Stavanger-based company Techouse has secured a contract with the Norwegian oil firm Aker BP to perform the front-end engineering and design extension study for the Sulfate Removal Unit (SRU) for the Valhall IP platform in the Norwegian part of the North Sea…
A deadly accident on an offshore platform belonging to Mexican state oil company Pemex 'may slow' the company's production growth rate, ratings agency Fitch said in a statement on Tuesday, after officials confirmed a sharp hit to output.The…
Mexican state oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) expects to resume by Aug. 30 all oil production shut down by a deadly fire on an offshore platform, the firm's chief executive said on Tuesday.Five workers were killed, two are missing and six…
BHP Group is at risk of a two-notch downgrade that would provoke its lowest ever credit rating as the sale of its petroleum business raises the miner's dependence on its major business of iron ore, S&P Global said on Tuesday.BHP has agreed to…
Brazilian oil firm Petrobras said Monday it had started producing oil and gas from the FPSO Carioca, the first FPSO in the Sépia field, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt, offshore Brazil.The Carioca FPSO is located around 200 km off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro…
China's state-run offshore oil and gas explorer and producer CNOOC said Monday it had started production from its Luda 6-2 oil field ahead of schedule.Luda 6-2 oilfield is located in Liaodong Bay of Bohai Sea, with an average water depth of about 30 meters…
Neptune Energy-operated Duva offshore development in Norway has started production, making it Neptune’s third major project to come onstream in 2021 after following Gjøa P1 in Norway in February and Merakes in Indonesia in April. Located in the North Sea off Norway…
Norwegian marine seismic contractor PGS said Monday it had completed the acquisition of a new GeoStreamer X survey in the UK sector of the North Sea over the Kraken field, East of Shetland. The Kraken field lies in blocks 9/2b and 9/2c within the P1575 license…
Ancala Midstream Acquisitions Limited said Friday it had received the first gas from the extended well test at the Lundin-operated Rolvsnes field, off Norway, into its capacity in the SAGE System.The SAGE System comprises a 323-kilometer, 30-inch bore pipeline…
The world's newest oil-producing nations grabbed the spotlight at this week's Offshore Technology Conference with ambitious plans to tap oil and gas discoveries in a race against a global energy transition to lower-carbon fuels.At the conference…
Crude oil loading at Equinor's Sture export terminal on Norway's west coast was interrupted on Thursday after activists from the Extinction Rebellion group breached the facility's safety zone, the company said.Equinor halted the loading of the TS Bergen Aframax vessel…
Guyana's economy is expected to expand by 500% by 2030 as companies continue to plumb its offshore oil and gas reserves, a government official said on Wednesday.The small South American country has become one of the world's oil exploration hotspots…
The American Bureau of Shipping said Thursday that an FPSO duo being built for Brazil's Petrobras would be constructed to ABS Class.The sister FPSOs are currently named P-78 and P-79 and will be deployed at the giant Buzios pre-salt offshore oil field in Brazil's Santos Basin…
Exxon Mobil Corp sees its investments in Brazil's offshore helping the company achieve a goal of lowering carbon emissions in its oil and gas production, country head Juan Lessmann said on Wednesday.Exxon's board is considering a pledge to cut…
China's top offshore oil and gas driller CNOOC Ltd said on Thursday its first-half net profit more than tripled from a low base last year, supported by rebounding oil prices and recovering energy demand after the pandemic.CNOOC Ltd, a listed branch of China National Offshore Oil Corp…