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Malaysia: Petronas Takes over Operatorship of E11 Gas Hub from Shell

Jan 08, 2021

Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas has become the operator of the E11 gas hub, located 130km offshore Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia, effective 1 January 2021.  The E11 hub which has been producing since 1982 under the MLNG Production Sharing…

Petrobras Says 2020 Oil Output Averaged Record 2.28 Million BPD

Jan 07, 2021

Brazil's state-run oil company Petrolero Brasileiro SA produced a record 2.28 million barrels of oil per day on average in 2020, according to a securities filing on Thursday.The combined oil and natural gas output of Petrobras, as the company is known…

Pioneering Spirit to Remove Two Morecambe Bay Platforms

Jan 07, 2021

Allseas' giant heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit will remove the DP3 and DP4 platforms in Morecambe Bay off the U.K. for independent oil and gas operator Spirit Energy.The two normally unmanned installations used to produce gas as part of…

Suncor to Record Impairment Charge on White Rose Assets

Jan 07, 2021

Canadian energy company Suncor will record in the fourth quarter of 2020 a non-cash after-tax impairment charge of approximately $425 million on its share of the White Rose asset and West White Rose Project in the Jeanne d’Arc basin off Newfoundland and Labrador…

Ithaca Energy Taps Crawford as CFO

Jan 07, 2021

Independent oil and gas company Ithaca Energy on Thursday announced the appointment of David Crawford as chief financial officer, taking over the role from predecessor Graham Forbes who will be leaving Ithaca, effective February1.Crawford is…

Apache Corp to Create Holding Company Structure

Jan 07, 2021

Apache Corp said it plans to create a new holding company called APA Corp, that would replace the oil and gas producer as the public company trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange.Apache will become a unit of APA and continue to hold assets in the United States…

Opinion: Biden Administration Can Align with Offshore Energy

Jan 06, 2021

Economic recovery. Climate change. Racial equity. COVID-19. These four issues are at the core of President-elect Joe Biden’s Day 1 priorities. Separately, each issue seems like a monumental challenge with no easy solution. But there is a path…

Crowley Forms 'New Energy' Division to Focus on Offshore Wind, LNG

Jan 06, 2021

Crowley Shipping announced Wednesday it has formed a New Energy division to focus on offshore wind and liquefied natural gas (LNG) services in the U.S. and adjacent regions.The Jacksonville, Fla.-based maritime transportation and services firm…

Havila Shipping, DeepOcean Settle Dispute

Jan 06, 2021

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Havila Shipping has settled a dispute with subsea services provider DeepOcean.The dispute, now settled, came to light after Havila in December said it had terminated the contract with DeepOcean for the Havila Phoenix vessel…

Swinging Again, Saudi Arabia Sacrifices Market Share to Protect Oil Price

Jan 06, 2021

Saudi Arabia’s announcement that it will reduce oil output by 1 million barrels per day in February and March has boosted prices and helped paper over divisions within the producer alliance, at least temporarily.The unilateral cut, announced on Tuesday…

ConocoPhillips to Control Eldfisk 2/7 Bravo Platform Remotely

Jan 06, 2021

Oil company ConocoPhillips has obtained regulatory approval for remote operations of its Eldfisk 2/7 Bravo facility in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The consent, granted by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway, covers the conversion to a new…

McDermott Lands Offshore Platform Engineering Deal in Qatar

Jan 06, 2021

Offshore engineering and construction firm McDermott has won a contract from Qatargas to deliver front-end engineering and design (FEED) work for Qatar Petroleum's North Field South (NFS) project.The contract scope includes the replication of five offshore wellhead platforms…

Petronas: Baram Oil Production to Resume in Q3, after Ship Accident

Jan 06, 2021

Malaysia’s state energy firm Petronas said on Monday it expects to resume full production at its Baram facilities, off the state of Sarawak on Borneo island, in the third quarter after halting output in October following an accident.Petronas…

Russia: Sakhalin Energy Sets LNG Output Record

Jan 06, 2021

Sakhalin Energy, an international consortium operating an offshore gas-fed LNG plant in eastern Russia, set a record for LNG production in 2020.Sakhalin Energy said Wednesday that it had in 2020 produced and shipped a record amount of liquefied natural gas (LNG): 178…

Vår Energi Names New CEO

Jan 06, 2021

Norwegian oil company Vår Energi has appointed Torger Rød as the company’s new CEO. Rød will take over from Kristin F. Kragseth who has recently accepted the position as CEO of Petoro, the management company for the Norwegian state-owned oil and gas interests…

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