Australian independent oil and gas company Woodside said Wednesday it has awarded four contracts for front-end engineering design (FEED) activities for the proposed US$11 billion Scarborough Project offshore Western Australia.Each contract was…
Golar LNG Limited announced Monday that it has received a Limited Notice to Proceed (LNTP) from BP Mauritania Investments Ltd and BP Senegal Investments Ltd, in their capacity as block operators, in respect of the provision of a Floating Liquefaction…
Australian oil and gas company with a global presence Woodside announced that the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 (GWF-2) Project off the north-west coast of Australia has commenced gas production.A press release from the operator of the North…
Malaysia’s Yinson Holdings Bhd has received the termination of an FPSO contract for its Knock Allan FPSO located on the Olowi field offshore Gabon.The oil and gas services company said in a press release that the contract with Canadian Natural Resources (CNR) International (Olowi) Ltd…
China's CNOOC Ltd started producing crude oil at 1/3/8/9 block of the Penglai 19-3 oilfield off north China's Bohai Bay, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.The new block currently has two wells in production and daily output is expected to reach a peak rate of 58…
Winners of the 2018 Offshore Achievement Awards were announced last night {22 March} in a celebration of industry talent, innovation and enthusiasm.The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section revealed the 11 winners to an audience of more than 450 people…
CNOOC CEO Yang Hua has resigned from his position effective today (18 April), with Yuan Guanguy taking the reigns. Yang, who was only CEO for less than one year at the company, will stay on as the chairman of the board. Yang was promoted…
GMC Ltd. has announced that they have received an award for their Intelligently Connected Pipe (ICP) technology from DeepStar as part of DeepStar Phase XII-B funding. The project titled ‘Testing of High-Strength Mechanically Connected Steel…
Ezra Holdings Ltd. announced the stepping down of Capt. Adarash Kumar from the board of Ezra as an executive director, as well as the cessation of his position as chief operating officer (CEO) effective 25 September 2015. Kumar will take up the role of CEO at EMAS Offshore Ltd…
Norwegian giant Statoil’s Mariner field in the North Sea is a US$7 billion investment for the company. It is located in Block 9/11 on the East Shetland Platform, about 150km east of the Shetland Isles, and lies in water depths ranging between 97-112m…
Seadrill Ltd. entered into an agreement with Seadrill Operating LP, the 58%-owned subsidiary of Seadrill Partners LLC, pursuant to which Seadrill Operating will acquire all of the shares of Seadrill Polaris Ltd., the entity that owns and operates the drillship…
An oil industry consortium that includes BP and ExxonMobil suspended a Canadian arctic exploration program in the Beaufort Sea region due to insufficient time to begin test drilling before its lease expires in 2020, according to Seeking Alpha…
Oil & Gas UK announced a number of appointments of member company representatives to its board. In addition to the new members joining the board, existing board member Neil McCulloch, president North Sea, of Enquest, is named as the new vice chair representative for the operator community…
AGR and SP Offshore Energy Services signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which AGR will provide a range of exploration services and the drilling of an ultra deepwater (UDW) well off the Comoros Islands, between Mozambique and the Comoros…
Hess’s Australian subsidiary, Hess Exploration Australia Pty Ltd. and the North West Shelf (NWS) signed a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) for Hess to develop its natural gas discoveries in its deepwater permits offshore northwestern Australia…
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