Fossil Energy
McDermott put in charge of engineering and design for Scarborough FPU
McDermott has signed a contract with Woodside to undertake a front-end engineering and design activities for a floating production unit for the Scarborough field gas development in Western Australia.
Ocean Installer lands transportation and installation gig offshore West Africa
Ocean Installer has been awarded a contract, covering the transportation and installation of subsea products for a project offshore West Africa.
Equinor picks assembly site for world’s first project to power oil and gas installations from offshore wind
Norway’s Gulen Industrial Harbour in Sogn og Fjordane county has been awarded a contract for assembly site for the floating Hywind Tampen wind turbines, which could be used for electrification of oil and gas installations.
BP’s profit swells. Output highest since 2010
British oil major BP reported a rise in both, fourth quarter and full year profit of 2018.
GulfSlope tripping for different drilling assembly at Gulf of Mexico prospect
GulfSlope Energy is currently tripping for a different drilling assembly to clean out the existing wellbore and possibly run casing prior to drilling below salt at its Tau prospect in the Gulf of Mexico.
Prosafe sinks to loss despite highest fleet utilization since 2015
Prosafe sank to the red in the fourth quarter of 2018 despite the highest quarterly fleet utilization since the third quarter of 2015.
Tokyo Gas, Centrica, Shell pen Mozambique gas deals with Anadarko
Tokyo Gas and Centrica have signed agreements to buy gas from Anadarko-operated Mozambique LNG project firming up the non-binding heads of agreements signed in June 2018.
Benthic to carry out Scarborough campaign for Woodside
Benthic has been awarded a contract by Woodside for an offshore geotechnical investigation at the Scarborough project in the North Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia.
New CFO appointed as Chevron shuffles leadership roles
U.S. oil major Chevron has made several senior leadership changes including the appointment of a new chief financial officer.
i-Tech increases Houston workforce following Gulf of Mexico contracts
i-Tech Services has hired 13 new people in Houston following the award of several new contracts in the Gulf of Mexico.
Babcock names new director of UK offshore business
UK-based support services company Babcock has appointed a new director of its UK offshore business.
Woodmac: Five offshore wells to watch in 2019
Latin America and southern and western Africa are the regions to keep a close eye on, energy intelligence group Wood Mackenzie said in its analysis on Monday, also sharing the top five offshore exploration wells expected to be drilled in 2019. One of them could potentially hold 5 billion barrels.
Nigeria: Aje partners pushing towards second phase of development
Joint-venture partners in the OML 113 permit offshore Nigeria will decide on supporting Phase 2 of the Aje development following the completion of technical work on the field.
Repsol buys into Mikkel offshore gas field as Total exits
Spanish oil company Repsol will acquire French oil major Total’s 7.65% stake in Norway’s Mikkel field, offshore Norway. This will boost the company’s production in Norway to 32,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day.