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BHP at Risk of Credit Rating Downgrade on Oil Business Sale

Aug 24, 2021

BHP Group is at risk of a two-notch downgrade that would provoke its lowest ever credit rating as the sale of its petroleum business raises the miner's dependence on its major business of iron ore, S&P Global said on Tuesday.BHP has agreed to…

ConocoPhillips Beats Estimates on Higher Prices, Output

Aug 03, 2021

ConocoPhillips on Tuesday posted a second-quarter profit that nearly doubled from the first and topped analysts estimates, helped by higher oil and gas prices and production.A recovery in fuel demand from a pandemic-forced slump has boosted globally-traded crude prices to over $70…

Chevron Q1 Profit Drops 29%

Apr 30, 2021

Chevron Corp's first-quarter profit fell 29% from the same period a year ago as gains from oil and gas prices were undercut by weaker refining margins, production losses and the impact of an asset sale that benefited results last year.Oil companies are generally enjoying a recovery in energy prices…

Oilfield Services Firm Hunting Says 1Q Earnings in Line with Expectations

Apr 21, 2021

Oilfield services group Hunting Plc said on Wednesday its first-quarter earnings were in line with expectations despite a hit to the company's Texas facilities in February when the U.S. state faced severe cold weather.The company said it recorded…

OXY Restores Major Portion of CEO Pay as Oil Prices Rise

Feb 12, 2021

Occidental Petroleum Corp said on Thursday it had restored a major portion of its chief executive officer's base salary, nearly a year after its management and employees were to forced to take a pay cut to battle one of the industry's worst downturns…

India: McDermott Wraps Work on Reliance's Project Offshore India

Jan 11, 2021

Offshore oil and gas services company McDermott recently completed work on an offshore field development project in India, operated by Reliance Industries, and made it ready for start-up.The project, in the Krishna Godavari Basin, located off the east coast of India…

ONGC Taps Shearwater for Offshore Seismic Survey in India

Dec 21, 2020

Offshore seismic data acquisition services company Shearwater GeoServices has secured a 3D broadband marine seismic acquisition contract by ONGC in the Western Offshore India area. The project is scheduled to start in Q1 2021.The four-month campaign covers two areas totaling around 2…

Reliance, BP Start Production from Ultra-Deepwater Gas Field Offshore India

Dec 18, 2020

India's Reliance Industries and the British oil major BP on Friday announced the startup of production from ultra-deepwater gas field R Cluster in block KG D6 off the east coast of India. RIL and BP are developing three deepwater gas projects in block KG D6 – R Cluster…

Shearwater to Shoot 3D Seismic for Reliance Offshore India

Dec 07, 2020

India's Reliance Industries has awarded a 3D seismic data acquisition contract to seismic survey services provider Shearwater.Under the contract, Shearwater will carry out a 3D survey in the Bay of Bengal, India.The survey is slated to start in the first quarter of 2021 and covers 1…

Australia: Hibiscus Enters Gippsland Basin Block

Oct 09, 2020

Malaysian oil and gas company has Hibiscus Petroleum has completed the acquisition from 3D Oil of a 50% interest in an oil and gas exploration permit in the prolific Gippsland Basin, off Victoria, AustraliaThe completion of the acquisition of…

Exxon to Lay Off 1600 Workers in Europe

Oct 05, 2020

U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil said on Monday it plans to reduce its European workforce by up to 1,600 across the company's affiliates by the end of 2021 as part of its global review.Exxon said country-specific cuts will depend on the oil major's local business footprint and market conditions…

TGS Completes 3D Seismic Survey in Santos Basin, Brazil

Jun 09, 2020

Norwegian offshore seismic data firm TGS has completed an additional phase of the Santos Basin 3D Multi-Client seismic survey in Brazil. 'The survey is located south of the high-profile discoveries in the Santos Basin and the recent sought-after blocks offered in Rounds 15 and16…

$4.2 Billion Indian Spending Spree Ahead

Feb 11, 2020

Projects worth $4.2 billion in capital expenditure (capex) are expected to get underwater offshore India this year and next, an event in Aberdeen this morning was told.The projects, across India’s Krishna Godavari (KG) Basin in the Bay of Bengal…

Shearwater Scores More Seismic Work in India

Jan 28, 2020

Norwegian seismic contractor Shearwater GeoServices has secured back-to-back 3D survey work offshore India.Under the contract, awarded by Reliance, Shearwater will carry a 3D broadband marine seismic acquisition project in the Bay of Bengal…

Searcher Completes Northern Basins Study

Oct 23, 2019

Searcher Seismic announced the expansion of its modern offshore data library with the completion of its Northern Basins Prospectivity Study in Papua New Guinea.The independent multi-client company providing seismic datasets and associated products to the global oil and gas industry…

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