Fossil Energy
Noble Corporation chief financial officer resigns
Senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of offshore driller Noble Corporation has resigned from the company.
U.S. weekly offshore rig count down to 26
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. decreased to 26 units this week, according to weekly rig count reports published on Friday by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
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Oil tanker catches fire at Equinor’s Sture terminal
Equinor’s emergency response center on Friday received reports of a fire in the engine room of the tanker Dubai Harmony. The ship is moored at the quayside at the Sture terminal in Øygarden municipality in Hordaland, Norway.
Vaalco kicks off drilling campaign offshore Gabon
Vaalco Energy has started its 2019/2020 drilling campaign and spud the Etame 9P appraisal wellbore at the Etame field offshore Gabon.
Court date set for Emas Offshore’s judicial management
A judicial management application for Singapore’s struggling offshore vessel operator Emas Offshore will be heard by the high court of the Republic of Singapore later this month.
Repsol’s Gyda incident ‘could have resulted in loss of life’
The PSA has completed an investigation into an incident involving a dropped object and personal injury on the Gyda field in the North Sea.
Non-OPEC liquid production to continue reaching record highs in 2020, Rystad says
Liquid production growth for non-OPEC countries reached the highest rate on record in 2018, with a growth of almost 2.9 million barrels per day (bbl/d), according to Rystad Energy.
Crondall to deliver concept select study for Pharis Energy’s Pilot field
Crondall Energy has been awarded a contract by Pharis Energy to deliver the concept select study for the operator’s heavy oil Pilot field development in the Central North Sea.
Weatherford lands largest ever fishing and intervention contract
Oilfield service company Weatherford has signed an $87 million contract for fishing and intervention services with Brazilian oil company Petrobras.
New CEO to take the helm at Magseis Fairfield
Magseis Fairfield has appointed Carel Hooijkaas as Chief Executive Officer effective October 1, 2019, succeeding Per Christian Grytnes who will retire from the company.
Tap Oil closes sale of Australian and New Zealand portfolio
Tap Oil has completed the sale and purchase agreement with Kensington Energy and has sold its residual Australian and New Zealand portfolio to Kensington.
Schlumberger, IHS Markit team up to provide E&P datasets
Oil services company Schlumberger has established a strategic collaboration between its seismic and geophysical data solutions division WesternGeco and global information provider IHS Markit.
Hess hires anchor handler for Malaysian drilling operations
Marine & General has been awarded a contract by Hess Exploration and Production Malaysia for the provision of one anchor handling tug supply vessel to support the oil company’s Malaysian drilling operations.