Top oilfield services firm Schlumberger reported a higher first-quarter profit on Friday and increased its dividend by 40%, as rising oil prices boosted demand for services and equipment.Oil prices climbed to their highest in more than a decade…
Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has agreed to sell its jack-up rig drilling rig Maersk Convincer to ADES for $42.5 million in cash.The benign environment offshore drilling rig is expected to be delivered to ADES after the completion…
Those who are old enough (or young enough) to remember Justin Timberlake’s poignant lyrics, ‘What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around’, will appreciate their significance and relatability to the offshore oil and gas market…
Offshore installation company Jan De Nul Group has secured a contract with Sumitomo Electric for the installation of two subsea HVDC cables and one fiber optic cable that will link the existing electricity grids in Ireland and the United Kingdom…
Chinese oil giant CNOOC Ltd said on Monday it will raise 28.08 billion yuan ($4.41 billion) in a share listing in Shanghai, after setting the price for what will be mainland China's 11th-biggest public stock offering.Fundraising will be expanded to 32…
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Siem Offshore has secured a new contract for the offshore subsea construction vessel Siem Spearfish with DeepOcean. The contract for the 2014-built vessel will start in direct continuation of its current commitment…
The proposed merger between offshore drilling contractors Noble Corporation and Maersk Drilling has raised competition concerns in the UK as the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that the merger could increase operating costs for oil and gas producers in the UK North Sea…
Oilfield services firm Halliburton posted an 85% rise in first-quarter adjusted profit on Tuesday as a rally in crude prices boosted demand for its services and equipment.Crude futures climbed to their highest level in more than a decade during…
Oil and gas company Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited said Monday that owners of Golden Eagle, Piper, and Claymore fields, located in the North Sea northeast of Aberdeen, have executed new agreements reaffirming their commitment to export…
Dutch marine services and towage company KOTUG has agreed to buy offshore support vessel firm Seaways International, in what is the largest acquisition in KOTUG's history.KOTUG said the move, of an undisclosed value, was part of its strategy…
U.S. oilfield services and equipment firm Baker Hughes Co BKR.O on Wednesday reported a higher quarterly profit from a year earlier, but missed Wall Street estimates after facing a 'volatile market' in early 2022 that prompted mixed results across its reporting units…
Brazilian oil company Petrobras has launched the binding phase for the sale of its 20% in the company MP Gulf of Mexico, LLC. (MPGoM), which owns offshore fields in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.Petrobras first announced its intention to exit the joint venture in October 2021…
Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has won a contract extension for its ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig Maersk Deliverer with Inpex in Australia.The extension, of an undisclosed value, is for drilling services at the Ichthys field in the Browse Basin offshore Western Australia…
German chemicals group reported preliminary first-quarter net income significantly below last year's level and analyst expectations on Monday, citing impairment charges for the abandoned Nord Stream 2 project.BASF said its quarterly net income slumped to 1…
Navitas Petroleum has agreed to farm into the Sea Lion oil field development project offshore the Falkland Islands. In January 2020, Premier Oil, as the Sea Lion operator, and Rockhopper, as the partner in the project, signed non-binding heads of terms with Navitas Petroleum…