Avance Gas shuffles management
Norwegian shipping company Avance Gas has made a number of changes to its management. Courtesy of Avance Gas The company said on Monday that Peder Carl Gram Simonsen will step down as interim CEO and...
View ArticleMidgley resigns as Mermaid COO
Subsea and drilling services player Mermaid said that Mark Midgley has resigned from his position of chief operating officer. Midgley became COO of Mermaid in January 2018. In his most recent role, he...
View ArticleMMA Offshore scores AHT duo charter extension with Woodside
Australian offshore support vessel company MMA Offshore has secured vessel charter extensions with compatriot Woodside Energy. MMA Offshore said last week that the contracts were for two of the...
View ArticleTotal relinquishes operatorship of five blocks off Brazil
French oil major Total has opted to resign from its role of operator for five exploration blocks, located in the Foz do Amazonas Basin offshore Brazil. Total said on Monday that the blocks in question...
View ArticleTMC to deliver compressor systems to Yinson’s Anna Nery FPSO
Malaysian FPSO provider Yinson has contracted TMC Compressors to deliver a marine compressed air system to FPSO Anna Nery bound for the Marlim 2 oil field in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. TMC said...
View ArticleOFG buys CSEM capability from PGS
PGS and Ocean Floor Geophysics (OFG) have signed an agreement under which OFG has acquired the exclusive rights to use the hardware, software and intellectual property associated with the PGS towed...
View ArticleChariot boosts Anchois offshore gas field resource estimate by 148pct
Oil and gas exploration company Chariot Oil & Gas has revealed that its Lixus license offshore Morocco, which contains the undeveloped Anchois gas discovery, could potentially hold more gas than...
View ArticleBarrier deficiencies force Equinor to drill fresh Martin Linge wells
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has decided to drill new wells on its operated Martin Linge field, located offshore Norway, due to barrier deficiencies discovered in previous wells. The North Sea...
View ArticleExxonMobil boasts new oil discovery offshore Guyana
Oil major ExxonMobil has made its 18th discovery offshore Guyana at the Redtail-1 exploration well. The Noble Don Taylor drillship started drilling the Redtail exploration well, which is 1.25 miles...
View ArticleWestern Australia: EPA approves NWS LNG backfill project
Western Australia’s Environmental Protection Authority has recommended Waitsia gas project stage 2 for environmental approval. Indicative image of proposed Waitsia Gas Plant (Courtesy of Mitsui...
View ArticleGC Rieber in fleet management deal with OSM
Oslo-listed GC Rieber Shipping and OSM Maritime Group (OSM) have entered into an agreement for fleet management services. Specifically, the deal includes business transfer from GC Rieber to OSM of all...
View ArticleSempra LNG tests interest for Hackberry gas storage project
Sempra LNG, a unit of Sempra Energy, started a non-binding open season to solicit interest for firm natural gas storage service at the proposed Hackberry gas storage project to be located in...
View ArticlePetrobras reports excellent productivity from Jupiter test
Oil major Petrobras has completed the drill stem test in the area of the Jupiter discovery, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt offshore Brazil. Petrobras said last week that the Jupiter drill stem...
View ArticleNeptune Energy starts drilling Bue well off Norway
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has started drilling the Bue well on the offshore Fenja field in the Norwegian Sea. To remind, Neptune Energy kicked off its Fenja drilling campaign with the spud of...
View ArticleFormer U.S. Ambassador to Russia rejoins Chevron board
U.S. energy major Chevron has re-elected one of its previous directors to the board of directors and two committees. Chevron said on Tuesday that it re-elected Jon Huntsman Jr. to its board of...
View ArticlePGS wraps up seismic campaign offshore Angola
Norwegian seismic player PGS has completed its 2020 acquisition campaign in Angola’s Namibe Basin. The vessel Ramform Sovereign has completed the project offshore Angola using multisensor GeoStreamer...
View ArticleOil & gas after 2020: Will the latest downturn lead to permanent transformation?
Following its third price collapse in 12 years, the oil and gas industry might be facing a period of transformation. The industry managed to recover from the previous two downturns and continue with...
View ArticleEquinor hires Noble rig for Valemon campaign
Noble Corporation has been awarded a contract by Equinor for drilling three wells at the Valemon field from the summer of 2021, using the Noble Lloyd Noble drilling rig. Equinor said on Tuesday that...
View ArticleKosmos Energy farms down asset portfolio to Shell for up to $200M
U.S.-based oil and gas company Kosmos Energy has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell to farm down interests in a portfolio of frontier exploration assets for up to $200...
View ArticlePetrojarl Banff FPSO reaches UK port ahead of recycling
UK’s Kishorn Port has welcomed the Petrojarl Banff FPSO for temporary mooring while its owner is looking for a suitable location for recycling. Kishorn Port announced the arrival of the FPSO in a...
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