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Forum Energy seals ROV deal with Norway's ESEA Submarine

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Marathon Oil appoints Dane Whitehead as executive V.P., CFO

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Exxon Mobil’s post-Tillerson fortunes closer to home as new CEO pivots

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Gazprom sees cheap gas keeping European market strong for years

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Oil holds near $54, as U.S. boosts rig count to most since 2015

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TAM International appoints new chairman of the board, president

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Borets acquires new operations facility in Midland, Texas

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Well Control School forms alliance with Drilbert Engineering

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Shell shuns new oil-sands projects as low crude prices force cost control

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Cooper Energy reaches final stage of Sole Gas Project field development plan

Cooper Energy announces the Sole Gas Project has now advanced to the final stage before commitment. More »

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BP acquires interest in Kosmos Energy assets offshore Senegal

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Webtool, DNV GL release umbilical and cable recovery gripping and lifting tool

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Senex Energy sanctions $50 million investment in Australia's Western Surat gas project

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Panoro Energy announces $12-million sale and purchase agreement for Dussafu PSC, Gabon

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Rosneft's Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha reports 2016 production increase of 18.9%

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Rosneft's Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha reports production increase of 18.9% in 2016

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Rosneft's Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha increased production by 18.9% in 2016

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Rovco completes first overseas contracts

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Goldman says commodities need proof of demand to rally more

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iSURVEY secures rig positioning contract with Shell

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Gas pioneer Chesapeake embarks on oil quest to escape junk label

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Total CEO says OPEC needs to prolong cuts to eliminate glut

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N’Goma FPSO arrives at Paenal shipyard in Angola

Following a voyage of 7,331 miles (13,577 km), N’Goma FPSO safely berthed at Paenal’s 490 m quayside at Port Amboim on June 17, 2014. The arrival of the vessel in Angola from Singapore marks the young yard’s second mega FPSO in just eight months.

“Welcoming N’Goma helps to cement Paenal’s key position in the oil industry. Two of the FPSO’s modules were fabricated here, the Sulphate Removal Package and the Hot Oil Pump, both of which have been successfully lifted and integrated onboard the vessel. Paenal is building a reputation as a world-class fabrication and integration yard,” says Cesar Guerra, the yard’s General Manager.
 
Porto Amboim Estaleiros Navais Ltda - known as Paenal yard - represents an important part in the sustainable growth for Angola. The yard - a JV partnership between national oil company Sonangol, SBM Offshore and DSME with holdings of 40%, 30% and 30% respectively - provides an ideal base for the oil industry’s exploration and production offshore West Africa.

“The shipyard is the biggest employer in the region with over 1,200 employees of which over 85% are Angolan. This is an important consideration for our clients. SBM’s first FPSO to berth at Paenal is an important milestone for both the yard and the country,” says Jean-Philippe Rodrigues, SBM Offshore Business Development SVP.

“It demonstrates SBM’s extensive worldwide expertise in relocations and our EPCI capacity across the lifecycle. Together with our partners we look forward to the completion of this large FPSO for our client Eni,” says Ivan Replumaz, MD SBM Offshore Malaysia.

“To meet the project’s specific requirements, the conversion included major upgrade work on the hull, turret and integration of new and refurbished topsides, which was successfully completed in Singapore at Keppel Shipyard. We are now committed to concluding the heavy lifting campaign and integration at Paenal,” says Jerome Garidou, Project Manager.

Once the FPSO is completed, operations will begin on the Eni operated Block 15/06 West Hub offshore Angola by OPS - a JV company between Sonangol and SBM Offshore - which celebrated its 10th year anniversary of operations this month.

“The OPS team is keen to welcome the N’Goma FPSO into the Angolan fleet and to start a fruitful relationship with Eni Angola under the 12-year lease and operate contract,” says Fabrice Dumortier, OPS General Manager.

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TGS announces comprehensive well database available for the Permian basin

TGS, the leading provider of global geoscientific data products and services, today announces the immediate availability of the EandP industry's most comprehensive well database in the Permian basin. More »

Wintershall pursues subsea tie-back solution for Skarfjell field, North Sea

Wintershall and its license partners Capricorn, Bayerngas, Edison and DEA have selected a development solution for the Skarfjell field in the Norwegian North Sea. Under the proposed solution, the reservoir will be connected to the nearby Gjøa platform via a subsea tie-back. More »

JDR wins major umbilical contract for India's western offshore project

JDR, a supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables to the global offshore energy industry, has been awarded a major steel tube umbilical contract by Cameron Ltd, on behalf of operator ONGC, for the 11 wells of western offshore project. More »

Siemens joins partners to drive forward digitalization of industrial production

Siemens is joining forces with three partners to take part in the research project, Road to Digital Production (R2D), supported by the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Media, Energy and Technology, which is aimed at developing improved technologies, interfaces and infrastructures for the implementation of digital industrial production. More »

