Italian oil company Eni has produced first oil from its Agogo field offshore Angola, nine months after discovery.Eni brought the field online via the FPSO Ngoma located 15 kilometers from the oil field. The current output level is around 10…
With three Chinese cities and about 23 million people “quarantined”, the newly formed corona virus looks set to disrupt all from the oil price to crew movement to the ability of managers to travel unobstructed — that’s if it gets that bad.Already…
Croatian DIV Group is set to buy Kleven Verft, a Norwegian shipbuilding company specializing in the construction of offshore and cruise vessels.DIV, which owns the Brodosplit shipyard in Split Croatia, has signed an agreement to buy the Norwegian company based in Ulsteinvik…
Caspian Sunrise, a Kazakhstan-focused oil and gas explorer, is venturing into offshore oil and gas exploration. The company, which has mostly been focused on onshore activities on Tuesday proposed the acquisition of the Caspian Explorer drilling vessel…
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Somalia had invited Turkey to explore for oil in its seas, after Ankara signed a maritime agreement with Libya last year, broadcaster NTV reported. Turkey has been a major source of aid to…
Offshore engineering and construction giant McDermott has confirmed it is set to file for bankruptcy as part of its debt restructuring plans.'This morning, the company commenced solicitation of votes from its lenders and bondholders in support of a prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization…
Premier Oil's biggest lender on Friday raised fresh concerns over the company's plan to have its creditors vote on planned acquisitions of North Sea assets under a scheme that allows it to delay debt repayments and issue new shares. The company…
Singapore-based offshore vessel owner Pacific Radiance has started loan talks with „a global investment fund“ after its discussions with an investor stalled in December 2019.Pacific Radiance had in August 2019 said it was in talks with an unnamed financier over a $180 million loan which it would…
Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday as investors focused on the signing of a preliminary trade deal between the United States and China, the world's top oil consumers, and on expectations of a drawdown in U.S. crude oil inventories.However, price gains were capped by receding Middle East tensions…
The Norwegian oil company Equinor has secured consent to use the Transocean Norge offshore drilling rig for drilling operations in the Norwegian Sea.The country's offshore safety body, Petroleum Safety Authority Norway, on Friday gave its approval…
Gas from the Leviathan gas field offshore Israel has started flowing to Egypt, Delek, a partner in the giant development, has said.The $3.6 billion development operated by US-based Noble Energy started producing gas in the last week od December 2019…
Africa focused oil and gas firm Vaalco Energy has brought online another well at the Etame field offshore Gabon. The well Etame 11H well has been producing at a higher than anticipated rate, the company said Wednesday.The Etame 11H well is the second development well in Vaalco0s 2019/2020 program…
The U.S. oil major Chevron has chartered a Shelf Drilling jack-up drilling rig on a long-term deal. Chevron will use the rig in Thailand.Shelf Drilling said on Tuesday that Chevron Thailand had contracted the Shelf Drilling Enterprise jack-up unit…
London-listed oil company Tullow Oil will most likely not be drilling any wells offshore Guyana in 2020.In its trading update on Wednesday Tullow said it expected to report pretax impairments and exploration write-offs of around $1.5 billion…
With the Argos semisubmersible due to begin production from BP’s Mad Dog field in late 2021, the drilling team needed to ensure the drilling campaign stayed on schedule.BP did this by dedicating and integrating experienced drilling engineers and geoscientists to plan…