Strong performance in its subsea business has helped Technip offset “unsatisfactory” onshore and offshore revenues despite industry headwinds, the firm’s CEO Thierry Pilenko announced today. But, the chairman of France’s Technip, which recently launched a new subsea joint venture…
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) published its Annual Energy Outlook 2015 report, authored by Adam Sieminski, today. A key finding of the report is that US net energy imports, including all fuels, are expected to decline and…
Activity in the Black Sea is set to ramp up this year as oil firms eyes deepwater prospects and move to exploit resources like the significant Domino discovery, according to oil and gas analysts Wood Mackenzie. The firm, which has been…
The UK government is giving Dea UK and partner LetterOne three to six months for a further change of control for UK North Sea petroleum licenses or they will be revoked. RWE Breagh installation…
KrisEnergy began drilling the Rossukon-3ST sidetrack well offshore Thailand. Image from KrisEnergy. Rossukon-3ST is located in the G6/48 license that covers 566sq km over the Karawake basin…
KrisEnergy encountered oil and gas pay at the Rossukon-3 exploration well in the Gulf of Thailand. Image from KrisEnergy. Rossukon-3 is located in the G6/48 contract area that covers 566sq km over the Karawake basin…
China's Zhuzhou China South Rail Times Electric completed a £130 million acquisition of the UK-based ROV and trenching equipment manufacturer Specialist Machine Developments (SMD), also known as Soil Machine Dynamics. Zhuzhou specializes…
Louisiana-based LLOG Exploration Co. began production from the Delta House floating production system (FPS) in the Gulf of Mexico. Delta House. From LLOG. Delta House is located in Mississippi Canyon 254…
The global oil and gas industry, and US companies in particular, will require four key changes to expedite recovery from the current slowdown in activity, said Ryan Lance, chairman and chief executive of ConocoPhillips. Ryan made his comments…
Norway-based North Atlantic Drilling (NADL) and Russia's Rosneft recently agreed to extend the termination date of the 2014 framework agreement until May 31, 2017. The agreement states that either party can end the agreement, including any offshore drilling contracts…
The GSF Explorer drillship is next on the chopping block as Transocean decides to scrap its 19th rig, causing an estimated US$120 million hit to the company. The Transocean Sedco Express was awarded a 45-day contract…
In April, Transocean’s Deepwater Asgard drillship arrived in the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) to work under a two-year contract for Chevron. The ship is a Daewoo Shipbuilding DSME 12000 design with dynamic positioning capabilities and can drill up to 35…
Woodside made a gas discovery at its Pyxis-1 exploration well in production license WA-34-L, offshore Western Australia. Map of WA-34-L. From Woodside. The well intersected approximately 18…
Hess Corp. will host a visit on 9 April of a bipartisan Congressional Delegation to its Tubular Bells oil and gas production facility, located in the Mississippi Canyon area of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Tubular Bells…
An oil price below US$70/bbl will not be sustainable long term, according to Norwegian energy analysts Rystad Energy. Speaking at the firm’s offices in Oslo, senior analyst Audun Martinsen outlined how the firm sees current global liquids…