Wood Group develops new release of ENVision software

Wood Group has developed a new version of its ENVision software. The real-time environmental information management software system for process and industrial plants provides emissions monitoring, troubleshooting, data gathering, interpretation and complete reporting to regulatory agencies. More »

EIC launches UK energy initiative for survival of challenging market conditions

The Energy Industries Council (EIC), a trade association for UK companies that supply goods and services to the energy industries worldwide, officially launches its UK Energy Supply Chain: How to thrive and survive initiative today. More »

Kuwait boosts oil capacity to open taps once OPEC's cuts expire

Kuwait is sticking with plans to add half a MMbpd of oil-production capacity as it prepares for the eventual expiration of the output quotas OPEC adopted to help drain a global oversupply, the head of Kuwait Oil Co. said. More »

India taps newcomers to unlock $7-billion oil and gas assets

India approved awarding rights for 31 small discovered oil and gas fields in its first auction in six years, entrusting most of these to new entrants as it seeks to boost local production. More »

Noble, Barclays said to work on $1 billion Tamar stake sale

Noble Energy Inc. is working with Barclays Plc on the sale of a 7.5% stake in the offshore Tamar natural gas field, according to people with knowledge of the matter. More »

Wärtsilä to maximize availability and secure safe operations of PGS's seismic vessel fleet

Wärtsilä and PGS Geophysical AS have signed a service agreement that makes Wärtsilä the preferred service supplier for engines and other Wärtsilä equipment. More »

Golden Software releases 2D and 3D mapping, modeling, and analysis software

Golden Software, the leading developer of affordable scientific graphics software, today announces the release of Surfer version 14, a powerful 2D and 3D mapping, modeling and analysis program designed to facilitate a deeper understanding of geospatial data. More »

Libya sees crude output rising on better big oil work conditions

Libya’s crude production exceeded 700,000 bopd and is due to keep rising as working conditions in the conflict-ridden country improved for international companies like Eni SpA and Total SA, an official from the state oil company said. More »

Eni, BP pouring more investment into Egypt than anywhere else

Eni SpA will start producing from the giant Zohr natural gas field off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast by the end of 2017 and plans to invest $10 billion in the North African country over the next five years, CEO Claudio Descalzi said. More »

Siberian oil giant that bankrolled USSR may gush cash again

Russia’s largest oil field, so far past its prime that it now pumps almost 20 times more water than crude, could be on the verge of gushing profits again for Rosneft. More »

What oil crisis? Arctic drilling off Norway set for record

Explorers look set to drill a record number of wells in Norway’s Arctic waters this year, undeterred by oil prices apparently stuck below $60/bbl. More »

Trump repeal of Obama energy regulation signals more to come

President Donald Trump has overturned an Obama-era anti-corruption rule that would have forced oil, gas and mining companies to disclose payments to foreign governments, becoming the first president in 16 years to take advantage of a law that allows him to rescind a predecessor’s regulations. More »

AWE divests interest in New Zealand's Tui fields

AWE Limited has entered into an agreement to sell the company’s 57.5% interest in the Tui area oil fields to Tamarind Management Sdn Bhd, subject to customary consents from the New Zealand Government and Tui Joint Venture. More »

Tight oil expected to make up most of U.S. oil production increase through 2040, EIA says

EIA’s recently released Annual Energy Outlook 2017 (AEO2017) Reference case projects that U.S. tight oil production will increase to more than 6 MMbpd in the coming decade, making up most of total U.S. oil production. More »

Subsea Systems Institute director talks proposed digital transformation JIP

SSI is the program sponsor for a proposed digital transformation initiative, with principal drivers including needs for instrumentation, monitoring, control and automation, as well as technical challenges and barriers faced by operating companies. More »

Noble jumps as trader confirms strategic stake talks

Noble Group Ltd. surged the most in over a year after it said it’s in discussions with a strategic investor, which people familiar with the talks identified as China’s Sinochem Group. More »

Oceaneering to provide ROV, survey and associated services for Mærsk Supply Service

Oceaneering International, Inc., announced that it has entered into a long-term agreement with Mærsk Supply Service A/S to provide eight work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), survey and associated services, including subsea tooling, engineering, communication and data solutions, to support Mærsk’s global operations. More »

Fugro acquires REM Etive IRM support vessel to service Southeast Asia contracts

Fugro has secured its continued utilization of high performance offshore IRM vessel, REM Etive, and has finalized a purchase agreement at conditions significantly more beneficial than a renewed charter agreement, with owner Solstad. More »

ProSep awarded contract for Statoil's Troll B ZMP Project

ProSep, the technology and service provider for integrated process solutions, announced today that it will supply one ProDry unit to Statoil for the Troll B ZMP Project. More »

Wood Group awarded BP global service agreement

Wood Group has been awarded a global agreement with BP for the provision of conceptual engineering services, pre-front end engineering design (pre-FEED) and FEED engineering services. More »

