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Petronas Helps Suppliers Go Green

Aug 12, 2024

Petronas is encouraging Malaysia’s oil and gas services and equipment suppliers to embrace sustainability principles by providing training and tools to help them adopt new practices.Petronas will help with ESG knowledge and capacity building…

Industry First: Deepwater Tech Brings Chevron's Anchor Field Online (Video)

Aug 12, 2024

The first oil from the Anchor field, operated by Chevron with partner TotalEnergies, has started flowing in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, marking the successful delivery of the high-pressure technology in an industry first.The high-pressure technology…

McDermott Scoops Shell’s EPCI Contract for Caribbean Gas Development

Aug 12, 2024

Offshore engineering and construction firm McDermott has secured an engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI), hook up and commissioning contract from Shell for the Manatee gas field development, offshore Trinidad and Tobago…

Talos to Drill Three High-Impact Wells in Gulf of Mexico with West Vela Drillship

Aug 12, 2024

U.S. oil and gas company Talos Energy has set out plans to drill three consecutive high-impact subsalt wells in the Gulf of Mexico, using Seadrill’s West Vela drillship.In an operations update, Talos Energy said it expects to take possession…

New Fortress Energy's Stock Goes Down Amid Q2 Net Loss Report

Aug 12, 2024

New Fortress Energy missed second-quarter earnings estimates on Friday after delays in starting up a floating LNG export facility off the coast of Altamira in Mexico.New Fortress stock was down 25% on Friday morning on Nasdaq.The company reported…

US Drilling Firms Grow Oil and Gas Rig Count

Aug 12, 2024

U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for the third time in four weeks, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday.The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose by two to 588 in the week to August 9…

SeaTwirl, Serica Energy to Explore Electrification of Offshore Assets with Floating Wind

Aug 12, 2024

Floating wind turbine developer SeaTwirl has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with offshore oil and gas operator Serica Energy to collaborate on exploring the feasibility of electrification of offshore assets and oil and gas activities with SeaTwirl's floating wind turbine…

Esgian Week 32 Report: Second Round of Saudi Jackup Suspensions

Aug 11, 2024

Esgian provides an update on the second round of jackup suspensions in Saudi Arabia in its Week 32 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.Report SummaryContractsArabian Drilling has confirmed that Saudi Aramco has initiated discussions with the drilling…

Petrobras Posts First Net Loss Since 2020

Aug 09, 2024

Brazilian state-run oil giant Petrobras on Thursday posted a net loss of 2.6 billion reais ($470 million) for the second quarter of 2024, the firm said as it announced lower-than-expected results and a reduction in investment estimates.Despite the results…

TotalEnergies Extends DeepSea Mira’s Stay in West Africa

Aug 09, 2024

Offshore drilling rig owner Northern Ocean has secured a contract extension with TotalEnergies for DeepSea Mira semi-submersible rig for continued work in West Africa.The firm term of the contract is extended from October 2024 for one well and provides one additional well option…

Chevron’s Gorgon Gas Development Backfill Fields Proposal Up for Public Input

Aug 09, 2024

Chevron’s Gorgon gas development backfill fields offshore project proposal, which includes the tie-up of seven backfill fields to the existing subsea infrastructure offshore Australia, has been made available for public comment.Chevron proposes…

Norway Greenlights Equinor’s Drilling Ops in North Sea

Aug 09, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a permit to drill a wildcat well in the North Sea, using Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Atlantic rig.The drilling permit is for wellbore 35/11-30 S in production license 090, which is operated by Equinor with 45% working interest…

AI Tools Lift ADNOC's SARB Field Production Capacity for 25%

Aug 08, 2024

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has started Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled digital operations at its offshore Satah Al Razboot (SARB) field, achieving 25% increase in production capacity with the help of advanced digital technologies…

Harbour Energy Shrinks Full-Year Production Outlook

Aug 08, 2024

Harbour Energy, the largest British North Sea oil and gas producer, reported a net profit for the first half of the year from a year-earlier loss and narrowed its full-year 2024 total production outlook on Thursday.Following a spike in energy prices in 2022…

SBM Offshore to Build FSO for Woodside’s Trion Development Off Mexico

Aug 08, 2024

Dutch FPSO leasing specialist SBM Offshore has signed a contract with Woodside for the construction of a floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit for the Trion deepwater oil field, located in the Perdido Belt of the western Gulf of Mexico…

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