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TGS Begins 'Pioneering' OBN Survey Offshore Norway

Aug 24, 2020

Norwegian oil and gas exploration and production seismic data company TGS has announced the deployment of 'a pioneering sparse ocean bottom node (OBN) survey' in the Atlantic Margin off the coast of mid-Norway. TGS said Monday the initial study…

Storms Shut More than Half of Oil Production in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Aug 24, 2020

Crude oil prices remained steady on Monday as storms closed in on the Gulf of Mexico, shutting more than half the region's oil production, although prices were capped by ongoing concerns about fuel demand being sapped by coronavirus lockdowns…

Ex-Maersk Executive Charged in Petrobras Corruption Scheme

Aug 23, 2020

Brazilian prosecutors pressed charges on Friday against two people for an alleged scheme to obtain confidential market information from Petrobras to benefit A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world's largest shipping company.The case stems from an investigation…

Exxon Limits Guyana Output Due to Gas Injection Issues

Aug 21, 2020

Exxon Mobil Corp is limiting output at its flagship offshore project in Guyana to 100,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) due to more issues with the reinjection of natural gas, the South American country's environmental regulator said on Friday.Exxon…

Offshore Evacuations Begin as Storms Take Aim at Gulf of Mexico

Aug 21, 2020

BP and Shell on Friday said they had begun evacuating offshore oil facilities as two tropical cyclones head toward the U.S Gulf of Mexico, with the already active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season heating up further.BP said it had begun the process…

Two Storms Head for US Gulf in Rare Hurricane Season Event

Aug 21, 2020

A pair of tropical cyclones forecast to become hurricanes early next week are headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast and will spin over the Gulf's warm waters simultaneously, a rare weather event that could cause massive disruption as they make landfall…

Turkish Giant Offshore Gas Find 'Transformational', Woodmac Says

Aug 21, 2020

'Our Fatih drillship discovered 320 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves, thanks to the drilling in the Tuna-1 well [...]. There is no stopping and resting for us until we become a net exporter in energy,' the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan tweeted on Friday…

Wintershall Dea CEO Rejects U.S. Sanctions Bid on Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

Aug 21, 2020

Wintershall Dea, one of five western partners in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project led by Russia's Gazprom, rejects sanctions planned by the United States to discourage its completion, chief executive Mario Mehren said on Wednesday.'We…

Three Firms in Dorado FPSO FEED Contract Race

Aug 21, 2020

Three FPSO specialists are competing for Santos' Dorado FPSO front end engineering design contract, set to be awarded later this year.This is according to Carnarvon, Santos' partner in the Dorado field discovered offshore W. Australia in 2018…

Equinor, ConocoPhillips Get Consents for Swisher, Slagugle Drilling

Aug 21, 2020

Oil and gas companies Equinor and ConocoPhillips on Friday received approvals for drilling of offshore wells in the North Sea, and the Norwegian Sea, respectively.Equinor has been given a regulatory approval from the oil and gas safety body…

Tekmar Group Nets Middle East Orders

Aug 21, 2020

Tekmar Group has informed that its subsidiaries have won 'multiple contracts' to supply subsea asset protection and stabilization technologies in the Middle East.Tekmar did not say who the clients were, describing them just as 'energy companies and tier one contractors in the Middle East…

Hurricane Energy Picks Ex-Pharos Energy Man as New CEO

Aug 21, 2020

UK-based oil and gas company Hurricane Energy has appointed Antony Maris as Chief Executive Officer ('CEO') designate, and executive director of the company.Maris' appointment follows the resignation of Hurricane Energy's long-standing CEO Robert Trice…

PHOTO: Heerema's Heavy Lifter Installs Yaxche-C Platform in Mexico

Aug 21, 2020

Dutch offshore installation and construction company Heerema Marine Contractors has installed Pemex's Yaxche-C jacket and topside in Mexico, under a contract awarded by Cotemar.Heerema used its 'most experienced vessel' semi-submersible crane…

Film-Ocean Launches Compact ROV LARS

Aug 21, 2020

Film-Ocean, a provider of ROV solutions for the offshore energy sector, has recently built what it says is a compact ROV launch and recovery system (LARS).  'The LARS system is a versatile deployment solution for platform-based ROV operations…

Poland Could Become Climate Neutral by 2056

Aug 21, 2020

Poland, the only European Union country that has not pledged to be carbon neutral by 2050, could reach that goal by 2056, a study by the state Polish Economic Institute (PEI) showed on Wednesday.Poland generates almost 80% of electricity from…

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