Nigeria loses up to $100 billion in revenue as attacks cut oil

Nigeria said it lost out on as much as $100 billion in revenue last year as attacks by militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta cut crude output to a record low. More »

Saudis warm to solar as kingdom aims to bolster exports

The nation most identified with its massive oil reserves is turning to wind and solar to generate power at home and help extend the life of its crucial crude franchise. More »

OPEC wins plaudits for oil recovery, but economy lends a hand

OPEC may be getting all the credit for reviving the oil market, but it had a little help. More »

Saudis warm to solar as OPEC producer aims to bolster exports

The nation most identified with its massive oil reserves is turning to wind and solar to generate power at home and help extend the life of its crucial crude franchise. More »

Oil slips most in three weeks as OPEC cuts face rising U.S. output

Oil declined in New York as OPEC’s supply cuts are tempered by a revival of shale drilling in the U.S. More »

Nigeria to generate $16.4 billion through asset sales

Nigeria plans to generate as much as $16.4 billion through asset sales in the next four years to reduce the burden on the public budget, a Budget Ministry document showed. More »

Eni and BP complete 10% sale of Shorouk, offshore Egypt

Eni’s CEO, Claudio Descalzi, Bob Dudley, CEO of BP, and the Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla signed a deed completing the sale to BP of a 10% stake in the Shorouk concession, offshore Egypt. More »

Start-up of Nyhamna expansion to increase Ormen Lange production

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted consent for start-up of the expansion of the gas plant at Nyhamna in Møre og Romsdal County. More »

Statoil ensures area-wide emergency preparedness through four vessel contracts

Statoil awards Simon Møkster Shipping AS contracts for three emergency response and rescue vessels (ERRV), and Havila Shipping ASA for one ERRV. More »

Saudi Arabia cuts oil output by most in eight years

Saudi Arabia told OPEC that it cut oil production by the most in more than eight years, going beyond its obligations under a deal to balance world markets. More »

Bell Geospace introduces Malaysian multi-client FTG program

The multi-client FTG Program includes airborne 3D Full Tensor Gradiometry (FTG) and magnetic survey data that will be undertaken over offshore Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Sabah. More »

Lundin discovers oil in the Filicudi prospect, southern Barents Sea

Lundin Petroleum announced that it has made an oil and gas discovery in the main well 7219/12-1 and is presently drilling a sidetrack 7219/12-1A on the Filicudi prospect. More »

Oil discovered in the Filicudi prospect, southern Barents Sea

Lundin Petroleum announced that it has made an oil and gas discovery in the main well 7219/12-1 and is presently drilling a sidetrack 7219/12-1A on the Filicudi prospect. More »

Kuwait sees OPEC leaning on non-members to cut more oil output

OPEC is urging oil suppliers outside the group to fulfill their commitments to cut output, and crude prices will rise once producers demonstrate better compliance with their agreement to clear a global glut, Kuwait’s oil minister said. More »

Investor honeymoon with OPEC falters as U.S. shale drilling booms

There are limits to investors’ love affair with OPEC. More »

Investor honeymoon with OPEC falters as shale drilling booms

There are limits to investors’ love affair with OPEC. More »

TOFCO completes fabrication of Juniper in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad Offshore Fabricators Unlimited (TOFCO) recently completed work for the Juniper offshore gas platform topsides at its facility in La Brea, Trinidad. More »

TOCFO completes fabrication of Juniper in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad Offshore Fabricators Unlimited (TOFCO) recently completed work for the Juniper offshore gas platform topsides at its facility in La Brea, Trinidad. More »

Petrobras' $5.2-billion deal hits legal snag

Petroleo Brasileiro SA’s $5.2-billion sale of a natural gas distribution unit to Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and other investors has just hit a legal snag. More »

New technology center to unlock North Sea oil and gas

Today, Lord Dunlop, UK Government Minister for Scotland and Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Scottish Government Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy opened the new £180-million Oil and Gas Technology Center in Aberdeen. More »

Petro River Oil identifies significant reserve potential with new 3D seismic data

Petro River Oil, an independent oil and gas exploration company utilizing the latest 3D seismic technology, announced today that recently acquired and reprocessed 3D seismic data has shown positive results in three of the Company’s project areas located in California and Oklahoma. More »

Oil jumps as IEA sees record OPEC cuts compliance, rising demand

Oil rose as the International Energy Agency said OPEC had achieved record initial compliance of 90% with their production cuts accord, while demand grew faster than expected. More »

At $60,000 an acre, Permian may be too ritzy as crude rises

Record prices for drilling rights in the Permian basin, the most fertile U.S. shale field, are prompting oil companies and private equity investors to look elsewhere for the next big gushers. More »

Wintershall Russia to relocate from Moscow to St. Petersburg

Wintershall is moving its Russian branch office, which currently has around 90 employees, from Moscow to St. Petersburg in August 2017. More »

Goldman sees cheaper energy from border tax, but not in U.S.

