More than 160 offshore workers at Apache have backed strike action in a pay dispute that could disrupt operations at seven North Sea assets and potentially affect the Forties Pipeline System, trade union Unite said.The industrial action, which could begin in October, involves workers on seven Apache assets associated with the Forties and Beryl oil fields and follows the rejection of a pay offer that Unite said ranged from a pay freeze to below-inflation increases…
A Ukrainian ex-military officer goes on trial in Germany on Wednesday, accused of organising the secret operation that blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022, severing western Europe from the biggest source of Russian natural gas…
Vallourec has been awarded a contract by TotalEnergies to supply more than 16,000 tonnes of tubular products for the development of the Absheron gas field in Azerbaijan's sector of the Caspian Sea.The contract covers oil country tubular goods (OCTG) and line pipe solutions…
ExxonMobil said on Wednesday that it will conduct maintenance work on a near-shore section of an offshore pipeline near Crane on Guyana's West Coast Demerara, beginning Oct 14.The work follows an issue identified during inspections earlier this year and is expected to continue until about Dec 1…
Baker Hughes has signed two agreements aimed at developing Venezuela's natural gas and energy infrastructure, including a partnership with state oil company PDVSA targeting gas production, processing, transportation and potential LNG exports…
Malaysia's state energy firm PETRONAS said on Thursday that Trans Thai-Malaysia (Thailand), its joint venture with Thailand's, had temporarily shut the Songkhla Export Pipeline after identifying an issue during a routine inspection.The Songkhla…
US President Donald Trump unveiled plans on Wednesday for South Korea to invest some $200 billion in US projects, but Seoul quickly suggested one key element, a $54 billion pipeline for an LNG project in Alaska, was not yet set in stone.The…
Amplitude Energy has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the development phase of its East Coast Supply Project (ECSP) in Australia's Otway Basin, targeting first gas in 2028 and gross production of up to about 90 terajoules per day.The…
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (NGC) and Shell Trinidad and Tobago have finalized commercial agreements supporting the Aphrodite offshore gas project, with first gas expected by the second quarter of 2027.NGC's pipeline and…
Petrobras, Shell and Strohm have completed a qualification and offshore field trial program for a thermoplastic composite pipe flowline designed for high-CO2 conditions in Brazil's deepwater pre-salt, clearing the way for a Petrobras pilot installation planned for early 2027…
Mexico’s state-run oil firm Pemex has begun repairing an offshore pipeline after a crude oil release about 46 nautical miles off Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, with the pipeline isolated and no further oil being released.Personnel at the Cantarell…
Saipem’s pipelay vessel Castorone has arrive in the Southern North Sea to start work for Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP).At 325 metres long, the vessel is one of the world’s largest pipelay vessels and will play a vital role in laying the…
The Iran war's redrawing of the global trade map is forcing Gulf nations to retool their investment play book, ploughing capital into infrastructure, from energy pipelines to ports, to weather the fallout from the conflict.The war has highlighted the Gulf's overreliance on the Strait of Hormuz…
Following a successful project off the coast of Angola, pipeline leak detection company PipeSense has expanded its capabilities to support offshore operations.Working with a multinational oil and gas operator, PipeSense deployed PipeScan, its pressure-pulse technology…
Brazil's Petrobras is reassessing a major natural gas infrastructure investment in Brazil amid regulatory uncertainty surrounding a proposed government program that could also impact a project by Norway's Equinor, sources told Reuters.The proposal…