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Tullow to Sell E. Guinea, Gabon Assets to Panoro for Up to $180M

Feb 09, 2021

Oil firm Tullow has struck a deal to sell its assets in Equatorial Guinea and an offshore block stake in Gabon to Panoro for $180 million and will use the proceeds to reduce debt.Tullow said Tuesday that Panoro would acquire all of its assets in Equatorial Guinea and the Dussafu asset in Gabon…

CNOOC's Giant Semi-submersible Platform Arrives at Lingshui 17-2 Field

Feb 09, 2021

China's offshore oil and gas major CNOOC Ltd has delivered Shenhai-1, a 53,000-tonne, 120-meter tall locally built semi-submersible production and storage platform to its deepsea gas project in the South China Sea, a state-owned media has reported…

Brazil: Petrobras, PetroRio Complete Frade Field Transaction

Feb 08, 2021

Brazilian oil giant Petrobras has sold its 30 percent stake in the Frade offshore oil field to PetroRio. With the completion of the transaction, PetroRio now fully owns the field, located in the Campos Basin, north coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro…

VIDEO: BP's Argos Platform Sails Away from S. Korea

Feb 08, 2021

Oil major BP has informed that its Argos oil platform, built by Samsung Heavy Industry, has set sail from South Korea and is en route to Texas.The platform, which will be capable of producing up to 140,000 gross barrels of crude oil per day from up to 14 production wells…

Ithaca Energy Resumes Output from North Sea Platform after Covid-related Halt

Feb 05, 2021

UK-focused oil firm Ithaca Energy has restarted production from its FPF-1 offshore platform in the North Sea, some two weeks after a Covid-related shutdown.To remind, Ithaca had shut down production after four four crew members from the offshore…

Nigeria Renegotiating Terms with Oil Majors to Keep Investments Flowing

Feb 05, 2021

Nigeria's state oil company is renegotiating commercial contract terms with major oil firms, its chief told Reuters, in a move that it hopes will keep investment flowing into a sector crucial for its economy at a time when spending is being slashed…

Oil Climbs to Highest in a Year

Feb 05, 2021

Oil prices climbed on Friday to their highest levels in a year, extending a run of strong gains on signs of economic growth in the United States and a continued commitment by producers to hold back crude supply.Brent crude futures climbed 28 cents…

Shell's 2020 Profit Slumps 71%

Feb 04, 2021

Royal Dutch Shell's profit last year dropped to its lowest in at least two decades as the coronavirus pandemic hit energy demand worldwide though the company's retail network and trading business helped cushion the blow.The Anglo-Dutch oil major's annual profit slumped 71% to $4…

Norway: Aker BP to Increase Oil Output by 70% by 2028

Feb 04, 2021

Norway's Aker BP will raise output by 70% by 2028 to more than 350,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), the independent oil and gas firm said on Thursday, sharply lifting its investment target.Capital spending will increase to $2.2 billion-$2…

Report: Keppel Submits Lowest Bid to Build FPSO for Petrobras' Buzios Field

Feb 04, 2021

A consortium led by Singapore-based Keppel Shipyard Limited offered Brazil's Petrobras the lowest price to build a floating platform for Buzios, Latin America's second-largest oil field, three people close to the competition said.Keppel offered to build P-78…

UK: EnQuest to Buy Suncor's Golden Eagle Area Interest for Up to $375M

Feb 04, 2021

UK-based oil company EnQuest has agreed to buy Canadian oil firm Suncor's entire 26.69% non-operated equity interest in the Golden Eagle area in the UK North Sea.The area, operated by China's CNOOC, comprises the producing Golden Eagle, Peregrine…

Danos Hired to Support Oil Major's Gulf of Mexico Ops

Feb 02, 2021

U.S. oilfield services provider Danos has said it has been awarded a multi-year contract for production operations with an unnamed major oil and gas producer in the Gulf of Mexico. 'As a result, Danos has transitioned 107 personnel to the company’s…

Petrobras Sells Stake in Peroá Cluster

Feb 02, 2021

Brazilian oil giant Petrobras has agreed to sell its share in Peroá Cluster to companies OP Energia and DBO Energia for up to $55 million.Petrobras will sell its interests in the mature gas fields Peroá and Cangoá, and in the concession BM-ES-21 containing the Malombe Discovery…

Masirah Oil Starts Production from New Well Offshore Oman

Feb 01, 2021

Oil firm Masirah Oil has informed that production has kicked off from the second development well drilled in the Yumna Field, in the Block 50, offshore Oman.The well was spudded on December 10, 2020, using the Shelf Drilling Tenacious jack-up rig…

Gallery: BP's Giant Argos Platform Loaded on BOKA Vanguard in South Korea

Jan 29, 2021

BP's giant Argos offshore platform, to be used for the Mad Dog 2 development in the Gulf of Mexico, was this week loaded on Boskalis' BOKA Vanguard vessel in South Korea and is preparing set sail for the U.S.According to Boskalis, the Dutch marine services contractor…

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