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Var Energi Resumes Drilling Offshore Norway Citing Positive Effect of Tax Breaks

Jul 16, 2020

Norwegian oil company Var Energi is restarting drilling offshore Norway after it had postponed drilling operations in the spring due to the corona pandemic and oil price collapse. 'The decision [to resume drilling] has been made possible by the temporary changes in the petroleum tax…

Santos Flags $560 Mln Impairment Charge on Virus-led Oil Slump

Jul 20, 2020

Australia's Santos said on Tuesday it will book non-cash impairments of up to $560 million after tax, joining a number of global energy majors forced to write down assets after a coronavirus-induced slump in oil prices.The country's second-largest…

Zenith Applies for New 25-year License for Offshore Congo Field

Jul 20, 2020

London-listed Zenith Energy has applied for an extension of the Tilapia license term in the Republic of the Congo, which expired on July 18, 2020.Zenith's subsidiary in Congo, AAOG Congo continues to operate the Tilapia oilfield on an interim…

Total Secures $14.9B Loan for Mozambique Gas Development

Jul 20, 2020

French oil major Total has signed a $14.9 billion senior debt financing agreement for its massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique, the biggest project financing ever in Africa, it said on Friday.The project includes the development…

Trelleborg to Showcase Offshore Wind Cable Protection System at Virtual Conference

Jul 09, 2020

Swedish company Trelleborg is set to exhibit its NjordGuard cable protection system at a virtual offshore wind conference taking place later this month.Per Trelleborg, the NjordGuard is a unique cable protection system designed and developed to protect offshore wind farm power cables…

Petrobras Sells Three Shallow Water Fields in Potiguar Basin, Brazil

Jul 10, 2020

Brazil's Petrobras has said it has signed an agreement to sell its entire stake in three offshore oil fields in Potiguar Basin to Ouro Preto for $1.5 million.The fields in question are the Pescada, Arabaiana, and Dentão fields located in shallow waters of the Potiguar Basin (Pescada Cluster)…

Odfjell Drilling Takes Over Drilling and Maintenance at Ekofisk

Jul 15, 2020

Norwegian drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has taken over platform drilling and maintenance operations at ConocoPhillips' Ekofisk Area in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The move follows a contract signed between the two parties in December…

Keppel to Deliver Components for Two MODEC FPSOs

Jul 15, 2020

Singapore's Keppel O&M has received orders from Japan's FPSO leasing company MODEC to deliver components for two FPSO units. The orders are worth S$73 million (USD52,5 million) in total.In Singapore, Keppel Shipyard will fabricate, complete…

Premier Oil Expects to Make Cash with Current Oil Prices

Jul 15, 2020

North Sea focused oil and gas producer Premier Oil said on Wednesday it expected to make cash this year based on current futures contract prices, upgrading its outlook after saying in May it expected to be cash flow neutral this year.It hedged…

Ireland: Kinsale Gas Fields Cease Production after 42 Years Online

Jul 08, 2020

Ireland's Kinsale area offshore gas fields in the Celtic Sea have officially ceased production, after more than 40 years online.The news of production cessation from the gas fields was shared by the operator PSE Kinsale Energy, a subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas…

Aker BP: NOAKA Offshore Development to Cost $5.3B

Jul 14, 2020

Norwegian oil firm Aker BP and its partners plan to invest more than 50 billion Norwegian crowns ($5.30 billion) in the NOAKA development off Norway, the company's chief executive said on Tuesday.The NOAKA area located between the Oseberg and…

Aker BP Names New Operations & Asset Development SVP

Jul 17, 2020

Norwegian oil company Aker BP has named Ine Dolve as SVP Operations & Asset Development. She will replace Kjetel Digre who has accepted the role of the new CEO of Aker Solutions.Dolve will be part of the Executive Management Team of Aker BP…

Wintershall Dea Extends Head Energy Contract on Brage Platform

Jul 14, 2020

Norwegian engineering company Head Energy has secured a contract extension with Wintershall Dea in Norway.Head Energy was awarded the frame agreement for modifications at the Brage offshore platform in Norway in 2016. Wintershall Dea has now…

Equinor Hires Aibel for Oseberg Works

Jul 08, 2020

Norwegian offshore engineering and construction company Aibel has signed a 'portfolio agreement' for Equinor-operated Oseberg fields in the North Sea off Norway for the period 2020-2026. The aim of the portfolio agreement is to ensure a holistic…

On this Day in 1988: Offshore Industry's Deadliest Disaster

Jul 06, 2020

Thirty-two years ago, on July 6, 1988, one of the offshore oil and gas industry's worst-ever disasters struck  - the explosion of the Piper Alpha platform in the UK North Sea. To this day, the disaster is the worst ever in the industry by the numbers of lives-lost…

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