Saipem, in consortium with Boshelf LLC and STAR GULF FZCO, has recently been awarded three new contracts by BP for the development of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oil and gas (ACG) field offshore Azerbaijan.Saipem has been a key contractor in this field since the 1990s…
Russian integrated energy company Rosneft said it has completed drilling the first prospecting and appraisal well at the Vostochno-Pribrezhny license block on the shelf of Sakhalin Island, offshore Russia.The well was drilled on-schedule by…
PTTEP, a national petroleum exploration and production company in Thailand, selected Halliburton Landmark for joint development of new well design workflow to automate drilling and completion engineering processes across the well lifecycle, the US-based oilfield services company announced…
Subsea 7 said on Monday it has been awarded two contracts, together worth between $50 million and $150 million, by BP for the Azeri Central East (ACE) project in the Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli (ACG) field in the Caspian Sea in a water depth of approximately 140 meters…
Houston-based global seismic services company SAExploration has won a a new shallow-water ocean-bottom marine project in the Asia Pacific region for a major national oil company.According to a press note from the ocean bottom node seismic company the contract is valued at approximately $28 million…
Malaysia is considering listing the exploration and production arm of state energy company Petronas, the world's third-biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas, state news agency Bernama reported on Friday citing Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad…
Sapura Energy announced it has secured new work in in Malaysia, Thailand and Brunei worth approximately RM 774 million ($184.9 million). The three new contracts and two contract extensions bring the value of its cumulative contract wins year-to-date to about RM3…
Shearwater GeoServices said it has been awarded a contract for combined 3D and 2D seismic survey in Southeast Asia for the SW Vespucci Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV).The contract covers an area of 1,600 square kilometers for 3D seismic with associated 2D work to be executed over a 1…
Malaysia's state-owned energy firm Petroliam Nasional Bhd reported an 8% increase in second-quarter profit on Friday because of a weaker Malaysian ringgit, though that was partially offset by higher product costs.Petronas, as the company is known…
Australian privately-owned oil and gas company Timor Resources said it has commissioned Eastern Drilling to commence drilling operations in the Southeast Asian country of Timor-Leste.One of the world’s last frontiers for oil and gas, Timor-Leste's…
Ukraine's new government on Thursday stripped U.S.-based Trident Acquisitions of the right to explore and develop oil and gas reserves in the Black Sea shelf, prompting the company to say Ukraine had lost out on $1 billion in new investment…
Marine seismic surveyor SeaBird Exploration said it has been awarded a contact to acquire 2D seismic data in the Australasia region. The survey is due to commence during the fourth quarter of 2019 and is estimated to run for approximately three to four months plus mobilization…
Hyundai Oilbank, South Korea’s smallest-capacity oil refiner, plans to build a new crude distillation unit (CDU) and a vacuum distillation unit (VDU) by late 2021. The company is planning to build a 200,000-bpd CDU and a 100,000-bpd VDU between the third and fourth quarter of 2021…
Sembcorp Marine said it has won a raft of new projects valued at S$400 million (US$288 million) that includes floating production conversion projects, offshore wind farm jacket foundations fabrication and cruise ship upgrades.THe company's Sembcorp…
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China and the Philippines could take a 'bigger step' in the joint development of oil and gas resources in the South China Sea if they can 'properly' handle their dispute over sovereignty.Xi made the remarks…
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