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Heerema’s Sleipnir vessel getting busy after landing new installation job
Dutch offshore contractor Heerema Marine Contractors has been awarded a contract by HSM Offshore for the transportation and installation of Dana Petroleum’s P11-Unity platform. Source: HMC HSM...
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Lukoil begins drilling several Caspian Sea prospects
Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has started drilling several prospects in the northern part of the Caspian sea. Astra rig; Source: Lukoil Lukoil said on Monday that it started drilling an...
View ArticleNeptune Energy to axe 400 jobs over Covid-19 and lower oil prices
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has decided to reshape the size of its global organisation due to the combined impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the anticipation of lower commodity prices for a...
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Corrected: Shell doesn’t expect Prelude FLNG restart before Q3
LNG giant Shell is not expecting to restart production at its Prelude FLNG facility offshore Western Australia before the start of the third quarter. Prelude FLNG (Image: Shell) Shell hasn’t exported...
View ArticleTechnipFMC lands $187 million worth of new jobs with Equinor
Equinor has awarded two contracts and issued a letter of intent to TechnipFMC for pipelaying and subsea installation for three projects on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The projects in scope...
View ArticleKeppel starts arbitration to resolve rig dispute with Awilco
Offshore rig builder Keppel FELS has started an arbitration process to resolve a dispute with Awilco Drilling related to a termination of a rig construction contract. It all began in early June when...
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BP invests in Satelytics as part of methane reduction strategy
Oil major BP has invested $5 million in Satelytics, a geospatial analytics software company that uses advanced spectral imagery and machine learning to monitor environmental changes, including methane...
View ArticleWoodside’s Sangomar project remains on track for first oil in 2023
Responding to media reports that Senegal has been forced to delay its first oil and gas projects by up to two years due to the coronavirus pandemic, Australian energy giant Woodside has said that its...
View ArticleIrregularities found during ‘Maersk Inspirer’ AoC application audit
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found irregularities during an audit regarding Maersk Drilling’s application for an acknowledgement of compliance for...
View ArticleFAR in default on Sangomar payments
Australian oil and gas company FAR Limited is in default of its payments for the Woodside-operated Sangomar development located offshore Senegal after failing to pay in the latest cash call. FAR said...
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Chevron inks domestic gas sale deal with BHP
US energy giant Chevron signed a domestic gas sale agreement with BHP Billiton Nickel West for volumes from the Wheatstone LNG project. Courtesy of Chevron Starting July 2020, Chevron will supply BHP...
View ArticleRepsol taps DeepOcean for Yme Beta North tieback
DeepOcean has secured an EPCI contract for marine operations on Repsol’s tieback of Yme Beta North reservoir to existing facilities. The award to DeepOcean covers project management, engineering,...
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Woodside moves ahead with plans for drilling and subsea installation off...
Australian energy giant Woodside has filed its environment plans for the Greater Western Flank 3 and Lambert Deep development drilling and subsea installation activities to the Australian offshore...
View ArticleHyundai Heavy merges shipbuilding, offshore divisions to survive crisis
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the biggest shipbuilder in South Korea, has decided to integrate its shipbuilding and offshore business divisions and scale back the organisation by about 20 per cent....
View ArticleSamsung Heavy ducks $250 million damage claim by Petrobras
The US District Court of Texas has rejected a $250 million damage claim filed by Petrobras America against South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). Samsung Heavy said on Monday in a...
View ArticleNeptune decommissions three platforms in Dutch North Sea
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has decommissioned the L10-C, L10-D and L10-G platforms from the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The platforms have been providing offshore natural gas to the...
View ArticleReport: Woman files $100M sexual harassment lawsuit against Schlumberger
A woman who once worked for oilfield services giant Schlumberger has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the company for alleged sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and physical danger. According...
View ArticleAker BP hands in Hod development plans
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Hod project off Norway to the country’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The Hod field will be...
View ArticleSovcomflot withdraws Vyacheslav Tikhonov redelivery with Polarcus
Russian company, Sovcomflot, has withdrawn redelivery notice for Vyacheslav Tikhonov seismic vessel with Polarcus. In December of last year the companies agreed to postpone the redelivery of the...
View ArticleAker BP gets licence to drill Norwegian Sea well duo
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for two wells located in the Norwegian Sea. According to the NPD’s statement on Wednesday, the two wells – 6607/12-4 and...
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