A proposed U.S. border-adjustment tax would make fuels that provide half the world’s energy cheaper -- for everyone except Americans. More »

Exxon Mobil awards license for efficient drilling technology to Pason Systems

Exxon Mobil has awarded to Pason Systems, Inc. the first global license of its patented Drilling Advisory System, a key component of the company’s Fast Drill technology suite. More »

Ulstein wins contract for delivery of marine alarm and monitoring systems

Deliveries of alarm and monitoring systems (ULSTEIN AMS) for 13 tugs have been contracted to Ulstein Power and Control by U.S. based Marine Technologies LLC (MT). The systems are based on ULSTEIN X-CONNECT. More »

Global Maritime completes suitability survey for world’s second-largest semisubmersible

Global Maritime Consultancy and Engineering, a provider of offshore marine warranty, dynamic positioning and engineering services, has completed a suitability survey for the world’s second largest semisubmersible, the Xin Guang Hua, in advance of her maiden voyage. More »

EPA staff to attend Alaska Summit cut in half

Just three days before this week’s environment conference in Alaska, the top EPA official in Anchorage called the organizer with some news: The agency had been instructed by the White House to slash the number of EPA staffers who could attend. More »

EPA staff allowed to attend Alaska Summit cut in half

Just three days before this week’s environment conference in Alaska, the top EPA official in Anchorage called the organizer with some news: The agency had been instructed by the White House to slash the number of EPA staffers who could attend. More »

OPEC attains record 90% of output cuts as demand grows

OPEC achieved the best compliance rate in its history at the outset of an accord to clear the oil glut, a plan that’s being supported by surprising strength in demand, the IEA said. More »

Total lifts dividend, plans growth as profits beat estimates

Total SA raised its dividend by 1.6% and said it may give the go-ahead for almost a dozen new projects in the next 18 months after fourth-quarter profit beat analysts’ estimates. More »

CGG delivers final pre-STM data for Hobo 3D multi-client survey in Midland basin

CGG announced today that the final processed time volumes (Orthorhombic Kirchhoff PreSTM) from its recent Hobo 3D multi-client survey in the highly prospective Midland basin are now available for license. More »

Saudi Aramco and Baker Hughes introduce cable-deployed ESP system

Saudi Aramco and Baker Hughes announced today the first installation of the TransCoil rigless-deployed electrical submersible pumping (ESP) system, which is designed to help operators bring wells on production faster and lower the costs associated with installing and replacing ESPs. More »

Oilfield Helping Hands named beneficiary of OTC Distinguished Achievement Award

Oilfield Helping Hands (OHH), a nonprofit charitable organization comprised of volunteers devoted to providing financial assistance to oilfield workers in financial crisis, has been named the 2017 beneficiary of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Distinguished Achievement Awards Luncheon. More »

Lundin Norway granted drilling permit in North Sea

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/1-27, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. More »

Dakota Access granted approval without Trump’s renegotiation

When President Donald Trump advised expediting the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline, he said he’d negotiate the terms. But the project was greenlighted with no strings attached. More »

Oil’s sedate market poised for data shot on OPEC-led cuts

Oil prices caught in a trance above $50/bbl are set for a jolt as evidence on pledged output curbs from OPEC and other producing nations hits the market over two sessions. More »

Suncor output hits record with oil-sands unit at full speed

Suncor Energy Inc.’s production rose to a record last quarter after the oil-sands giant took control of the Syncrude processing unit and put it at full throttle. More »

DNV GL launches industry data platform to unlock potential of big data

To facilitate frictionless connections between different industry players, domain experts and data scientists, DNV GL is launching an industry data platform. More »

BHP Billiton approves $2.2-billion investment in Mad Dog Phase 2 project

BHP Billiton has announced that the board has approved expenditure of $2.2 billion for its share of the development of the Mad Dog Phase 2 project in the Gulf of Mexico. More »

An energy giant bigger than Exxon in the shadow of Saudi Aramco

Qatar Petroleum (QP) is the hidden giant of the global energy industry, overshadowed by its neighbor Saudi Aramco. More »

Samoco Oil Tools introduces new one-trip BOP testing tool

Samoco Oil Tools has launched OneTrip to greatly reduce the time and costs associated with mandatory BOP testing. The company collaborated with Shell Offshore to engineer, manufacture and test the new tool. More »

Wall street’s love affair with energy heats up as rigs soar

Wall Street is throwing the most money at U.S. energy companies since at least 2000 amid growing confidence that the industry is emerging from the worst downturn in a generation. More »

Parsley Energy announces $2.8-billion Midland basin buy

Parsley Energy, Inc., has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire certain undeveloped acreage and producing oil and gas properties in the core of the Midland basin from Double Eagle Energy Permian, LLC, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $2.8 billion, subject to purchase price adjustments and customary closing conditions. More »

