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Popular news, November 12 – 18, 2018
The most read offshore industry news of the week
One rig added to weekly U.S. offshore rig count
The weekly U.S. offshore rig count rose by one active unit this past week, Baker Hughes, a GE company, said in a report on Friday.
Safety watchdog spots irregularities during Oda drilling audit
The PSA has found a non-conformity during an audit of planning and execution of drilling and well operations on the Oda field.
Canada: Adverse weather shuts Exxon’s Hebron production
The platform is located about 200 miles (350 kilometers) offshore Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital St John’s.
ExxonMobil spuds Delphyne-1 well, offshore Cyprus
The U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has started drilling an exploration well offshore Cyprus. This was confirmed on Friday by the country’s Ministry of Energy. The ministry said Exxon had started drilling the drilling of “Delphyne-1” well in Block 10, within the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of
Keppel’s contract for newbuild asset commissioning gets terminated
Keppel has entered into a settlement agreement with a global oil and gas services company to terminate a contract for work on a newbuild asset.
Lundin to remove emergency response vessel from Edvard Grieg field
The PSA has given Lundin Norway the consent to change the area contingency planning on the Edvard Grieg field.
WorleyParsons cuts first steel for Nova tie-back to Gjøa
Rosenberg WorleyParsons has cut the first steel for the Wintershall-operated Nova project tie-back to Neptune’s Gjøa platform.
Regulators give nod for Santos’ $2.15B Quadrant Energy buy
Australian regulators have approved Santos’ proposed acquisition of its compatriot oil company Quadrant Energy.
Tidewater and GulfMark complete merger after shareholder approval
Houston-based offshore support vessel owner Tidewater has completed its business combination with its compatriot GulfMark Offshore.
Gulf Island sells another Texas yard
U.S. offshore facilities fabrication company Gulf Island Fabrication has completed the sale of its North Yard facilities in Aransas Pass, Texas and certain associated equipment for $28 million.
Ampelmann enables half a million personnel transfers for BP
Dutch offshore access solutions provider Ampelmann has completed 500,000 personnel transfers for BP globally.
BOEM seeking comments on proposed Beaufort Sea lease sale
BOEM will prepare an environmental impact statement in support of a potential 2019 oil and gas lease sale in the Beaufort Sea.
EnergyQuest: Ichthys to make Australia world’s biggest LNG exporter
Australia’s recently developed offshore gas fields are set to lift the nation to the top of the list of world’s largest LNG exporters.