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Norway Gov't Cuts Its Oil Price Assumption for 2020

May 12, 2020

The Norwegian government has cut its oil price assumption for 2020 to 331 Norwegian crowns ($32.17) per barrel from 476 crowns last October, a revised budget showed on Tuesday.Norway is Western Europe's largest oil and gas producer, with petroleum…

Rystad: Oil Firms May Need to Kill Old, Loss-Making FPSOs

May 12, 2020

'The swift oil price crash caused by the Covid-19 pandemic will reduce the combined free cash flow of FPSO fields, which have produced above three-quarters of their original resources at just $2.20 per barrel this year. This is a jaw-dropping decline from 2019’s $11…

Saudi Arabia to Reduce Oil Production Further

May 11, 2020

Saudi Arabia will voluntarily deepen oil output cuts from June as low oil prices are causing huge pain to the kingdom's budget and global demand remains weak due to lockdowns to contain the coronavirus pandemic.The announcement by the kingdom…

These Norwegian Oil Fields Will Cut Output

May 11, 2020

Following Norway's decision in April to cut oil production to support oil prices, and the King's approval of the proposed cuts last week, the country's Energy Ministry on Monday announced the list of fields covered by the planned cuts that are expected to take effect from June…

Norwegian Firm Nets Anna Nery FPSO Topside Modules Job

May 11, 2020

Norwegian offshore EPC contractor Aragon has won a contract to deliver topside modules for Malaysia-based Yinson's Anna Nery FPSO that will produce oil from Petrobras' Marlim field in Brazil.The Bergen-based company, part of Singapore's SembMarine…

VIDEO: Nova Module Installed on Neptune's Gjøa Platform

May 11, 2020

Oil companies Neptune Energy and Wintershall Dea have informed that the 740-tonne topside module for the Nova development project in the Norwegian North Sea was lifted aboard the Neptune-operated Gjøa platform.The Nova topside module was installed by the world’s largest crane vessel…

Ghana Instructs Eni and Local Producer to Combine Oil Fields

May 08, 2020

Ghana has directed Eni SpA and Springfield E&P to begin talks to combine their adjacent oil and gas fields, according to a letter seen by Reuters.The April 9 letter from Energy Minister John-Peter Amewu to the two companies says seismic data indicates that Eni's Sankofa offshore field…

Williams to Transport Chevron's Anchor Gas

May 08, 2020

U.S. oil major Chevron has awarded pipeline operator Williams a contract for the provision of offshore natural gas transportation services for the Anchor development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.Anchor, sanctioned in December 2019, is located…

Exxon Cutting Costs at Russia's Sakhalin-1 Project

May 08, 2020

Exxon Neftegaz Ltd (ENL) is adjusting the schedule and scope of some of its activities at the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in far eastern Russia as it moves to cut spending in response to the coronavirus crisis and weak oil prices, it said on Friday…

Shell Offers Mars Sour Crude Storage as Offshore Producers Keep Pumping

May 08, 2020

Shell Midstream Partners said on Thursday it is offering storage in its Mars Sour crude cavern on the U.S. Gulf Coast, as offshore producers are not cutting output like onshore shale drillers despite the oil price downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic…

Hess Posts Quarterly Loss, Deepens Spending Cuts

May 07, 2020

U.S. oil and gas producer Hess Corp on Thursday introduced deeper spending cuts after reporting a quarterly loss due to impairment charges of $2.25 billion on some oil-producing assets amid the coronavirus crisis.Stay-at-home orders designed…

Equinor CEO Doesn't Believe in Quick Oil Market Rebound

May 07, 2020

More global oil production curtailments will be needed to reduce the gap between supply and demand and normalize the oil market, the chief executive of Norway's Equinor said on Thursday.Eldar Saetre, who led the company through the previous market downturn in 2014-2016…

IOG Taps Subsea 7 for North Sea Project SURF

May 07, 2020

Offshore installation company Subsea 7 has won a contract by Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) to provide Subsea, Umbilicals, Risers, and Flowlines (SURF) for Phase 1 of IOG's Core Project in the UK Southern North Sea.Subsea 7 will be responsible for the project management…

Equinor Suspends 2020 Production Guidance

May 07, 2020

Equinor has suspended its 2020 oil and gas output guidance amid government-imposed curtailments and a glut of supply, and could take further action to scale back activity this year, the Norwegian energy firm said on Thursday.With operations from the North Sea to Africa…

Aker BP Cuts Dividend by Two-thirds on Oil Price Slump

May 06, 2020

Aker BP will cut its quarterly dividend payments by two-thirds due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the plunge in crude prices, the Norwegian oil firm said on Wednesday after reporting a better-than-expected first-quarter core profit.Earnings before interest…

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