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UK Lawmakers Approve 25% Windfall Tax on Oil and Gas Producers

Jul 12, 2022

British lawmakers approved a 25% windfall tax on oil and gas producers in the British North Sea on Monday, which the government says will raise 5 billion pounds ($5.95 billion) in one year to help people struggling with soaring energy bills…

Mexico's Pemex Slides Deeper into Junk as Moody's Cuts Rating

Jul 12, 2022

Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex plunged deeper into so-called junk status on Monday after a major credit rating agency downgraded its long-term debt by one notch.Moody's Investors Service cut Pemex's credit rating to B1 from Ba3, or four notches into the agency's speculative status…

Serica Energy, Kistos Want to Merge But Reject Each Other's Proposals

Jul 12, 2022

UK North Sea-focused oil and gas company Serica Energy's Board in May and June rejected potential merger proposals from Kistos, an energy industry investment company established in England and Wales in October 2020. Per Kistos, Serica in July sent a counter-proposal…

Shell Unable to Supply LNG Cargoes From Prelude FLNG Until July 21

Jul 12, 2022

Shell on Monday told customers it would be unable to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes from its Prelude facility off northwestern Australia due to industrial action over a pay fight, which has been extended to July 21.Shell has stopped…

TDI-Brooks Names Rich Hendren VP

Jul 11, 2022

Marine data acquisition services company TDI-Brooks announced it has named Rich Hendren Ph.D. to its executive leadership team as Vice President of Operations Integrity and Quality DevelopmentHendren retired from the U.S. Navy after over 30 years of service in submarines…

Kistos Acquires 20% in Greater Laggan Area Offshore Assets from TotalEnergies

Jul 11, 2022

Oil and gas firm Kistos has acquired a 20% stake in the Greater Laggan Area producing offshore gas fields in the UK and associated infrastructure alongside various interests in certain other exploration licenses, including a 25% interest in the Benriach prospect…

Serica Energy Spuds North Eigg Offshore Well. Targets 60 mmboe

Jul 11, 2022

UK-based oil and gas firm Serica Energy has started drilling at the North Eigg offshore exploration well in the UK North Sea.The Well 3/24c-NE1 was spudded at 04:30 Monday morning using Transocean Paul B. Loyd Jr. harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rig…

Solstad, Siem, Standard Supply Score Offshore Vessel Contracts

Jul 11, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel owners Solstad Offshore, Siem Offshore, and Standard Supply have all secured offshore vessel contracts in the past few days.Solstad Offshore on Monday said it had secured a contract for the platform supply vessel Normand Swan in Australia…

Waldorf Production to Buy Alpha Petroleum, Owner of North Sea Cheviot Field

Jul 11, 2022

Waldorf Production and Shorelight Partners today announced the signing of a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of the entire share capital of Alpha Petroleum, an upstream oil and gas company focusing on the UK North Sea, by Waldorf…

Dräger Marine & Offshore Opens New Aberdeen Facility

Jul 11, 2022

Dräger Marine & Offshore, a provider of marine & offshore safety systems, has opened a new facility measuring almost 2,000 m2 at ABZ Business Park in Dyce, Aberdeen.'The facility allows Dräger Marine & Offshore to stock equipment which is available for hire and deployment straight away…

Norway: Aker BP Strikes Gas at Storjo Offshore Prospect

Jul 11, 2022

Norwegian oil company Aker BP has struck gas at the Storjo offshore exploration well in the Norwegian Sea.According to Aker BP, the well 6507/2-6, drilled using Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible drilling rig, has encountered gas in several geological formations…

ConocoPhillips Drills Duster at Bounty Prospect Off Norway

Jul 11, 2022

Oil company ConocoPhillips has drilled a dry well at the Bounty prospect in the Norwegian Sea, offshore Norway, and will plug and abandon the well.ConocoPhillips drilled the wildcat well 6306/3-2 some 30 kilometers south of the Fenja field in…

UK' Ofgem Proposes Reforms to Cut Reliance on Gas Imports

Jul 08, 2022

British energy regulator Ofgem is proposing reforms to wholesale electricity markets to reduce Britain's reliance on gas imports and accelerate the transition to low-carbon energy supply, it said on Friday.Last year, the government set out plans…

Bowleven, Lukoil Clear Path for Perenco to Take Over New Age's Stake in Etinde Block, Off Cameroon

Jul 08, 2022

Perenco has moved a step closer to acquiring New Age's interests in the Etinde permit offshore Cameroon, and operatorship of the Etinde JV, after New Age's partners Bowleven and Lukoil chose not to exercise their pre-emption rights.The proposed deal was first announced on June 7…

Eidesvik Offshore Bags 3-year Deal for Platform Supply Vessel

Jul 08, 2022

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has awarded offshore shipowner Eidesvik Offshore a three-year contract for the platform supply vessel Viking Prince.The contract for the 89,6 meters long Viking Prince will begin after the completion of the vessel’s ongoing contract with Equinor…

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