Oil company LLOG Exploration Offshore has awarded a subsea installation contract to Subsea 7 as part of its Salamanca development project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The Salamanca development project includes the Leon and Castile offshore oil fields.Subsea 7's contract scope includes the installation of three infield subsea pipeline systems, as well as the design and fabrication of subsea structures…
Italian engineering and construction firm Rosetti Marino said Tuesday it had won a contract with the Italian energy industry services firm Saipem for offshore EPC activities in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya worth over 300 million euros.Saipem…
Equinor has awarded Ocean Installer an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract for the Eirin subsea tie-back development, offshore Norway.In mid-September, Equinor submitted a plan for development and operation (PDO)…
Guyana's economy will boom again this year as it grows by an expected 38% thanks to 'unparalleled' oil sector expansion, according to a forecast from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released on Monday.The latest 2023 estimate follows real…
Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras PETR4.SA said on Wednesday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Chinese state-owned oil firm CNOOC to extend its collaboration in the energy sector.In a securities filing, Petrobras said it has also signed a MOU with Asia's top refiner…
Top U.S. energy companies last year paid out more of their earnings to shareholders than they invested in new oil and gas fields for the first time, according to a report released on Tuesday.The outlook for stronger energy prices has not changed the focus on investor returns from the U…
Guyana and the Dominican Republic on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on recruiting companies to build a 50,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Guyana that would tap the country's oil wealth.Any project would be at least 51% owned by the Dominican Republic government…
TechnipFMC announced Tuesday it has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited to supply the subsea production system for the Uaru project offshore Guyana.The award covers 44 subsea trees and associated tooling…
Offshore seismic survey firm PXGEO said Wednesday it had secured work with oil major Shell.The company said it had secured a vessel commitment from Shell to provide 12 months of high-end marine towed streamer seismic acquisition services.PXGEO will be providing the services over a two-year period…
The new Chief Executive of Brazil's Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates, has picked geologist Mario Carminatti to head the oil company's exploration and production division, people with knowledge of the information said on Friday.As the company's chief geologist…
Lime Petroleum AS, a subsidiary of Rex International, has completed the acquisition of a 10 percent stake in the Yme offshore oil field in Norway from Kufpec for an after-tax consideration of $$68.053 million. The completion, in agreement with KUFPEC…
Malaysia-based energy solutions provider, T7 Global has, via its subsidiary Tanjung Offshore, received a work order award from Hibiscus Oil & Gas Malaysia.The contract, with the oil company formerly known as as Repsol Oil & Gas Malaysia Limited…
China's CNOOC Ltd has tapped commercial flows of oil and gas from a shale exploration well in the South China Sea, marking the first successfully drilled shale oil well offshore China, state media reported on Thursday.Exploration well Weiye-1…
London-listed oilfield services giant Petrofac has won a contract with the oil firm Tullow Oil to provide operations services for Tullow's Jubilee Development offshore Ghana.Petrofac’s role in the Jubilee development in Ghana – one of the largest…
Brazil's government on Wednesday tapped Jose Mauro Coelho, a high-ranking technocrat with expertise in the nation's oil and gas sector, as the next chief executive of state-run oil company Petrobras.The appointment comes amid a hectic several days for Petroleo Brasileiro SA…
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