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Bumi Armada Amends Loan Maturity Date. Cites Coronavirus Impact

Feb 23, 2021

Malaysian FPSO specialist Bumi Armada has amended the maturity of a portion of the $660 loan from 2019, citing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its business.Bumi Armada said the loan agreement has been amended on to extend the final…

Neptune Energy Starts Production from Gjøa P1 Project Off Norway

Feb 23, 2021

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy said Tuesday it had brought online the Gjøa P1 development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.Gjøa P1 has been developed via a new subsea template, tied back to existing infrastructure on the Gjøa field…

Enauta Resumes Output from Atlanta Field after Corrosion-Induced Halt

Feb 22, 2021

Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has resumed production from its Atlanta offshore oil field, in the Santos Basin, in Brazil.Enauta, previously known as Quireoz Galvao, had in November 2020 announced the 'preventive suspension' of Atlanta field’s production…

UK: Tailwind Sanctions Evelyn Development

Feb 22, 2021

UK-focused oil company Tailwind has reached a final investment decision (FID) on its Evelyn field project in the North sea, following approval by the UK oil and gas regulator OGA last week.The Evelyn field is part of the Triton Cluster. Tailwind…

Galp Sees Q4 Profit Drop 98%, Slashes Dividend

Feb 22, 2021

Portugal's oil and gas company Galp Energia cut its dividend payout by half on Monday after posting a 98% plunge in fourth-quarter net profit as the coronavirus pandemic hammered refining margins and output fell.The company said it would propose a dividend of 0…

Israel to Link Leviathan Offshore Gas Field to Egypt's LNG Plants

Feb 22, 2021

Israel and Egypt have agreed to build a pipeline to connect Israel's offshore Leviathan natural gas field to liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in northern Egypt, the Israeli minister said on Sunday.The Palestinians also said they had signed an agreement with Egypt's energy minister…

Russia Working on Oil Industry Support after Tax Increases

Feb 19, 2021

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday the government has been working on some support measures for the oil producing industry, including changes in taxation, following last year's decision to hike taxes.The government…

TechnipFMC Nets Subsea Tie-back Award in Egypt with Energean-EGPC JV

Feb 17, 2021

AbuQir Petroleum, a joint venture between Energean and Egypt's EGPC, has signed an integrated EPCI contract with offshore services provider TechnipFMC for a subsea tie-back located offshore Egypt. The contract covers the Engineering, Procurement…

Norway's January Gas Production Exceeds Forecasts. Oil in Line with Expectations

Feb 17, 2021

Norway’s preliminary natural gas output exceeded official forecasts, while oil production was in line with expectations, data from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) showed on Tuesday.Crude oil output slipped 0.6% from December to 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in January but was 9…

Norway: Oil Industry, Workers In Wage Bargain, Averting Oil, Gas Outages

Feb 16, 2021

Norway's oil industry employers struck a wage bargain with the Safe labour union on Tuesday, preventing a strike at the Mongstad crude terminal and shutdowns of major offshore oil and gas fields, Safe told Reuters.The Norwegian Oil and Gas Association…

Norway: Strike Could Disrupt Output of Oil by a Third, Gas by Two Fifths

Feb 15, 2021

Workers will decide on Monday whether to strike this week at Norway's largest oil loading terminal, action that could disrupt production at fields responsible for a third of the country's crude output and more than 40% of natural gas exports…

Petronas' Floating LNG Facility PFLNG Dua Produces First LNG

Feb 15, 2021

Malaysian oil and gas giant Petronas said Monday that its PFLNG Dua floating LNG facility has recently produced its first LNG. This is the company's second FLNG Unit, and its first deepwater FLNG facility.The PFLNG Dua is located at the Rotan gas field…

ABS Approves HHI's Design for Mexico-targeted FSO

Feb 11, 2021

Maritime and offshore classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries’design for a Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) vessel that is planned for operations in Mexican waters…

Norway: Troll, Sverdrup Oil Field Flow at Risk Over Potential Workers' Strike

Feb 11, 2021

A potential strike at Norway's Mongstad refinery next week could affect the export of crude oil from the offshore Johan Sverdrup and Troll fields, while gas exports would not be interrupted, the Safe labour union said on Thursday.Wage talks are due between the union and employers on Monday…

SBM Offshore Expects Lower 2021 Earnings as Clients Cut Spending

Feb 11, 2021

SBM Offshore forecast that 2021 core earnings will be slightly below market expectations, the multinational oil firm said on Thursday, noting 2020 challenges will spill into 2021 as many of its clients had to cut budgets.The Dutch company, which supplies floating oil and gas production vessels…

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