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Report: European Banks Fund Oil and Gas Expansion Despite IEA Warning

Feb 14, 2022

European banks are providing billions of dollars of funding to expand oil and gas production, a report on Monday showed, despite International Energy Agency guidance against new facilities in order to slow global warming.Last year, 25 of the…

Bilfinger's North Sea Deal with TotalEnergies Creates 300 Fixed-term Jobs

Feb 14, 2022

UK-based offshore engineering and maintenance contractor Bilfinger UK has secured a major contract with TotalEnergies that will create 300 fixed-term positions.The contract is for the delivery of fabric maintenance campaign services on TotalEnergies’…

Brazil Has Oil. Exxon Can't Seem to Find It

Feb 14, 2022

Exxon Mobil Corp has bet billions of dollars on offshore drilling in Brazil, an area it once abandoned and now sees as key to its future.But five years into its comeback, the U.S. oil giant has yet to make a major oil discovery as an operator…

BW Offshore Records Impairment on 6 FPSOs Book Value as Prospects Bleak for Extensions, Redeployment

Feb 14, 2022

FPSO leasing company BW Offshore has decided to record an impairment to the book value of the FPSOs BW Athena, Espoir Ivoirien, Sendje Berge, Petróleo Nautipa and Umuroa amounting to $66.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 as well as $23…

Siem, Solstad Offshore Vessels Net Deals in Canada, Brazil

Feb 14, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel owners Solstad Offshore and Siem Offshore said Monday in separate statements they'd secured a contract for their offshore vessels.Solstad Offshore won a contract for its construction support vessel Normand Valiant with Brazil's Petrobras…

Liza Unity: Exxon's Second FPSO in Guyana Produces First Oil

Feb 13, 2022

Exxon Mobil Corp on Friday said it is accelerating output at its Guyana offshore oil development, starting a new production vessel that will bring total capacity to more than 340,000 barrels per day.An Exxon-led consortium started production…

Worley Gets Funding for Enhanced Subsea Gas Tieback Project

Feb 11, 2022

Worley's Aberdeen office has been given £765,000 support from Scotland's national economic development agency Scottish Enterprise for full pre-production testing of its pseudo dry gas (PDG) liquid removal system.According to Worley, the Enhanced…

Safe Concordia Flotel Stays with BP in Trinidad

Feb 11, 2022

BP Trinidad and Tobago has chartered the Safe Concordia offshore accommodation rig from Prosafe, to provide gangway-connected operations at Cassia C offshore platform in Trinidad. The contract will last around 160 days and will be a straight…

Aker BP May Export More Gas from Skarv Offshore Field

Feb 10, 2022

Norway's Aker BP is considering whether to increase gas exports from its Skarv field to take advantage of high prices that exceed those for oil, Chief Executive Karl Johnny Hersvik said on Thursday.Aker BP currently injects natural gas produced…

Norway Approves Aker BP's Kobra East & Gekko Field Development Plan

Feb 10, 2022

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy on Thursday approved Aker BP's plan for development and operation (PDO) for Kobra East & Gekko (KEG) project in the Alvheim area, offshore Norway. Aker BP as the operator, and its license partners…

TotalEnergies Swings Back to Profit

Feb 10, 2022

TotalEnergies swung back to profit in 2021 thanks to higher hydrocarbons prices, it said on Thursday, with net income of $16 billion and adjusted net income of $18.1 billion, the highest since record years in 2007 and 2008.The French oil major…

Oil Prices Stable at $90 a Barrel But Iran Supply Prospects Add Pressure

Feb 09, 2022

Oil prices were stable around $90 a barrel on Wednesday but the prospect of increased supply from Iran and the United States kept pressure on the market.Brent crude futures edged down 36 cents, or 0.4%, to $90.42 a barrel by 1150 GMT.  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 43 cents…

Equinor Posts Record Q4 Results

Feb 09, 2022

Norway's Equinor joined European peers in hiking shareholder payouts after posting record pretax profits for the fourth quarter due to a boom in oil and gas prices.Adjusted earnings before tax rose to $15.0 billion in the October-December quarter from $756 million in the same period a year ago…

BP's Profits Hit Their Highest in Eight Years in 2021

Feb 08, 2022

BP's profits hit their highest in eight years in 2021, lifted by soaring gas and oil prices, as the company boosted share repurchases and said it was accelerating plans to cut emissions with increased spending on low carbon energy.BP's rebound to an annual profit of $12…

Yinson to Deliver FPSO for Petrobras' Parque das Baleias Integrated Project

Feb 08, 2022

Malaysian FPSO supplier Yinson has won a contract with Brazil's Petrobras for the delivery of an FPSO for the deployment at the Parque das Baleias Integrated Project, to be installed in the Jubarte Field, located in the north of Campos Basin…

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