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Kosmos Energy Acquired DGE for $1.23 Bln
Kosmos Energy has agreed to acquire Deep Gulf Energy (DGE) from its private equity owner for $1.23 billion, according to a bourse filing on Monday, expanding the deepwater oil and gas firm's operations into the Gulf of Mexico. Dallas-based Kosmos…
Petrobras Prepays $975 Mln Worth of Bank Debt
Brazilian Petróleo Brasileiro SA has settled three bank loans worth a total of $975 million that were due 2022, the state-controlled oil company said in a securities filing on Monday. Petrobras, as the company is known, paid $325 million to Bank of America Corp…
Höegh LNG Secures Debt Financing for 9th FSRU
Norway's floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) giant Höegh LNG said it has secured a USD 177 million debt financing for its FSRU delivery unit number 9. The FSRU is scheduled to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2018. The facility…
Croatia Extends LNG Terminal Gas Bidding Deadline
A deadline for bids on output from a planned offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to be built on Croatia's northern Adriatic island of Krk has been extended until Sept. 28, developers LNG Croatia said on Friday. Demand will dictate the capacity of the 250 million euro terminal…
DNV GL Secures Shell Penguins Contract
DNV GL has won a cross-service contract to support Shell's Penguins Field redevelopment on the UK Continental Shelf. The contract with Shell involves a team which will deliver an integrated verification and class project for the operator's Penguins…
Bad Weather Stalls Bangladesh FSRU Hook Up
A vessel that arrived in Bangladesh in April to offload its maiden cargo of liquefied natural gas and moor permanently as an import terminal should begin operations "within a week" after bad weather hampered its start-up, an official said on Thursday.
Petronas Appoints Ahmad Nizam Salleh as New Chairman
Malaysia has appointed Ahmad Nizam Salleh as the new chairman of state-owned oil company Petroliam Nasional Bhd effective immediately, according to a statement from the prime minister's office on Wednesday. Ahmad Nizam has worked in the oil…
Eni to Invest $1.8 Bln in Offshore Mexican Oil Fields by 2040
Italian oil major expects to invest $1.795 billion in three offshore Mexican oil fields by 2040, according to a development plan approved by Mexico's oil regulator on Tuesday. The plan covering the Amoca, Mizton and Tecoalli shallow water fields is the second one approved by the regulator…
Aker BP Adds More Acreage off Norway
Norway's independent oil firm Aker BP has agreed to buy stakes in 11 production licenses off Norway from French Total for a cash consideration of $205 million, the company said on Tuesday. The portfolio includes four discoveries with net recoverable…
Shell to Make Final Investment Call on Nigeria Oilfield in 2019
Royal Dutch Shell and its partners will decide next year on whether to go ahead with the development of Nigeria's Bonga Southwest offshore oilfield, a senior company official said on Tuesday. The project, one of the country's largest with an expected production of 180…
Singapore's Offshore Industry Recovering
A big drag on Singapore's growth in recent years, the embattled offshore and marine industry, has broken a three-year losing streak. Yet industry executives aren't betting on a return to the glory days anytime soon. The industry, along with a top-class finance sector…
Bureau Veritas Issues New FSRU Guidelines
Bureau Veritas has issued new and updated notations and guidance to support the construction and operation of both Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRUs) and Floating Storage Units (FSUs). Interest in FSRUs and FSUs is growing as floating gas terminals offer operational flexibility…
SBM Offshore Reaches Settlement in Brazil Corruption Probe
SBM Offshore has reached a settlement in a long-running corruption investigation it faced in Brazil, allowing the Dutch marine engineering group to take up new business there. SBM said late on Thursday it would pay approximately $189 million…
Total Starts Production at Offshore Angola's Kaombo Project
French energy group Total said on Friday that it had started production at the Kaombo project, which is currently the biggest, deep offshore development in Angola. Kaombo Norte, the first 'Floating Production Storage and Offloading' (FPSO) unit…
CNIV Module Installed on Erha FPSO in Nigeria
The Jumbo Javelin and her team have successfully installed a 100t Calcium Nitrate Injection Vessel (CNIV) module on the ERHA FPSO offshore Nigeria for Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN). For this assignment the Jumbo Javelin had the Fly-Jib installed in Singapore.
Wison Wins FEED Contract for Canadian FLNG Project
Wison Offshore & Marine announced it has been awarded a contract to carry out front-end engineering design (FEED) for a proposed floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project sited in British Columbia, Canada. Wison said it has entered into…
Equinor Q2 Core Earnings Lag Forecasts
Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor said on Thursday second-quarter adjusted operating income rose from a year ago but missed forecasts due to higher maintenance costs at its Norwegian fields. The company formerly known as Statoil also said it was too early to follow peers…
ConocoPhillips Raises FY18 Capex, Output Target
Oil and gas producer ConocoPhillips topped Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Thursday and raised its capital budget and annual production target for 2018, as it seeks to take advantage of higher crude prices. Houston-based ConocoPhillips…
FPSO La Noumbi on Track for Q3 Delivery
Keppel Offshore & Marine said its Keppel Shipyard subsidiary is on track to deliver a floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) to Dixstone holdings, an affiliate of the Perenco Group, on time in 3Q 2018. The FPSO, named La Noumbi at Keppel Shipyard today…
Shell Launches $25 Bln Buyback Plan, Q2 Profits Misses
Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday it would launch a long-anticipated $25 billion share buyback program after profits soared and debt pile eased in the second quarter. Shell's net income attributable to shareholders in the quarter, based on…
Plans for Another South Australia LNG Import Plant in the Works
A private firm is looking to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) to South Australia starting in 2020, around the same time as two other proposed import projects, looking to fill a supply gap as domestic gas gets sucked into LNG exports. Venice Energy…