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Total to get 10 pct in Russia's Arctic LNG-2 Project

May 24, 2018

French energy major Total will get a 10 percent stake in the future Arctic LNG-2 project led by Novatek, Novatek Chief Executive Leonid Mikhelson said on Thursday. The entire project has been valued at $25.5 billion, Mikhelson told reporters…

North Sea Crude-Forties Bid for First Time this Week

May 24, 2018

Buying interest for North Sea Forties crude reappeared in the trading window on Thursday for the first time this week, but bids were at a discount to the last deal levels. Oseberg stayed the cheapest benchmark grade and the one setting dated Brent's value…

China Could Meet Emissions Pledge Earlier Than Expected

May 23, 2018

China emissions could peak before 2030. China's top climate envoy on Wednesday said the country could meet its pledge to cap carbon emissions ahead of its target of around 2030, while a senior environmental official said plans for a carbon market were on track despite ministerial restructuring…

FPSO at Jubilee Oil Field to Close for Fix

May 21, 2018

The production vessel at Tullow's flagship Jubilee oilfield off Ghana's west coast will shut down next week for 21 days while it undergoes repairs, the country's power utilities said on Monday.The planned shutdown next Monday of the Kwame Nkrumah production vessel…

New Water Booster Pumps for Polvo FPSO

May 17, 2018

As part of the life extension project for the Polvo Floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, operator BW Offshore has contracted Norwegian based liquid handling and pump specialist PG Flow Solutions to supply new water booster pumps…

Rosneft: South China Sea Drilling is Within Vietnam Waters

May 17, 2018

Drilling in the South China Sea by Rosneft is within Vietnamese territorial waters, the Russian state oil firm said in a statement on Thursday, two days after its Vietnamese subsidiary began drilling in Vietnamese waters claimed by China.Rosneft's local unit…

O&G Exploration in Chinese Waters Requires Beijing's Permission

May 17, 2018

China's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that no country, organisation, company or individual can carry out oil and gas exploration or exploitation in Chinese waters without permission from Beijing.Ministry spokesman Lu Kang made the comment…

Russia State Oil Firm Starts Drilling at New Well Offshore Vietnam

May 15, 2018

A unit of Russian state oil firm Rosneft, Rosneft Vietnam BV, has started drilling at a new production well in waters off the southern coast of Vietnam, the company said in a statement posted to its website on Tuesday.The drilling is significant for Vietnam…

Statoil to Become Equinor, Dropping 'Oil'

May 15, 2018

Shareholders in Norway's largest company, Statoil, will approve on Tuesday the board's proposal to drop 'oil' from its name as its seeks to diversify its business and attract young talent concerned about fossil fuels' impact on climate change…

Petrojarl I FPSO Begins Working its 10th Field

May 10, 2018

Teekay’s three-decades-old floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) Petrojarl I has achieved first oil and commenced its five-year charter contract with a consortium led by Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção SA (QGEP) on the Atlanta oilfield…

Maersk Likely to Shelve Plans to List Drilling Division

May 09, 2018

Shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk is likely to shelve plans to list its struggling offshore drilling division because of weak market conditions, according to five finance sources familiar with the matter.The Danish company is now expected to focus on a trade sale of Maersk Drilling…

Jumbo Completes Work on Bangladesh FLNG Terminal

May 04, 2018

In 2017 Jumbo was awarded a contract by Geocean for the Moheshkhali Project, which is seeing a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal developed off the shores of Moheshkhali Island in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. It will be the…

Oil Slips as OPEC, Iran Worries Balance U.S. Output

May 03, 2018

Potential of new U.S. sanctions against Iran keep market on edge as OPEC cuts bolstered by Venezuelan declines also support. Oil prices slipped on Thursday as swelling U.S. crude inventories and record weekly U.S. production clashed with OPEC supply cuts and the potential for new U…

Xodus, Atlantis Resources Pursue Japanese Tidal Projects

May 02, 2018

Xodus Group said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Atlantis Resources to pursue the development of a tidal energy project in Japan.The ambition for this agreement is to secure funding and establish a commercially viable…

Taiwan: The Next Battleground for Offshore Wind

Apr 30, 2018

Taiwan is becoming the next battleground for the world's top offshore wind developers as they seek a foothold in Asia for a technology that has been expanding fast in Europe.Taiwan announced results on Monday of its first major offshore wind farm auction that aims to add 3…

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