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Eni Starts Production at Vandumbu Field

Dec 10, 2018

Italy's Eni said it has started production from the Vandumbu field in Block 15/06 through West Hub N’Goma floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO).Block 15/06 is located approximately 350 kilometers northwest of Luanda and 130 kilometers west of Soyo…

Malaysia Agrees to Extend Oil Output Cut

Dec 10, 2018

Malaysia will extend its oil production cuts by another six months after the agreement between OPEC and other oil producers to reduce global supply ends this year.OPEC and non-OPEC producers agreed at a meeting in Vienna on Friday to a new level of production cuts from January to June 2019…

UKCS Still Worth Investment Despite Brexit -Equinor

Dec 10, 2018

Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor will remain committed to the mature British continental shelf regardless of the country's plans to leave the European Union, a senior executive told Reuters.British Prime Minister Theresa May abruptly decided…

Shell to Go Ahead with Shearwater Gas Expansion

Dec 10, 2018

Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday it would expand the Shearwater gas hub in the British North Sea, its seventh project to get the green light in the ageing basin this year.The project, a joint venture with Exxon Mobil and BP, will include a modification…

Egypt Okays BP, Mubadala Acquisition of Stake in Eni's Noor Concession

Dec 10, 2018

Egypt’s petroleum ministry has signed an agreement for UK Petroleum giant British Petroleum (BP) and UAE investment fund Mubadala to buy a 45 percent stake in the country's Noor offshore natural gas concesion in the Mediterannean from Italy’s Eni…

Tepco Launches First Commercial Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 10, 2018

Japan's largest power company group Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) announced  that the company’s first commercial offshore wind power facility will launch on January 1, 2019.According to a press release from the utility giant, since 2013…

Tower Resources Hires Vantage Drilling for Cameroon Well

Dec 09, 2018

UK-based Tower Resources has announced it has contracted US offshore driller Vantage Drilling International to provide drilling operations at the NJOM-3 well offshore Cameroon. The well is located in Tower’s 100%-owned Thali licence.The Topaz Driller is a Baker Marine Pacific Class 375 jack-up…

Sound Energy Starts Drilling Well in Eastern Morocco

Dec 09, 2018

Moroccan focused upstream gas company Sound Energy confirmed that the drilling at TE-10, the second well of a planned three exploration well campaign in Eastern Morocco, has commenced.The TE-10 well will test the North East Lakbir prospect in…

Petrobras' Next CEO Already Working Inside Company

Dec 07, 2018

Petroleo Brasileiro SA's next CEO is already working within the Brazilian state-controlled oil firm and is talking with employees about business plans, four sources told Reuters.Roberto Castello Branco, named by president-elect Jair Bolsonaro's economic team to take the helm at Petrobras…

Chevron Will Boost Capital Spending in 2019

Dec 07, 2018

Chevron Corp plans to spend $20 billion next year on oil and natural gas projects, the second-largest U.S. oil producer said on Thursday in a statement, its first increase in four years.Its 2019 capital spending budget is at the high end of…

PGE Seeks Offshore Wind Partners

Dec 06, 2018

Polish state-owned power company Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) has invited over a dozen parties to potentially cooperate with the company оn building up to 2.55 GW of offshore wind parks.The Polish power group said in a statement that it was…

MHI Vestas Confirms Scotland Offshore Wind Order

Dec 06, 2018

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind will supply 100 turbines for the 950-megawatt (MW) Moray East offshore wind farm in waters off the northeast coast of Scotland.Under the contract, MHI Vestas will deliver one hundred of its V164-9.5 MW offshore wind turbines for the project in the Moray Firth…

ADNOC Contracts Shelf Drilling

Dec 06, 2018

Dubai-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has bagged a three-year contract award for the Compact Driller jack-up rig with ADNOC Drilling, a division of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)The contract is awarded for operations in the Arabian Gulf…

Goliat Field Vessel Switches to Battery Power

Dec 06, 2018

Norwegian subsidiary of Italian oil company Eni Norge AS and Stavanger shipping company Simon Møkster Shipping cut fuel consumption on the vessel Stril Barents in the Goliat field.According to a press release from the Norwegean offshore vessel owner…

Nexans Forms IMR Team

Dec 06, 2018

Cabling and connectivity solutions provider Nexans said it has formed a new team dedicated to inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR).The new IMR team, which combines the firm's experience and resources – including fault location technology…

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