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Equinor Plans Rosebank FID by 2022
Equinor and its partners expect to reach a final investment decision (FID) for Rosebank, one of the largest undeveloped oil and gas fields on the UK continental shelf, by May 2022, the Norwegian major said on Tuesday. The Rosebank field was…
Eni Makes Fifth Oil Find Offshore Angola
Italian oil and gas company Eni has made the fifth oil discovery in one year in Block 15/06, through the Agidigbo-1 NFW well in Angola's deep offshore. It follows the discoveries of Kalimba, Afoxé, Agogo and Ndungu. The five discoveries altogether…
Brazil Approves Petrobras Oilfields Sale
Brazilian antitrust regulator Cade has approved the purchase by independent oil firm PetroReconcavo of 34 oilfields owned by Petroleo Brasileiro SA , the government's official bulletin showed on Friday. Cade said the sale did not reduce competition…
Ocean Yield Extends FPSO Deal with Aker Energy
Norway-based shipping company Ocean Yield has entered into an option agreement with Aker Energy for a long-term bareboat charter of the FPSO Dhirubhai-1. The option period expired on the 1st of May but was extended until the 30th of May 2019.
Petrobras Nears Sale of Offshore Oilfields
Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA is nearing the sale of two oilfields in a process that could fetch around $1 billion and aid the state-run oil firm in its bid to reduce debt. Petrobras, as the company is known, has set a June 5 deadline to receive…
Banff FPSO Contract Extended
Teekay said it has entered into an agreement with Canadian Natural Resources (CNR) to extend the employment of the Petrojarl Banff FPSO unit on the Banff field in the UK North Sea for a period of one year to the end of August 2020. According to Teekay…
BW Offshore to Float Energy Unit
Oslo-listed BW Offshore said it will float BW Energy this year to help expand the oil and gas business, particularly in Brazil, as its first quarter earnings rose 72%. Shares in BW Offshore, originally an owner of floating production, storage…
Petrobras Interested in Two TOR Auction Areas
Petroleo Brasileiro said on Tuesday it is interested in exercising its preferential right to tender in two areas in an auction of excess oil from the so-called "transfer of rights" (TOR) area, according to a company filing. The Brazilian state…
Petrobras Eyes $9 Bln Transfer-of-rights Addendum
Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras said on Tuesday its board of directors approved an addendum to a transfer-of-rights oil contract that will see it reimbursed to the tune of $9.06 billion, but the deal remains subject to governmental agreement.
FLNG Satu Achieves First LNG at Kebabangan
Petronas has produced its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a floating LNG (FLNG) facility at the Kebabangan cluster field, 90 kilometers offshore the eastern state of Sabah, the Malaysian state-owned oil company announced on Tuesday. First…
Premier Oil Raises Output Guidance
Britain's Premier Oil increased its 2019 production guidance on Thursday, saying output had been boosted by efficiency measures and a late sale from its now-divested Pakistan oil fields. The company said it now expects output to reach 75,000 to 80…
McDermott Scores EPCI Work at Sepia
McDermott International said on Tuesday it has been awarded contract from Petrobras for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of subsea risers and flowlines for the first phase of the Sepia field, located 280 kilometers from the Rio de Janeiro coastline in Brazil.
Hurricane Energy Starts Up Lancaster Field
British oil and gas company Hurricane Energy started up its Lancaster field west of Scotland's Shetland Islands, it said on Monday, pushing its shares up 6 percent to a seven-week high. Hurricane specializes in recovering oil from fractures…
SBM Wins ExxonMobil Guyana FPSO Order
Dutch-based floating production and mooring systems (FPSO) provider SBM Offshore has won a contract to deliver an FPSO for ExxonMobil’s second phase of the Liza development offshore Guyana. Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL)…
Eni Makes Discovery Offshore Ghana
Italian supermajor Eni said it has found gas and condensate in the first exploration well drilled in CTP-Block 4, approximately 50 kilometers off the Ghana coast. The well was drilled on the Akoma exploration prospect and proved an estimated…
Shell to Invest $2 Bln per Year in Brazil
Royal Dutch Shell has plans to invest about $2 billion per year in Brazil through 2025, Chief Executive Ben van Beurden told newspaper Valor Econômico in an exclusive interview. Its investment plans could be increased to allow the company to bid in three upcoming oil and gas auctions…
Timeline: Occidental's Anadarko Victory
Before Occidental Petroleum Corp clinched a deal on Thursday to buy Anadarko Petroleum Corp for $38 billion, it pursued its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production rival for nearly two years, culminating in the sector's most high-profile public contest since the 1980s.
Brazil Sets Parameters for Mega Oil Auction
Brazil's national energy council on Thursday published updated parameters for a massive oil auction scheduled for later this year, including minimum levels of profit-sharing with the government, while also urging a shakeup in the refinery sector.
Ghana's Pecan Field Approval Seen by Q3
Aker ASA expects Ghanaian authorities to approve a revised $4.4 billion development plan for the offshore Pecan oilfield by the end of the third quarter of 2019, the Norwegian investment firm's chief executive told Reuters on Friday. The company…
Semco Chosen for 'Energean Power' FPSO
TechnipFMC has chosen Semco Maritime to deliver telecommunication systems, topside firefighting equipment and safety equipment for the ‘Energean Power’ FPSO for the Karish & Tanin fields, offshore Israel. As a total systems integrator Semco…
Emerson Scores BP Contract
Emerson said it has been awarded a five-year contract with BP to provide predictive maintenance and operational support services to ensure safe, optimized production from its Clair Ridge platform and Glen Lyon floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.