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Crosby Takes Over Mooring Equipment Firm Feubo

Jan 14, 2020

US-based lifting and rigging accessories manufacturer Crosby has completed the acquisition of offshore mooring company Feubo.The purchase includes the Feubo facility located in Hattingen, Germany that will become Crosby’s center of excellence for mooring components…

Dayang Clinches Two i-HUC Awards With Petronas

Jan 14, 2020

Malaysian oilfield services provider Dayang has won two contracts with the country's oil and gas giant Petronas.Dayang said Tuesday that the contracts were for the provision of integrated hook-up and commissioning (i-HUC) services for Petronas Carigali through Package B: SBA and Package D: SKO…

Lebanon Delays Offshore Round Bidding Deadline

Jan 14, 2020

Lebanon has postponed a deadline for the submission of applications as part of its second licensing round for oil and gas acreage, Lebanon's energy minister Nada Boustani tweeted Monday.According to Reuters, which translated the tweet in Arabic…

James Fisher Sister Companies Merge

Jan 14, 2020

Offshore services firm James Fisher Offshore (JFO) said it is consolidating its services with those of its sister company James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE). The merger brings subsea excavation services company JFSE under the JFO banner.Jack Davidson…

Norway: 28 firms Offered Acreage in Mature Offshore Areas

Jan 14, 2020

Norway has offered exploration acreage in mature offshore areas to 28 companies of 33 which had applied as part of the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2019.The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said Tuesday that 28 oil companies had been offered…

Tanjung Offshore Bags 5-Year Repsol Contract

Jan 14, 2020

Spanish oil firm Repsol has hired Malaysia's Tanjung Offshore services for offshore work in Malaysia and Vietnam.Tanjung Offshore, a subsidiary of T7 Global, will provide maintenance, construction, and modification services at Repsol's PM3-CAA block located between Malaysia and Vietnam…

THHE Fabricators Can Bid for Petronas Work Again

Jan 14, 2020

Malaysian oil and gas construction and services company THHE Fabricators is allowed to bid for Petronas' contracts again.Petronas blacklisted the THEE Fabricators from bidding as a contractor for its upstream oil and gas-related tenders after…

German Offshore Wind Capacity in 2019 Almost Hit 2020 Target

Jan 14, 2020

Offshore wind power operators in the German North Sea raised generation capacity by 20.9% percent to 6,436 megawatts (MW) last year, grid company TenneT GmbH said on Monday, close to a government target for 2020 of 6,500 MW.TenneT, the German…

Polarcus Vessel Stays With Sovcomflot

Jan 14, 2020

Russian offshore vessel owner Sovcomflot will keep Polarcus’ Vyacheslav Tikhonov seismic vessel contracted for longer than previously agreed.The marine seismic vessel owner Polarcus had in December 2019 said that Sovcomflot would redeliver it the vessel on January 15…

Shelf Drilling Finds Work for Ex-Maersk Jack-Up

Jan 14, 2020

The U.S. oil major Chevron has chartered a Shelf Drilling jack-up drilling rig on a long-term deal. Chevron will use the rig in Thailand.Shelf Drilling said on Tuesday that Chevron Thailand had contracted the Shelf Drilling Enterprise jack-up unit…

ConocoPhillips Makes Minor Oil Find Offshore Norway

Jan 14, 2020

ConocoPhillips has made a minor oil discovery in the Norwegian part of the North Sea, near the Balder field. The company’s Norwegian subsidiary, ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, made the find while drilling the 25/7-8 S exploration well in the production…

Total to Drill Deepest Ever Offshore Well Using Maersk Rig

Jan 14, 2020

French oil company Total will drill the deepest offshore well by water depth using the Maersk Voyager drillship owned by Maersk Drilling.The Danish offshore drilling contractor said Tuesday that, based on the conditional letter of award previously announced in the third quarter of 2019…

Lekoil Tricked Into Signing Fake $184M Loan Deal

Jan 14, 2020

Africa-focused oil company Lekoil on January 2 said it had secured $184 million (gross) of funding for the appraisal drilling and initial development program activities on the Ogo field, in the OPL 310 block, offshore Nigeria.The loan, Lekoil said at the time…

Oil Prices Rise Ahead Of Trade Deal, Likely Stock Draw

Jan 14, 2020

Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday as investors focused on the signing of a preliminary trade deal between the United States and China, the world's top oil consumers, and on expectations of a drawdown in U.S. crude oil inventories.However, price gains were capped by receding Middle East tensions…

Tullow Gets More Time Offshore Jamaica

Jan 14, 2020

Tullow Oil has been given more time to decide on whether to drill a well at an offshore block in Jamaica’s Walton Morant Basin. The company is also in talks to farm-out some of its share in the block.The news of the extension was shared on Tuesday morning by United Oil & Gas…

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