BP boosted its share buyback program after net profit soared to its highest in more than a decade on strong oil and gas trading results, as the energy company took a $24 billion charge after exiting its operations in Russia.Soaring oil and gas…
Italian energy and telecom cable maker Prysmian Group has launched what it says is an innovative share-based variable remuneration and profit-sharing plan in company shares, aimed potentially at more than 25,000 employees between blue and white collar workers of the Group…
U.S. oil companies Chevron and Talos and carbon capture & storage project development & finance company Carbonvert have signed a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) for an expanded joint venture to develop the Bayou Bend CCS offshore carbon…
ADES, a Middle East-focused offshore drilling company, is continuing with its April offshore rig shopping spree.After agreeing to buy four jack-up drilling rigs from Aban Offshore, and one from Maersk Drilling earlier this month, ADES has now…
U.S. oil and gas producer Hess Corp reported a 65% rise in first-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by a jump in energy prices due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Oil prices hit multi-year records during the quarter as the conflict in Ukraine led to sanctions against Russia…
Offshore drilling company Awilco Drilling has agreed to sell its WilPhoenix semi-submersible drilling rig to the UK-based P&A specialist Well-Safe Solutions Ltd. Well-Safe will pay $15.5 million for the semi-sub built in 1982 and upgraded in 2011…
The EolMed consortium comprising Qair, TotalEnergies, and BW Ideol, has reached a final investment decision for its 30MW offshore floating wind development in France, BW Ideol said in a brief statement on Thursday.BW Ideol, a company making foundations for floating wind turbines…
The U.S. offshore wind sector continues to pick up speed on its journey to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and 110 GW by 2050, with a total investment of $205 billion required for the 70 GW of capacity forecast to be added in this and the next decade…
Equinor reported record earnings on Wednesday, as the war in Ukraine triggered an energy supply crunch that sent gas prices soaring to all-time highs.The state-controlled Norwegian company has emerged as a big winner in Europe's energy crisis…
UK-based oil and gas company Hurricane Energy earned about $60.5 million from the sale of the latest cargo of oil produced from its Lancaster field offshore the UK.The company said this week that the 28th cargo of Lancaster oil, totaling approximately 524 Mbbls…
Offshore installation services firm Subsea 7 said Friday it had won a substantial contract in West Africa.Subsea 7 defines a substantial contract as being between $150 to $300 million.In a brief statement in which it didn't reveal much, Subsea 7 said the contract was for the engineering…
Oil prices jumped on Wednesday as the European Union, the world's largest trading bloc, spelled out plans to phase out imports of Russian oil, which offset worries about demand in top crude importer China.Brent crude futures were up $4.00, or 3…
Following billionaire Vagit Alekperov's resignation as president and director of Russian oil major Lukoil earlier this week, the firm announced on Friday that Vadim Vorobyev would take over as interim president.Vadim Vorobyev currently serves as the first executive vice president of the company…
Shell Midstream Partners LP said on Thursday that volumes on its Mars oil pipeline system rose during the first quarter, as repairs completed in the wake of Hurricane Ida allowed it to run at normal operating levels.The Mars pipeline system…
UK-based engineering and maintenance contractor Bilfinger UK has made three appointments to its offshore wind team in Great Yarmouth, growing the business’s Southern North Sea presence for projects in the UK and Denmark.The company has appointed a business development consultant…