Subsea services provider N-Sea has exercised its option to acquire Geosea DP2 multipurpose support vessel from DOF Subsea for an undisclosed sum.N-Sea is expected to become the owner of the 2002-built vessel during the second or the third quarter of 2022…
Israeli energy conglomerate Delek Group said on Thursday its North Sea subsidiary Ithaca has acquired private equity-backed Siccar Point Energy for $1.1 billion [plus contingent payments totaling a maximum of USD 360 million].The acquisition…
Subsea services company DeepOcean has agreed to acquire the Norwegian engineering and technology company Installit AS from Oslo-listed Endúr ASA to strengthen the group’s offering within offshore renewables. DeepOcean and Endure have agreed to not disclose the financial details of the transaction…
SBM Offshore, a Dutch company that designs, builds, installs, and operates FPSO units, has confirmed the receipt of a firm order from ExxonMobil for the fourth and largest FPSO to be deployed offshore Guyana.The FPSO will be designed to produce 250…
U.S. oil company W&T Offshore said Tuesday it had acquired the remaining working interests in the oil and gas producing properties in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico bought earlier this year from an undisclosed private seller.The assets are located…
Norway's $1.3 trillion wealth fund, the world's largest, should push the 9,300 companies it invests in worldwide to adopt net-zero targets, the finance ministry proposed on Friday.The move comes after a government-appointed commission said in…
Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA has completed of the acquisition 2.223% working interest (WI) in the Ivar Aasen field from Neptune Energy.OKEA, which has a target of achieving production of 18,500 - 20,000 boe per day in 2022, paid $12 million…
Energy major Shell has filed its appeal against a Dutch court ruling that ordered the oil, gas and fuel producer to cut its emissions faster in a landmark win for activists turning to courts to force climate action.While Shell had set itself a target to reach net zero carbon neutrality by 2050…
Brazilian oil company PetroRio SA is close to agreeing on terms to purchase the Albacora Leste field from state-run oil company Petrobras, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, though talks around the neighboring Albacora field are proving more complex…
Shell has brought online its PowerNap project, a subsea development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico with an expected production of 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). PowerNap is a tie-back to the Shell-operated Olympus tension leg platform (TLP) in the prolific Mars Corridor…
Oil prices tumbled more than $6 on Monday as fears over weaker fuel demand in China grew after financial hub Shanghai lockdown efforts to curb a surge in COVID-19 infections.Brent crude LCOc1 futures slid as low as $113.72 a barrel and were trading down $5…
Norway-based subsea services company Reach Subsea is set to close the acquisition of the offshore survey company iSurvey, first announced in mid-February.As previously reported, Reach Subsea said on February 17 it had agreed to buy the offshore…
Qatari national oil and gas company, QatarEnergy, has agreed with ExxonMobil to acquire a working interest in an exploration block offshore Egypt.QatarEnergy will hold a 40% working interest in the contractor’s share in the North Marakia Offshore Block in the Mediterranean Sea…
Transocean, known for its offshore oil and gas drilling rigs services, said Tuesday it had acquired a minority interest in Ocean Minerals Ltd., a company engaged in the exploration of seabed resources containing metals critical to the growing renewable energy market…
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co (Japex) said its new long-term business plan, unveiled on Monday, was based on an assumption that it would keep its stake in the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia.Japan's consortium, Sakhalin Oil and Gas Development (SODECO)…