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New board member proposed at Maersk Drilling
Offshore driller Maersk Drilling has proposed a new member for the board of directors of The Drilling Company of 1972 A/S.
Ex-Repsol Sinopec man joins Xodus as decommissioning manager
International energy consultancy Xodus Group has appointed its first well decommissioning manager.
Popular news, February 25 – March 3, 2019
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Dutch prosecutor preparing criminal charges against Shell over Nigerian license deal
Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office is preparing to prosecute Anglo-Dutch oil major Shell over the company’s involvement in oil block OPL 245 located offshore Nigeria.
Saipem, Effiage consortium bags Tortue award with BP
Eiffage and Saipem have been awarded a contract for engineering, procurement, construction, and installation work on BP’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Field.
BP hires TechnipFMC to build FPSO for Tortue Ahmeyim project
TechnipFMC has been awarded by BP a large contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning of the floating production storage and offloading unit to be deployed offshore on the maritime border of Mauritania and Senegal.
E. Guinea: Noble to sanction Alen gas project in 1H 2019
U.S. oil and gas firm Noble Energy is working on making a Final Investment Decision for the Alen gas project in Equatorial Guinea in 2019.
MHWirth’s drilling control systems set for five Transocean rigs
MHWirth, an Akastor-owned provider of drilling solutions and services, has been awarded a contract for the delivery of automatic drilling control systems on five Transocean’s drilling rigs.
Bahamas Petroleum still in talks over drilling funds
Bahamas Petroleum, a London-listed oil company with offshore blocks in the Bahamas, on Thursday released a stock exchange filing titled “re: media speculation.”
Petro River acquires more interest in three North Sea licenses
Petro River has announced the acquisition of an additional 5.63% interest in an international, offshore exploration project in the North Sea.
Total awards more work on Tyra redevelopment project
Stavanger-based Petroleum Technology Company (PTC) has been awarded a contract for wellhead well integrity equipment with Total for its Tyra redevelopment project in the Danish North Sea.
Two new directors to join Tullow Oil board
Oil and gas exploration company Tullow Oil has appointed two non-executive directors to the company’s board of directors.
Xodus grows its team in APAC region
International energy consultancy Xodus Group has grown its team in Perth by almost 50% after a batch of new contract wins in the Asia-Pacific region over the last twelve months.
Exxon makes gas discovery at Glaucus-1 well, offshore Cyprus
ExxonMobil has completed the drilling of the second exploration well in the Block 10 offshore Cyprus has made a gas discovery, the government said on Thursday.