Following several audits, the Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has awarded an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the West Bollsta drilling rig to offshore driller Seadrill.
McDermott has made the first shipment of topside modules for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for MODEC.
Independent oil and gas development and production firm Bridge Petroleum has appointed well engineering and project management specialist Fraser Well Management (FWM) to operate the suspended appraisal well in the Galapagos field in the Northern North Sea.
Oil and gas company Energean has completed the lift of the living quarter module and pipe rack modules onto the Energean Power FPSO set for the Karish field off Israel.
Norwegian energy major Equinor has seen its costs for projects under development rise due to the Covid-19 pandemic and weakened Norwegian krone, even postponing the start-up of some projects.
Total has bought a 20 per cent stake in the EolMed floating wind pilot project in France, located in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Gruissan and near Port-La-Nouvelle. The 30 MW EolMed will feature three MHI Vestas 10 MW turbines installed on Ideol’s Damping Pool floating foundation and is
Oil and gas companies with assets across the Gulf of Mexico have begun to evacuate workers from offshore platforms and rigs in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Delta – the sixth hurricane this year to disrupt output in the Gulf.
Oil and gas company Wellesley Petroleum has commissioned a mobile on-the-rig (OTR) drilling simulator to train Dolphin Drilling’s crews on the Borgland Dolphin ahead of its drilling programme in the Norwegian North Sea earlier this year.
Australian player Karoon Gas is expecting to close its acquisition of the Baúna field, located offshore Brazil, during October 2020.
Production by W&T Offshore has suffered an adverse impact due to an extremely active tropical storm season in the Gulf of Mexico.
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has decided to reduce its exploration staff by 30 per cent as the Covid-19 pandemic reduces oil demand.
Premier Oil has reached an agreement with Harbour’s UK operating company Chrysaor regarding a proposed all-share merger between Premier and Chrysaor.
Oil and gas company Hess Corporation has entered into an agreement to sell its 28 per cent working interest in the Shenzi field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico to BHP to fund a project in Guyana.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Natural Gas Annual shows that the United States set new records in natural gas production, consumption, and gross exports in 2019.