New scientific approach assesses land recovery following oil and gas drilling

A new scientific approach can now provide regional assessments of land recovery following oil and gas drilling activities, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. More »

Global Tubing opens new service center near Montney shale basin

Global Tubing, LLC, the industry leader in coiled tubing products and services, announces the opening of a new service center in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada. More »

ABB wary of hailing recovery after first order growth since 2015

ABB Ltd. said the first signs of order growth in two years are not enough to call a turnaround as dwindling demand from the oil and gas industry and an increasingly uncertain political situation weigh on the outlook. More »

Eni starts production of the East Hub Development Project, offshore Angola

Eni has started production of the East Hub Development Project, in Block 15/06 of the Angolan deep offshore, ahead of development plan estimates and with a time-to-market among the best in the sector. More »

Nigeria's struggle to boost oil output a good sign for OPEC

Nigeria’s progress in curbing militant attacks hasn’t much boosted its oil output. While that’s bad news for a country mired in its worst economic slump in 25 years, it’s making life easier for fellow OPEC members. More »

Aker Solutions secures two BP framework agreements

Aker Solutions was awarded two framework agreements to provide concept and front-end engineering (FEED) services for BP globally. More »

Qatar Petroleum joins consortium to advance LNG import project in Pakistan

Qatar Petroleum (QP), Total, Mitsubishi, Exxon Mobil, and Hoegh have announced their commitment to advance a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import project in Pakistan in collaboration with Global Energy Infrastructure Limited (GEIL). More »

Oil market may be due a jolt as positioning stretched

The calmness in the oil market is disquieting. Volatility is lingering near a two-year low and hedge funds continue to ramp up their bullish bets on the price of crude. Some are beginning to worry. More »

The Getech Group wins OGA 21CXRM contract for UKCS study

Getech, providers of natural resources exploration data and information expertise, has been awarded a contract by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), in collaboration with the 21CXRM Technical Advisory Committee, for a petroleum system-related study of the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) South West Approaches region. More »

U.S. oil output heads toward 48-year high as shale surge resumes

The U.S. will pump the most crude next year since 1970 as domestic producers benefit from OPEC supply cuts. More »

Halliburton introduces large bore subsea safety system

Halliburton has announced the release of the Dash Large Bore Subsea Safety System, which provides full electrohydraulic control of well safety and intervention functions. More »

Security boosted at oil fields to raise South Sudan output

South Sudan said it boosted security at oil installations and will source electricity from neighboring Sudan to resume output at two fields in efforts to restore production to levels achieved before the country descended into civil war. More »

Public consultation begins on Brent oil and gas field decommissioning program

An extended 60-day public consultation on recommendations to decommission the Brent oil and gas field in the North Sea has begun following submission by Shell UK Limited (“Shell”), the field’s operator, of a comprehensive decommissioning program to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). More »

OPEC ministers don’t rule out renewing oil cut to balance market

OPEC and other major crude-producing nations may need to extend output cuts into the second half of the year to re-balance the market, oil ministers for Iran and fellow group member Qatar said. More »

UK to get first LNG from Peru while still waiting for U.S.

Almost a year after the first liquefied natural gas cargo left the Gulf of Mexico, the UK is still waiting to claim a slice of American supply. More »

Halliburton introduces next-generation acoustic analysis service

Halliburton has announced the release of the Dash Large Bore Subsea Safety System, which provides full electrohydraulic control of well safety and intervention functions. More »

BP lags behind competitors as spending spree pushes back cash goal

BP Plc is falling behind competitors in one crucial measure of its resilience to oil’s slump. More »

After slashing costs, Statoil ready to boost spending

Statoil ASA, Norway’s biggest oil company, is ready to increase investment again as it reaps the benefit of drastic cost reductions it pushed through after oil’s collapse -- cuts that it vowed to deepen even further. More »

MOL Group expands its exploration portfolio in Hungary and Norway

MOL Group expanded its exploration portfolio by acquiring new licenses in Hungary and Norway. MOL acquired six new licences in the 4th bid round in Hungary, doubling its exploration acreage in the country. MOL Norge participated in the latest APA licensing round and acquired four licences in the Norwegian Continental Shelf, one of which with operatorship. More »

Archer launches suite of plug solutions to ensure well integrity

Archer Oiltools has launched the SPARTAN plug family, to help operators deliver safer wells, boost operational efficiency and reduce costs. More »

Fluor JV awarded FEED contract for Tengizchevroil multi-phase pump project in Kazakhstan

Fluor Corporation has announced its JV team, KPJV, has been selected by Tengizchevroil LLP (TCO) to execute the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the multi-phase pump project in Kazakhstan. More »

Aker BP reports decline in development costs at Johan Sverdrup

Aker BP ASA, along with the partners in Johan Sverdrup, has released updated key figures for the Johan Sverdrup project. The investment costs continue to show a positive trend. More »

