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Fit for Life

Feb 24, 2020

Ensuring assets remain safe and sustainable through quantitive engineering analysisAs the world continues to demand energy sources, there is mounting pressure on hydrocarbon producers to find new reserves and extract more from existing assets…

Break it Down

Feb 24, 2020

The decommissioning market is making a comeback, with new fields of opportunity, and challenges, opening. TSB Offshore President Will Speck shares insights on the path ahead.With the decommissioning market slowly recovering, TSB Offshore is…

Triangle Energy Shuts Cliff Head Alpha Output Citing Electrical Fault

Feb 24, 2020

Australian oil and gas company Triangle Energy has shut production from its shallow-water Cliff Head Alpha oil platform citing an electrical fault.Triangle Energy said Monday production at the platform located approximately 14 kilometers offshore in the Perth Basin…

Oslo on Monday: 45 Oil Stocks Rattled

Feb 24, 2020

Despite a string of good-news messages in recent weeks, the price of oil continued its weeklong slide on Monday, taking with it many of Norway’s oil-focused stocks.A large swathe of listed offshore suppliers and energy companies took a pounding…

Saipem Urges Workers in Italy to Stay at Home Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Feb 24, 2020

Italian offshore oilfield services company Saipem has activated safety measures to protect its workers, after the coronavirus outbreak in the country.According to a report by Reuters, Italy is the most affected country in Europe, with coronavirus cases rising on Saturday to more than 150…

U.S. Weekly Offshore Rig Count Dips

Feb 24, 2020

Weekly U.S. offshore drilling rig count dipped last week, but the overall rig count rose, by one unit.According to Baker Hughes' Rig Count report released Friday, U.S. Rig Count was up 1 rig from the previous week to 791, with oil rigs up 1 to 679…

Indonesia's Oil & Gas Output Set for Drop

Feb 24, 2020

Indonesia's oil and gas output is expected to contract for a fourth consecutive year in 2020, as aging fields and delays to new projects keep production levels below government targets, analysts said.The output decline comes as Jakarta proposes…

RWE, Saitec Testing Floating Platform for OWF

Feb 24, 2020

RWE Renewables and Saitec Offshore Technologies will jointly start testing a floating platform for wind turbines off the Basque coast in 2021 as part of the project called 'DemoSATH,' aimed at reducing floating wind development cost.According to the joint statement…

Greenpeace Asks Norway's Supreme Court to Rule on Arctic Drilling

Feb 24, 2020

Greenpeace and its partners on Monday asked Norway's supreme court to rule on the legality of the country's Arctic oil and gas exploration licenses, in a case that could block the petroleum industry's expansion plans. If the supreme court takes up the case…

Cooper Eyeing Annie Gas Find Start-Up in 2022

Feb 24, 2020

Australian oil and gas company Cooper Energy might bring its Annie gas discovery online in 2022.Cooper, in cooperation with Mitsui E&P, made the discovery at the Annie-1 well, located 9 kilometers offshore Victoria, Australia, in September 2019…

Wärtsilä Thrusters for Bokalift 2 Crane Vessel

Feb 24, 2020

Wärtsilä, a Finland-based marine equipment manufacturer, has secured order to deliver thrusters for Boskalis' crane vessel Bokalift 2.The Finnish company said its comprehensive thruster solution would enable Boskalis to convert an existing hull to create the crane vessel Bokalift 2…

Kosmos Energy Posts 4Q Loss. Names CFO

Feb 24, 2020

London-listed Kosmos Energy reported a net loss of $35,7 million for the fourth quarter of 2019. Total revenues and other income for the quarter were $462,5 million.For comparison Kosmos Energy's 4Q 2018 profit was $185,5 million, on $309,5 million revenues…

ADM Increases Aje Field Stake

Feb 24, 2020

ADM Energy, an AIM-quoted oil and gas investing company formerly known as MX Oil, will increase its interest in the offshore block in Nigeria containing the Aje oil field.ADM said Monday it had agreed with EER, a partner in the block to acquire a participating interest of 2…

Aker BP Gets Skogul Start-Up Nod

Feb 24, 2020

Norwegian oil company Aker BP has received regulatory consent for the start-up of the Skogul field in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate granted its consent for the of the field in production license 460 on Monday…

Arup to Back ScotWind

Feb 23, 2020

Crown Estate Scotland (CES) has appointed global engineering and consultancy firm Arup as specialist reviewers for ScotWind Leasing, the new leasing round for offshore wind projects.Arup will work together with CES to finalize the approach to evaluating applications from developers…

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