It’s long been a vision to have underwater vehicles able to support subsea operations without reliance on a surface vessel. We’re closer to this vision than ever before, but what’s new that wasn’t in place before to make this happen?Earlier…
Hess Corporation has made an oil discovery at the Esox-1 exploration well located in Mississippi Canyon Block No. 726 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the US-based independent announced on Tuesday.Esox-1 was drilled in 1,405 meters water depth…
MacGregor has received an order from the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to supply the riser pull-in system for a deepwater floating production unit (FPU) located in the Lingshui 17-2 gas field, offshore China.MacGregor, part of Cargotec…
Slumping revenues pushed Mexico's Petroleos Mexicanos to a net loss of 87.4 bln pesos ($4.43 billion) in the third quarter, but the struggling state oil firm said on Monday it had cut back its hefty debt load, bucking the trend of recent years…
Norwegian-based DNV GL said it has been selected as Equinor's certifying authority and classification society for Bay du Nord project, offshore Atlantic Canada.Located approximately 480 kilometers northeast of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador…
Energy logistics provider Peterson announced on Monday it has renewed a long-term contract worth over £20 million ($25.7 million) with independent exploration and production company Premier Oil.Peterson, having provided integrated logistics…
McDermott International said it has completed and delivered the Abkatun-A2 production platform for customer PEMEX Exploracion y Produccion in Mexico's Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico.'With substantial completion of the Abkatun-A2 Platform project successfully achieved…
From 2022 the Johan Sverdrup field will supply the Gina Krog, Ivar Aasen and Edvard Grieg fields with power from shore. The area’s licence partners have recently agreed on maximizing the utilization of power from shore to the area by enabling…
Oil supermajor BP has made a major gas discovery in the Orca-1 exploration well in the BirAllah area offshore Mauritania, partner Kosmos Energy announced on Monday.Located approximately 125 kilometers offshore Mauritania, Orca-1 was drilled in approximately 2…
Israel on Monday granted offshore exploration licenses to two groups of energy companies in its latest round of tenders for the eastern Mediterranean.Israel's Energy Ministry, which made the announcement, hopes new activity will help position…
West African focused oil and gas company LEKOIL announced on Friday it has signed a new $11.5 million debt facility with FBNQuest Merchant Bank.The facility has a maturity of four years and is repayable quarterly with a margin of London Interbank…
Conrad Petroleum said it encountered problems while conducting testing at its Tambak 2 appraisal well on the Mako gas field offshore Indonesia.Conrad, operator of Duyung PSC, said it had successfully drilled the Tambak-2 well on October 15. Later…
State-run Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) has scaled back efforts to pull out of the British North Sea, focusing on the sale of its stake in the Tolmount gas project, three industry sources said.Heavily indebted KNOC earlier this year tried to…
Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras said on Thursday that some of its costs in a key oil-producing region plunged in the third quarter, a positive sign given that the company is making a huge bet on the region.In a securities filing announcing its third-quarter results…
Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil have paid $1.7 million to Somalia to lease offshore blocks for 30 years, the country's state news agency reported on Friday.'Shell/Exxon Mobil have paid $1.7 million to Somalia as the preliminary rent for 30 years…
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