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Petronas Carigali Awards Icon Offshore Support Vessel Services Deal

May 10, 2023

Malaysian offshore vessel operator Icon Offshore has signed a contract with the oil company Petronas Carigali to provide an anchor handling tug vessel with crew and equipment for twenty-four-hour services. Icon Offshore said that the services would support and maintain drilling rigs…

Weststar Orders Five Helicopters from Leonardo. Signs Sustainable Fuels MoU with Petronas

May 24, 2023

Weststar Aviation Services, a company providing offshore helicopter transportation services provider in Southeast Asia, has agreed to buy five AW139 helicopters from Leonardo. The companies have also signed the AW609 tiltrotor aircraft partnership agreement…

Russia's Novatek Offered Argentina Know-how to Liquefy Gas from Vaca Muerta

Jun 09, 2023

Russia's largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) Novatek last year offered technology to build a plant to produce the gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta field, a highly-placed source familiar with the proposal said, though the talks have since broken off…

TGS, PGS, and Schlumberger in 6,885 sqm 3D Seismic Survey Offshore Malaysia

May 30, 2023

TGS, in partnership with PGS and SLB (ex-Schlumberger), has secured pre-funding for a 6,885 square kilometer multi-client 3D seismic survey offshore Malaysia in North Luconia Province of the Sarawak Basin. This new acquisition is set to kick off in June 2023…

Vestigo Petroleum Books Jack-up Drilling Rig for 5-Well Program

Jun 01, 2023

Malaysian offshore drilling firm Velesto Drilling has received the Letter of Award from Vestigo Petroleum for the provision of jack-up drilling rig.The contract is for Velesto's jack-up drilling rig NAGA 2, with an estimated contract value of $10…

Petrobras, TotalEnergies, Shell, Others, Pen Production Sharing Contracts for Blocks Offshore Brazil

May 31, 2023

Brazilian oil firm Petrobras on Wednesday signed Production Sharing Contracts for offshore blocks, awarded in the Open Acreage under Production Sharing Regime – 1st Cycle held by Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency (ANP) in December 2022.Petrobras…

Enquest to Boost Gas Output from Malaysia's Seligi Offshore Field

May 09, 2023

Oil producer Enquest said on Tuesday it signed an agreement with Petronas to produce additional gas from the Seligi field in Malaysia through existing infrastructure until the end of 2025. The deal is expected to increase EnQuest's gas production by around 25 million standard cubic feet per day…

Baker Hughes to Deliver Compressor Trains for Petronas FLNG Facility

Apr 20, 2023

Oilfield services and technology firm Baker Hughes has won an order by Black & Veatch, a subcontractor to the JGC and Samsung Heavy Industries consortium, to deliver two LM9000-driven compressor trains for the Petronas nearshore liquefied natural gas facility in Sabah…

Petra Energy Wins HUC Deal for World's Largest Offshore CCS Project

May 12, 2023

Petra Energy's Petra Resources subsidiary has been awarded a subcontract from Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Sdn. Bhd. (“MMHE”) for Hook Up and Commissioning (HUC) Works for Kasawari Carbon Capture and Storage Project.In November 2022…

Drill the Well on Simulator: Petronas Turns to Digital Twin Tech to Train Drilling Crew

Apr 12, 2023

Malaysian national oil firm Petronas has awarded a contract to 3t Energy Group's Drilling Systems to provide its ‘Drill the Well on Simulator’ (DWOS) solution to support Petronas' training and development program over a three-year period.'The…

Velesto Wins Offshore Drilling Contracts for Three Jack-up Rigs

May 09, 2023

Malaysian offshore drilling rig contractor Velesto Drilling has received three notices of assignments related to a drilling contract award with Petronas first announced in March.The contract is for providing three jack-up drilling rigs, the Naga 3…

SMJ Acquires 50% Stake in Petronas' Block Offshore Sabah

Apr 07, 2023

SMJ, a company owned by the Sabah State Government, has signed an agreement with Petronas Carigali for the acquisition of  Petronas' 50% non-operating stake in the Samarang production sharing contract (PSC).Petronas Carigali will continue to be the operator of Samarang PSC…

Beijing 'Concerned' about Petronas' Exploration Activities in Disputed South China Sea

Apr 04, 2023

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday said Beijing had expressed concerns about energy activities by Malaysian state firm Petronas in the South China Sea, even though Kuala Lumpur believes the projects are in its territory.Anwar's…

Perdana to Supply Accommodation Work Barge to Petronas Carigali

Mar 28, 2023

Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas Carigali has awarded a work order to Perdana Nautika, a subsidiary of Perdana Petroleum, for the supply of an accommodation work barge.The contract started on March 20, 2023, and is for up to two 229 days from the start date…

Samsung Heavy Industries Unveils Next-Generation FLNG

May 02, 2023

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has unveiled a proprietary model nearshore FLNG concept which has been certified by DNV at OTC 2023 in Texas.The shipyard says it developed the Multi-purpose LNG Floater-Nearshore (MLF-N) in response to market…

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