Supermajor Shell has agreed to sell a package of UK North Sea assets to Chrysaor for a total of up to US$3.8 billon. The packaged deal consists of Shell's interest in Buzzard, Beryl, Bressay, Elgin-Franklin, J-Block, the Greater Armada cluster…
Vaalco Energy reported strong Q4 and full year 2016 production results. Image from Vaalco. Production for Q4 2016 averaged approximately boe/d, above the previously provided guidance range of 3300-3600 boe/d…
The Thunder Horse South Expansion project, in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, has started up 11 months ahead of schedule, supermajor BP announced today (23 January). Illustration of the expansion at Thunder Horse…
W&T Offshore has received approval for a capex of US$125 million that will set up the Houston-based company to drill six to eight wells in the Gulf of Mexico this year, with its priority going to its Mahogany field. Image from iStock…
Hess Corp. posted a US$4.9 billion net loss in Q4, as the company moves forward to focus on its developments offshore Thailand and in the Gulf of Mexico, which are expected to contribute significant production and cash flow. The…
Global Energy Development (GED) has entered into two share purchase agreements to acquire a total of 11 offshore subsea service vessels, and a barge vessel, as it seeks to adopt a new business strategy focusing on the subsea oilfield services sector…
Stabilizing oil prices have prompted producers to return to both shale and offshore projects, but the industry still needs to cut costs. A new workforce program offered by the University of Houston (UH) focuses on helping oil and gas…
McDermott will exercise its option to purchase Oceanteam’s 25% ownership in the vessel-owning company North Ocean 105 AS by the end of April 2017, according to joint venture partner Oceanteam. Under McDermott’s main credit facility agreement…
Houston-based Vaalco Energy restarted production at the Avouma 2-H well on the Avouma platform, offshore Gabon, after utilizing a hydraulic workover unit to replace a failed electric submersible pump (ESP) system. Gabon drill floor operations…
Short-term production from the BP-led Azerbaijan’s Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) project in the Caspian Sea is expected to be flat, and contain gas rather than oil, according to a new analysis from Douglas-Westwood (DW). ACG…
Neil Gordon, chief executive of Subsea UK. When looking at oil price trends over the years since the 1920s, it becomes apparent that apart from the cyclical spikes every few years…
There are slim pickings for fabricators in oil and gas sector, but as Steve Hamlen reports offshore wind fabrication has given firms some sustenance. Dudgeon jacket. Photos from Sembmarine SLP…
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has chosen Emerson Automation Solutions to provide a valve remote control (VRC) system for a semisubmersible offshore crane vessel, SSCV Sleipnir, currently under construction at Sembcorp Marine’s shipyard in Singapore…
Mermaid Maritime is at the chopping block again with China Merchants Industry, as the Thai company axes an additional two newbuild contracts with the shipbuilder. Illustration of the MTR-3 rig…
Audrey Leon speaks with Tom Adams, vice president, Power Business Development, at ABS Group, to find out how the firm is offering its inspection and quality assurance services to the offshore wind industry. Image from iStock…
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