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US Offshore Oil Production Reawakens in Wake of Hurricane Francine

Sep 13, 2024

U.S. Gulf of Mexico energy firms on Friday were lumbering back from hurricane disruptions as offshore oil and gas producers ramped up operations after halving the key energy region's output, ports reopened, and onshore terminals accepted oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers…

Equinor and Partners Make Gas Discovery in Norwegian Sea

Sep 10, 2024

Equinor and its partners have proven gas/condensate in a well in the Norwegian Sea, drilled in connection with the Lavrans discovery, which is currently undergoing development.The well 6406/2-L-2 H, located 260 kilometres southwest of Brønnøysund…

Motive Offshore Picks Up Acteon's Aquatic

Sep 10, 2024

Motive Offshore Group, a rental, inspection and engineering equipment provider for the energy sector, has acquired Aquatic, a company specializing in laying and retrieving flexible products from the seabed, previously owned by marine energy and infrastructure services company Acteon…

ASL Concludes Metocean Survey for Canada’s Gas Transmission System

Sep 10, 2024

ASL Environmental Sciences has completed a six-month metocean survey for FortisBC Energy as part of its ongoing operations and maintenance activities supporting its stewardship of the Vancouver Island’s gas transmission system.Wave buoys and…

Seatrium Hires KBR on Topsides Job for FPSOs Bound for Petrobras Brazil Fields

Sep 06, 2024

U.S.-based engineering and construction giant KBR has been hired by Seatrium to develop topsides facilities for two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units, being designed for Petrobras’ Atapu and Sepia fields in the Santos Basin…

DNO Concludes Acquisition of Stakes in Five Norne Area Oil and Gas Fields

Sep 02, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO has completed the acquisition of stakes in five oil and gas fields, including an operatorship, in the Norne area in the Norwegian Sea from Vår Energi.Following the closing of the transaction, DNO’s wholly-owned…

Kazakhstan Set for Notable Oil Output Cut During Kashagan Maintenance

Sep 09, 2024

Kazakhstan's energy ministry said on Friday it expects a significant reduction in oil production during planned maintenance at its giant Kashagan oilfield in October.The ministry said Kazakhstan reaffirmed its commitment to the OPEC+ agreement…

Shearwater Gets 4D seismic Job at Ghana’s Jubilee Field

Sep 03, 2024

Marine seismic acquisition firm Shearwater Geoservices has secured a 4D seismic monitoring contract for the Jubilee field in Ghana, operated by Tullow Ghana.The two-month survey will be conducted early 2025.This will be the first contract conducted by Shearwater Ghana…

Turkey Warm to Libya's Offshore Exploration Offer

Sep 11, 2024

Turkey is interested in an offer from Tripoli to carry out energy exploration offshore Libya, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Wednesday.'Libya has offered to us to work with our seismic vessels offshore. Frankly, we are warm to this…

CNOOC Brings Online Another South China Sea Field

Sep 04, 2024

China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) ha started production from its Wushi 17-2 oil field development project in Beibu Gulf in South China Sea.The main production facilities include a new wellhead platform and an oil and gas processing terminal…

Trinidad and Venezuela Set to Launch Seismic Survey at Joint Gas Fields

Aug 30, 2024

Seismic work at offshore gas fields shared by Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago is expected to start in the coming days, the Caribbean country's energy minister Stuart Young said on Friday on social media.Venezuela in July issued a 20-year license…

CNOOC Ticks Another Milestone in Ultra-Deepwater Gas Exploration

Sep 10, 2024

China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has drilled a natural gas well in the ultra-deepwater Liwan 4-1 structure in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, which was tested to produce 430,000 cubic meters per day…

Oil Production Starts at Aker BP’s Tyrving Field

Sep 03, 2024

The production of oil from the Tryving filed in the Alvheim area offshore Norway, operated by Aker BP, with Petoro and PGNiG Upstream Norway as partners, has begun.The Tyrving development leverages the planned extended lifetime for the Alvheim…

GE Vernova Says Offshore Wind Turbine Blade Failures Are Unrelated

Aug 30, 2024

GE Vernova on Friday said recent turbine blade failures at two offshore wind farms in the United States and the United Kingdom are unrelated.The statement comes as the company has been grappling with fallout from three separate blade accidents in four months…

Chevron’s Gorgon Gas Development Backfill Fields Proposal Up for Public Input

Aug 09, 2024

Chevron’s Gorgon gas development backfill fields offshore project proposal, which includes the tie-up of seven backfill fields to the existing subsea infrastructure offshore Australia, has been made available for public comment.Chevron proposes…

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