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Bahamas Petroleum Act takes next step

May 21, 2015

The Petroleum Bill and suite of associated regulations as well as a sovereign wealth bill have been put before the Bahamian House of Assembly for their second readings on 20 May, Bahamas Petroleum Co. announced. Image from Bahamas Petroleum…

ECN awards marine renewables contract

May 21, 2015

A consortium formed by Hydro Group and Wenex Equipments has successfully secured a US$3.9 million marine renewables contract. The contract involves the manufacturing and installation of array cabling infrastructure on the SEM-REV marine renewable energy project…

India signals interest in Mexico, Colombia

May 21, 2015

India’s petroleum minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan led a delegation to Mexico and Colombia this week to meet with officials in each country in hopes of transforming the relationship among the three countries from “buyer-seller” to an “energy partnership…

WorleyParsons's US$55 million to XOM

May 21, 2015

Australia-based WorleyParsons will pay US$55 million to an ExxonMobil (XOM) subsidiary after reaching a settlement on a dispute over a $550 million contract for engineering work for an offshore drilling platform it designed. In 2008, WorleyParsons was contracted by Exxon Neftegas…

Suncor gets North Sea nod

May 21, 2015

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) granted Suncor Energy a drilling permit for the wildcat well 25/10-13 S in the central North Sea. Well 25/10-13 S, located in production license 571, will be drilled from Dolphin Drilling's Borgland Dolphin semisubmersible…

QCLNG begins operations

May 21, 2015

BG Group announced that operational control of Train 1 at its Queensland Curtis LNG plant has been formally transferred to QGC, BG Group's Australian subsidiary, from Bechtel Australia, which constructed the facility. QCLNG…

Jee, Amec win Chevron EOR

May 21, 2015

Subsea engineering and training firm Jee has been awarded a contract from Amec Foster Wheeler for the front-end engineering design (FEED) of a jacket rigid polymer injection riser package (including J-tubes) as part of an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) field development for Chevron…

Deepwater Horizon settlements reached

May 21, 2015

Both Halliburton and Transocean have reached settlement agreements with BP over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico. The Deepwater Horizon incident occured on 20 April 2010, spilling millions of barrels of oil into…

Inefficiency greatest cost culprit

May 21, 2015

Inefficiency has been a key culprit in the increase in North Sea operating costs, executives at an exploration and development conference were told in Aberdeen. McKinsey's Dan Cole told the 2015 DEVEX Conference that at least a third…

NOAA: Deepwater Horizon responsible for dolphin deaths

May 20, 2015

As part of an unusual mortality event investigation, a team of scientists has discovered that dead bottlenose dolphins stranded in the northern Gulf of Mexico since the start of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have lung and adrenal lesions…

XOM confirms significant Guyana discovery

May 20, 2015

ExxonMobil confirmed a significant oil discovery on the Stabroek Block found 120mi offshore Guyana. The well, spud on 5 March 2015, was drilled by ExxonMobil affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana, and encountered more than…

Blaze on Fugro Symphony vessel

May 20, 2015

Fugro confirmed that a fire broke out on its Fugro Symphony survey vessel as it was docked at the Peterhead Harbour in the UK. Image of the Fugro Symphony. From Fugro Subsea. The fire broke out early Wednesday morning around 2:30 a…

NOIA selects new VP for government and political affairs

May 20, 2015

The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) has promoted Megan Bel Miller to VP for government and political affairs. She will lead NOIA's congressional relations and political action committee. Miller joined the NOIA staff in May 2013 as senior director of government & political affairs…

Petrobras gets billions from China

May 20, 2015

Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) confirms that it signed a US multi-billion dollar cooperation agreement with China Development Bank Corp. (CDB). Funding will be for years 2015 and 2016, which includes US$3.5 billion, already disbursed…

SacOil drops out of Nigeria block

May 20, 2015

SacOil terminated its joint venture with Nigeria’s Nigdel United Oil Co. that includes its participation in the oil production license 233, offshore Nigeria. Image from SacOil. The…

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