Lockhart to its Board. She most recently served as Equinor's Executive Vice President for Technology, Digital & Innovation (TDI), with responsibility for enabling Equinor’s energy transition…
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has exercised an option for further work for Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Stavanger semi-submersible drilling rig.The further work was awarded under the continued optionality mechanism provided for in the contract entered into by the two companies in May 2021…
Norway-based offshore vessel owner Integrated Wind Solutions (“IWS”) has ordered two Walk-to-Work Commissioning Service Operations Vessels (“CSOV”). The vessels are scheduled for delivery in H1 2024 from China Merchants Industry, Hong Kong. Currently…
Aker Solutions has completed years-long work to upgrade the drilling and production platform Njord A for client Equinor.'Towing it back to the field has started today, March 22. The project has provided more than 6,000 man-years in Norway and…
Rights group Sherpa has called on French prosecutors to open an investigation into alleged corruption related to the activities of Dutch oil and gas services firm SBM Offshore, it said in a statement on Monday.Sherpa said it had filed a request…
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Monday oil prices could reach $300 a barrel if Russian crude was shunned by the West but he said such a scenario was unlikely, TASS news agency reported.Trading sources have said some buyers…
Pressure mounted on TotalEnergies over its ties to Russia as activists spray-painted its headquarters west of Paris on Monday and France's green presidential candidate accused the company and its boss of complicity with the Kremlin.TotalEnergies…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted Aker BP its approval to use the Hod B platform in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.Hod B is a normally unmanned installation (NUI), installed in August last year at the Hod field, offshore Norway…
UAE-based oil and gas company Mubadala Petroleum has announced first gas production from the Pegaga gas field in Block SK 320, offshore Malaysia.Mubadala Petroleum is the Operator of Block SK 320 containing the Pegaga field, with a 55 percent interest…
British oil major BP has won two offshore exploration blocks in Indonesia, as part of the Indonesian government's second round of the 2021 Oil and Gas Working Area (WK) Bid Round. The blocks in question are Agung l and Agung ll oil and gas exploration blocks…
Norwegian offshore energy services firm Aker Solutions has appointed Trine Svalestad to the new position of senior vice president for sustainability. The company, for years mostly referred to as 'oilfield services company,' said Monday it 'sees…
Australia's offshore petroleum watchdog has cleared the way for Shell to restart its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) site off northwestern Australia after a power outage forced a shutdown in December.Shell has given no timeframe for when production will resume at the 3…
Gennady Timchenko, a long-time ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, resigned from the board at gas producer Novatek on Monday after he was targeted by sanctions over Russia's military campaign in Ukraine.Novatek, Russia's largest private natural gas producer…
Norway's Equinor has shut its Snorre B oil platform as a precautionary measure following an earthquake in the North Sea, the company said on Monday.It was not yet clear when Snorre B, which produces between 30,000-35,000 barrels per day of oil…
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