W&T Offshore announced it has acquired a 75% working interest in and operatorship of the Magnolia field in the central region of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico from ConocoPhillips for $20 million. The oil-weighted producing property, located in Garden Banks blocks 783 and 784…
US supermajor Chevron announced Thursday it will move ahead with the high-profile Anchor project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, targeting first oil production in 2024.The $5.7 billion deepwater project is the first ultra-high pressure development to reach a final investment decision (FID)…
Aker BP has tapped Aker Solutions and Subsea 7 to deliver and install subsea infrastructure for the second phase of the Ærfugl development offshore Norway.The Aker BP operated Ærfugl development is a subsea project being developed in two phases…
US-based Talos Energy announced it has spent $640 million to acquire a portfolio of producing assets, exploration prospects and acreage in the US Gulf of Mexico.The exploration and production company announced on Tuesday that it has signed definitive…
Engineering firm Wood announced on Wednesday that it has been awarded a contract by Norwegian energy group Equinor to deliver modifications to a pair of offshore platforms in the Norwegian North Sea that will be connected to electric power from floating wind turbines…
U.S. producers Exxon Mobil Corp and Hess Corp plan to export the first-ever shipments of crude oil from Guyana between January and February, a milestone for Latin America's newest oil producer, sources with knowledge of the plans said.A consortium…
Aker Solutions said it has secured a contract to support the development of BP’s Cypre project, offshore Trinidad and Tobago.The contract will see Aker Solutions deliver front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the first platform in a potential…
Having now completed the $4.5 billion acquisition of ExxonMobil’s upstream business in Norway, Vår Energi has doubled its production to become the second largest operator on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) – with more growth planned in the years ahead…
Norwegian multinational energy company Equinor ASA has informed that His Majesty the King will perform the official opening of the Johan Sverdrup field center on January 07, 2020.Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg and the Minister of Petroleum and Energy Kjell-Børge Freiberg will also be present…
Independent upstream oil and gas company KrisEnergy said first steel has been cut for the minimum facilities wellhead platform (MiniPlatform) for the Apsara oil field in Block A, offshore Cambodia, the nation’s maiden hydrocarbon development…
Tullow Oil said its Chief Executive Officer Paul McDade has resigned and the oil and gas explorer also scrapped its dividends, as it continues to face issues at its fields in Ghana.'While financial performance has been solid, production performance…
The temporary abandonment or suspension of a well is a vital early stage of decommissioning whereby the well is isolated using methods such as bridge plugs, cement squeezes and packers. This allows the wellhead and/ or blow out preventer (BOP) to be safely removed…
Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras is considering putting additional stakes in significant offshore oilfields up for sale, executives said on Wednesday, as the company continues to aggressively de-leverage.In a presentation, the executives said they may sell stakes in the Marlim field…
SBM Offshore announced it has signed contracts with Chinese shipyards for the construction of the company’s fourth and fifth hulls under its purchase program for Fast4Ward newbuild multipurpose floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) hulls…
Alternative reservoir stimulation technology company Fishbones said it has installed its proprietary technology for a major international oil company in the Danish North Sea. The installation, which comprised 56 subs and 224 jetted laterals…
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