Paradigm signs multi-year access agreement with Beicip-Franlab

Paradigm has announced that it signed a multi-year access agreement with Beicip-Franlab for a wide spectrum of software solutions, including seismic and geological interpretation, formation evaluation, and subsurface modeling. More »

Statoil reports unexpected loss on deepening U.S. writedowns

Statoil ASA reported an unexpected loss in the fourth-quarter after deepening writedowns on its U.S. shale assets. More »

Offshore drillers still seeking recovery enjoyed by shale

While oil drillers in U.S. shale basins are starting to see business come back, their offshore brethren will have to wait for prices to surge well above $60/bbl. More »

Oil falls after biggest loss in two weeks on rising U.S. supply

Oil fell in New York after the biggest drop in more than two weeks, on estimates that crude stockpiles continued to build up in the U.S. Futures slipped 0.7% after retreating 1.5% Monday. More »

BP and Shell profits slump after OPEC output cuts end oil-trading boom

The oil-trading boom that cushioned the profits of Royal Dutch Shell and BP through the price slump of 2015 and early 2016 is over. More »

Ithaca Energy announces recommended takeover by Delek Group

Ithaca Energy Inc. has announced that it has entered into a definitive support agreement with Delek Group Ltd. on the terms of a cash takeover bid for all of the issued, and to be issued common shares of Ithaca not currently owned by Delek or any of its affiliates for C$1.95 per share. More »

ICON Engineering and ENRA Group form JV for Asian wellhead platforms, marginal facility developments

ICON Engineering Pty Ltd, headquartered in Perth, and Malaysian-based ENRA Group Berhad have announced the formation of a jointly owned incorporated Joint Venture, ENRA ICON Sdn Bhd, based in Kuala Lumpur, to target undeveloped Asian oil and gas fields using ICON’s range of minimal facility, wellhead platforms and self-installing production facilities. More »

ABB signs safety and automation agreement with Statoil for Johan Castberg field

ABB has signed a project specific agreement for the safety and automation system with Statoil for the Johan Castberg offshore oil field development. Statoil has issued the first call-off from the agreement covering front-end engineering and design (FEED). More »

ABB signs safety and automation agreement with Statoil for Johan Castberg field in Norway

ABB has signed a project specific agreement for the safety and automation system with Statoil for the Johan Castberg offshore oil field development. Statoil has issued the first call-off from the agreement covering front-end engineering and design (FEED). More »

Ithaca Energy announces recommeded takeover by Delek Group

Ithaca Energy Inc. has announced that it has entered into a definitive support agreement with Delek Group Ltd. on the terms of a cash takeover bid for all of the issued, and to be issued common shares of Ithaca not currently owned by Delek or any of its affiliates for C$1.95 per share. More »

Singapore said to plan series of incentives to lure Aramco IPO

Singapore is considering a range of measures to lure a listing from energy giant Saudi Arabian Oil Co., according to people familiar with the matter, as global exchanges compete for a slice of what could be the world’s largest-ever initial public offering. More »

Petrofac secures BP maintenance contract worth $25 million

Petrofac is set to build on its provision of maintenance services for BP, following the award of a three-year extension to its existing contract in the North Sea. More »

Qatar Petroleum hunts for gas abroad as local growth hits limit

Qatar Petroleum is exploring for oil and gas in Cyprus and Morocco as part of a strategy to expand the tiny Gulf emirate’s global energy investments. More »

Investors are betting big that OPEC’s cuts are real

Money managers are the most bullish ever on West Texas Intermediate crude for a second week as signs show OPEC and other nations are slashing production. More »

Europa Oil and Gas farms out Holmwood prospect in Weald basin, UK

Europa Oil and Gas has announced that is wholly owned subsidiary has signed a farmout agreement (FOA)—in relation to a 12.5% interest in the PEDL143 licence, in the Weald basin—with a wholly owned subsidiary of Angus Energy. More »

GeoPark makes discovery in Llanos 34 Block, Colombia

GeoPark Limited, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and Peru, has announced new drilling successes in the Llanos 34 Block (GeoPark operated with a 45% working interest), in Colombia. More »

Borets U.S. names Obren Lekic as CEO

Borets has named Obren Lekic as CEO of Borets U.S., located in Houston. More »

Oil trades near $54 as Iran tension offsets U.S. shale drilling boom

Oil traded near $54/bbl as increased tension between Iran and the U.S. countered expectations of rising American production. More »

Top oil trader sees oil rattled as Trump makes market fret

Donald Trump and global crude producers are set to take prices on a bumpy ride this year, according to the world’s biggest independent oil trader. More »

Egypt said to seek LNG as BP, Eni gas flow to restore exports

Egypt plans to import as many as 108 cargoes of liquefied natural gas this year as the country prepares to start producing at two gas fields and move closer to its goal of self-sufficiency and even exports by 2019. More »

Gazprom supply jitters roil gas market facing freeze

European gas traders are once again focusing on exports from its biggest supplier as freezing weather is set to return to the region. More »

