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QP to Take Over Idd El Shargi North Dome Field

Oct 14, 2018

Qatar Petroleum announced that it will manage and operate the Idd El-Shargi North Dome (ISND) field following the expiry of the Development & Production Sharing Agreement (DPSA) with Occidental Petroleum of Qatar on October 6, 2019.Qatar Petroleum…

Sevan Marine Changes its Name to Magnora

Oct 14, 2018

Sevan Marine has changed its name to Magnora following the sale of its gas businesses to Singapore's Sembcorp Marine.According to a stock exchange announcement from the company famous for its cylindrical design for offshore rigs and production units…

Statfjord A Platform Shut Due to Power Outage

Oct 11, 2018

A power outage has shut down production at Equinor's Stafjord A platform in the North Sea and a restart time was as yet unclear, a company spokesman said on Thursday.'We are still investigating the reasons of the power outage, which happened before midnight…

Storm Shuts Nearly 40% of US GoM Oil Output

Oct 09, 2018

Nearly 40 percent of daily crude oil production was lost from offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico wells on Tuesday due to platform evacuations and shut-ins ahead of Hurricane Michael.Since Monday, oil producers, including Anadarko Petroleum Corp, BHP Billiton…

Petrofac Inks Extension Deal in Iraq

Oct 08, 2018

Petrofac’s Engineering & Production Services (EPS) East business has secured a four-year renewal of a contract for maintenance management services for an international oil company client in Iraq.Under the agreement, which is worth approximately US$50 million…

GoM Offshore Platforms Evacuated Ahead of Hurricane

Oct 08, 2018

Energy companies on Monday halted nearly a fifth of Gulf of Mexico oil production and evacuated staff from 10 platforms as Hurricane Michael intensified and headed for a path up the eastern U.S. part of the Gulf.BHP Billiton, BP, Equinor and…

Equinor's Martin Linge Field Costs Rise Again, Start-up Delayed

Oct 08, 2018

Norway has again revised up the estimated cost of developing the Martin Linge oil and gas field, which state-controlled Equinor bought from France's Total last year, with the start-up delayed until 2020, according to the fiscal budget.The North…

Beach Energy Sells Stake In Otway Assets

Oct 08, 2018

Australian Oil and gas explorer Beach Energy said it will sell a 40 percent stake in its Victorian Otway gas assets for USD 243 million, and trimmed its earnings and production guidance.Through their wholly-owned subsidiaries Lattice Energy Limited and OGOG (Otway) Pty…

Talos Energy Gets Green Signal for Zama Offshore

Oct 08, 2018

U.S. operator Talos Energy informed that the Mexican oil & gas regulator, the National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) has approved the appraisal plan for the Zama discovery.The approval of the appraisal plan by the CNH is a key approval required to commence the appraisal of the Zama discovery…

Aker Solutions to Supply Subsea Production System for Mero 1

Oct 05, 2018

Aker Solutions said it has secured an order from Petrobras to provide a subsea production system and related services for the Mero 1 project, the first full production project within the major Mero field development, one of the largest oil discoveries in Brazil's pre-salt area…

Lundin Acquires Equinor's Luno II Stake

Oct 04, 2018

Lundin Petroleum AB through its wholly-owned subsidiary Lundin Norway has entered into an agreement with Equinor Energy, under which Lundin Norway will acquire Equinor’s entire 15 percent working interest in the Lundin Norway operated licence PL359…

ONGC's Largest Deepwater Project Goes to BHGE, McDermott, L&T

Oct 04, 2018

Indian multinational oil and gas gaint Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has awarded an contract for developing the Deep Water Project KG-DWN-98/2 (Cluster-2) in East Coast to a Consortium of Baker Huges GE, McDermott and L&T Hydrocarbon…

Interventek Secures $1.3m Order from PRT Offshore

Oct 03, 2018

Interventek Subsea Engineering has secured recent orders in excess of £1 million ($1.3 million) for itsRevolution in-riser shear and seal safety valve.The orders represent repeat business, from Louisiana based Professional Rental Tools LLC (PRT…

Exxon Brazil to Focus on Drilling and Production

Sep 27, 2018

Exxon Mobil Corp will focus on drilling and production in Brazil now that it has made extensive acquisitions of oil blocks in the country, the company's chief executive officer in Brazil, Carla Lacerda, said on Thursday.Exxon also sees new opportunities in Brazil's biofuels…

Shell Sees Peak Output for Brazil's Lula Field in 2020, 2021

Sep 26, 2018

Brazil's most productive field, the Lula, located in the offshore Santos basin, should hit peak production in 2020 or 2021, after reaching 1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day next year, an executive at Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday…

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