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Darren Woods replaces Tillerson as Exxon CEO

Dec 14, 2016

Following news that ExxonMobil chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson has been nominated by US President-elect Donald Trump to lead the US State Department, ExxonMobil has announced that Tillerson will step down and Darren Woods will succeed Tillerson in both positions…

Chevron cancels Rosebank FPSO newbuild

Dec 14, 2016

Chevron has canceled a US$1.8 billion floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) newbuild order with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) that was destined for the supermajor’s Rosebank deepwater project in the North Sea. Illustration of the FPSO…

Gazprom to get stake in OMV Norway

Dec 14, 2016

Gazprom and OMV signed an agreement that will see Gazprom acquire stake in OMV Norway. According to the agreement, Gazprom will receive a 38.5% stake in OMV (Norge), a company focused on geological exploration and production in Norway…

COSL files lawsuit against Statoil

Dec 14, 2016

China Oilfiled Services Ltd. (COSL) has filed a civil action lawsuit against Norwegian giant Statoil for terminating the drilling contract for the COSL Innovator in March. The rig has been under investigations by both the Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway (PSA)…

Call to ban future exploration off California

Dec 14, 2016

California's governor Jerry Brown has urged US President Barack Obama to permanently withdraw waters off his state from new offshore oil and gas leasing and 'guarantee that future oil and gas drilling' is prohibited.  Brown had sucessfully…

Subsea UK Awards finalists unvieled

Dec 14, 2016

Industry body Subsea UK has revealed the finalists for its annual awards event, to be held early 2017.  The awards, which seek to recognize companies and individuals who are leading the way in Britain’s £9 billion subsea sector, will…

Shell's Malikai TLP comes online

Dec 14, 2016

First oil has been achieved from Shell's deepwater Malikai field, offshore Sabah, Malaysia. The project is Shell's second deepwater project offshore Malaysia, and its first tension leg platform (TLP) in the country, following Gumusut-Kakap…

Year in review: 2016

Dec 13, 2016

As OE takes a look back on the year that was 2016, our website's most popular stories pretty much tell everything you need to know. It has been a depressing year for the industry with too many job cut announcements, rigs and vessel stacked (or sold)…

Culzean capex lowered

Dec 13, 2016

Investment costs for the Culzean project are now forecasted to be around US$4 billion, a reduction of about $500 million on the estimate at project sanction, said Gretchen Watkins, CEO, Maersk Oil at the Maersk Group Capital Markets Day in Copenhagen…

Wärtsilä, CSSC sign licensing agreement

Dec 13, 2016

Wärtsilä has signed a manufacturing license agreement with Jiujiang Precision Measuring Technology Research Institute, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC), based in Jiujiang, China. The two-way agreement provides CSSC with…

UPDATED: Trump taps Tillerson, Perry for cabinet

Dec 13, 2016

US President-elect Donald Trump has picked ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be his nominee for Secretary of State and former Texas Governor Rick Perry to be his Secretary of Energy, it was announced today (13 December). Trump praised Tillerson via Twitter…

Nucore Group forms, appoints CEO

Dec 13, 2016

A new company, Nucore Group, has been established to create a topside engineering services group of companies.  Backed by Lonsdale Capital Partners, Nucore Group currently oversees the management of Oteac and HVAC & Refrigeration Engineering (HVAC&R)…

Lokring Northern expands Aberdeen office

Dec 13, 2016

Lokring Northern (UK), a provider of advanced fluid and gas transfer connectors, has expanded its Aberdeen office. The new premises are double the size of the previous Aberdeen headquarters, with capacity for improved training facilities and office space…

Azinor Catalyst grabs operatorship, stake in UKCS license

Dec 13, 2016

Azinor Catalyst signed an agreement to acquire a 50% operated interest in UKCS license P.2243, containing Block 14/17a from Zennor North Sea. Map from Azinor Catalyst. The license is adjacent to Azinor’s Partridge licence P…

ALE launches lightweight crane

Dec 13, 2016

ALE launched its latest innovation, the lightweight service crane, which is fully designed out of light modular parts that can be assembled by hand.  Each part can fit in an elevator or transported over an access walkway or stairs, making…

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