Dakota Access pipeline seen operational in second quarter

The $3.8-billion Dakota Access crude oil pipeline won’t start up until the second quarter of this year, according to stakeholder Phillips 66. More »

First offshore installation work complete at Statoil's Johan Sverdrup field

Ocean Installer has recently completed the very first permanent subsea installation at the Johan Sverdrup field, marking the kick-off of the Johan Sverdrup offshore work. More »

OPEC to swell investor gains by turning market upside down

OPEC’s production cuts have already turned oil speculators the most bullish in a decade. As their effect is felt, crude could become even more alluring. More »

Oil set for weekly gain as U.S. imposes new Iran sanctions

Oil headed for a third weekly gain as the U.S. imposed fresh sanctions on Iran after a missile test and OPEC reached about 60% of its output-cut target. More »

Eni's John Agyekum Kufuor FPSO prepares to set sail for Ghana

Eni announces that the naming ceremony of the John Agyekum Kufuor floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel was held today in Singapore. More »

IPAA applauds House resolution rejecting duplicative BLM rule on venting and flaring

Today, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives’ action to reject the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final rule on waste prevention and resource conservation, commonly referred to as the BLM methane Venting and Flaring Rule. More »

First offshore installation work complete at Statoil's Johan Sverdrup

Ocean Installer has recently completed the very first permanent subsea installation at the Johan Sverdrup field, marking the kick-off of the Johan Sverdrup offshore work. More »

Abu Dhabi said to improve oil-investor returns with new terms

Abu Dhabi’s state energy producer, which is seeking more partners to develop its fields, improved some terms in an oil-production partnership to offer greater returns to international companies, such as BP Plc and Total SA, according to people with knowledge of the matter. More »

Statoil releases details of gas discovery at Valemon facility, North Sea

Statoil Petroleum, operator of production license 193 D, has completed drilling operations on wildcat well 34/11-6 S, in 133 m of water 160 km northwest of Bergen, North Sea. More »

Trump trades barbs with Iran as new round of sanctions looms

Tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalated as President Donald Trump prepared new sanctions and told Tehran it’s “playing with fire,” prompting Iran to respond that it won’t be bullied. More »

Statoil releases details of gas discovery, Valemon facility North Sea

Statoil Petroleum, operator of production license 193 D, has completed drilling operations on wildcat well 34/11-6 S, in 133 m of water 160 km northwest of Bergen, North Sea. More »

Subsea 7 completes fleet investment program

Subsea 7, a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services, has taken delivery of Seven Arctic and Seven Kestrel, successfully completing a substantial and targeted fleet investment program that has added six new-build vessels to the Subsea 7 fleet since 2014. More »

PDVSA braces for fourth year production drop as default looms large

The recent bump in oil prices isn’t enough to help Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) as it faces its fourth consecutive year of declining production. More »

Weatherford and Nabors form alliance for integrated drilling solutions

Nabors Industries Ltd. and Weatherford International plc have announced that they have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form an alliance focused on delivering enhanced drilling solutions to the oil and gas land market in the lower 48 states of the U.S. More »

U.S. may export more oil in 2017 than four OPEC nations produce

U.S. crude exports are poised to surpass production in four OPEC nations in 2017 and may grow even more if President Donald Trump honors pledges to ease drilling restrictions and maximize output. More »

Anadarko losses larger than expected, as industry tries to recover

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. followed Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. in missing Wall Street earnings expectations for 2016’s final quarter, in another sign that the oil industry’s financial pain isn’t over. More »

Saudi Arabia raises March crude oil pricing for all buyers

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter, raised pricing for March sales to buyers from the U.S. to Asia as output cuts by OPEC and other producers shore up oil prices. More »

Anadarko losses worse than expected as Big Oil pains linger

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. followed Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. in missing Wall Street earnings expectations for 2016’s final quarter, in another sign that the oil industry’s financial pain isn’t over. More »

With 2019 export goals, exploration in Egypt picks up

Egypt may announce new discoveries of natural gas by the second half of this year, Oil Minister Tarek El Molla said, bringing it closer to its goal of self-sufficiency by 2019. More »

TGS acquires multi-beam project in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

TGS announces the Otos multi-beam and seep study project in the U.S Gulf of Mexico. More »

Subsea sector set to increase exports in 2017, Subsea UK survey says

British subsea companies are expecting to increase overseas activity in the next 12 months, according to a survey conducted by industry body, Subsea UK. More »

Energean awards FEED contract to TechnipFMC for Israel's Karish and Tanin fields

Energean Oil and Gas has announced that it has appointed TechnipFMC as the Concept and Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contractor for the Karish and Tanin development program. More »

Texas energy sector on upswing: RRC faces critical budget needs

Railroad Commission of Texas chairman Christi Craddick met with leadership at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas this week to discuss this year's outlook for the state's oil and gas industry. More »

Shell signals worst of oil slump is over as debt declines

Royal Dutch Shell appeared to put the worst of the oil slump behind it as rising cash flow allowed Europe’s largest energy company to trim debt for the first time since the downturn began. More »

OPEC cuts oil production, but more work needed to fulfill deal

OPEC cut output by 840,000 barrels a day last month, but has more work to do to fully comply with last year’s historic production deal. More »

Federal Reserve economists expect an increase in Texas drilling this year

Chairman Christi Craddick met with leadership at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Dallas Fed) this week to discuss this year's outlook for the state's oil and gas industry. According to economists with the Dallas Fed, Texas oil and gas drilling activity will increase throughout this year. More »

Oceaneering awarded Statoil contract for E-ROV concept development and testing

Oceaneering International, Inc., has announced that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a technology development contract by Statoil Petroleum AS. The contract provides for the development, manufacturing, testing, and mobilization of a self-contained, battery-powered work class remotely operated vehicle (E-ROV) system deployed on the seabed. More »

TAG Oil expands oil and gas operations into Australia

International oil and gas production company TAG Oil Ltd. has announced that the Company’s wholly owned Australian subsidiary, Cypress Petroleum Pty Ltd., has closed the purchase of 100% interest in Petroleum Lease (PL) 17 from privately held Southern Cross Petroleum and Exploration Pty Ltd. More »

TAM International Norway AS achieves Achilles JQS certification

TAM International, an independent oilfield services company providing inflatable and swellable packers to the oil and gas industry, announces that TAM International Norway AS has completed its registration as a fully qualified supplier in the Achilles Joint Qualification System (JQS). More »

Federal Reserve economists see increased drilling activity this year in Texas

Chairman Christi Craddick met with leadership at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Dallas Fed) this week to discuss this year's outlook for the state's oil and gas industry. According to economists with the Dallas Fed, Texas oil and gas drilling activity will increase throughout this year. More »

Chevron extends contract for Blackford Dolphin semisubmersible

Dolphin Drilling Ltd, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA, has agreed to an extension of its current contract with Chevron North Sea Ltd for the semisubmersible Blackford Dolphin. More »

Iraq’s oil production unscathed for now by Trump travel ban

Iraq won’t bar U.S. citizens from entering the country, Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi said, averting a potential disruption to the oil industry of OPEC’s second-biggest producer. More »

Zion Oil and Gas to aid in supply of Israel's energy needs

Zion Oil and Gas' vision is to help ensure Israel's political and economic independence by finding and producing oil or natural gas onshore in Israel. More »

Gazprom Neft completes pilot testing of Russia's first-ever PDC drill bit

Gazprom Neft has successfully completed pilot testing of Russia’s first-ever domestically produced polycrystalline diamond composite (PDC) drill bit, during pilot drilling at its Vyngapurovskoye field, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. More »

Dakota Access oil pipeline nears final permit, lawmakers say

Energy Transfer Partners LP may be close to getting the permit it needs to finish the Dakota Access oil pipeline, a project that became a flash point for environmentalists, but a symbol of President Donald Trump’s pledge to jump start energy infrastructure. More »

Shell sets trend through shared decommissioning costs in North Sea

Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s $3.8-billion sale of North Sea oil and gas fields creates a model for further transactions in a region where the question of who pays to remove decades-old offshore platforms has been an obstacle for other deals. More »

‘Nasty year’ leaves oil investors wary as profits fall short

Crude prices may have stabilized, but it’s still not a great time to be Big Oil. Investors eliminated about $53 billion in market value for producers over three days as the twin titans of U.S. oil posted their worst annual financial outcomes in decades. More »

Ashtead Technology to solve subsea challenges with launch of Engineered Measurement Solutions Group

Ashtead Technology is launching a new service to increase efficiency and drive down risk and cost in subsea and marine operations. More »

India plans merger of state-run firms to create oil giant

India is planning to create a state-owned oil giant through mergers to match the might of international companies and billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd. More »

U.S. enjoys first-ever oil trade surplus with Latin America

The U.S. for the first time is pushing more crude and refined petroleum products into Latin America than it brings back, signaling a change in the global trade map that could be tested if President Donald Trump introduces border taxes. The scales tipped in favor of the U.S. in October, when it recorded a surplus of 89,000 bopd, the first gain for the U.S. since records began in 1993, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In November, the surplus grew to 184,000 bopd, the EIA said Tuesday. That compares to a 4.3 million barrel deficit in 2005. More »

Saudi energy minister praises Trump’s pro-fossil-fuel policies

President Donald Trump’s energy policies are good for the petroleum industry and Saudi Arabia sees no problem with growth in U.S. oil production as long as it’s in line with demand, Saudi energy minister Khalid Al-Falih said. “President Trump has policies which are good for the oil industries,” Al-Falih said in an interview with the BBC. “He has steered away from excessively anti-fossil-fuel, unrealistic fossil-fuel policies.” More »