Fossil Energy
New president named to oversee Chevron’s E&P activities in North America
Oil major Chevron has named Steven W. Green president of Chevron North America Exploration and Production, effective March 1, 2019.
Woodside hires Neptune for Browse seabed survey
Australia’s Woodside has hired Neptune Geomatics for survey work at the proposed Browse field development offshore Australia.
U.S. sanctions on Iran make market vulnerable to oil demand spikes, Woodmac says
The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on Iran’s energy, shipping and shipbuilding, and financial sectors, a move which is expected to have a negative impact on the Iranian oil and gas exports.
With solutions in focus, marine energy to center on governments
Harvest the benefits of the ocean energy sector – the governments were once again called on to – and take marine energy into consideration as one of the answers to some challenging policy questions.
Eni, Lukoil swap license interests offshore Mexico
Russia’s Lukoil and Italy’s Eni have signed a farm-out agreement on Blocks 10, 12 and 14 in the Mexico’s shallow waters.
CCS as a lifeline to reaching Paris goals
Carbon Capture and Storage is a set of techniques and technologies aimed at capturing CO2 from various industries and storing it underground, in depleted oil and gas fields, or in aquifers.
Maersk Drilling lands new gig for Resilient rig
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a letter of intent by an unnamed operator for its jack-up rig Maersk Resilient.
Shell hands in Goldeneye decom plan to UK authorities
Oil major Shell has submitted its draft decommissioning program for the Goldeneye field installations and pipelines located in the North Sea to the UK authorities. The Goldeneye field is a normal temperature, normal pressure gas condensate field located in blocks 14/28b, 14/29a, 20/3b and 20/4b of t
Talos to spud Zama-2 appraisal well in late November
Talos to spud Zama-2 appraisal well in late November
Prosafe: Tendering activity continues to pick up
Prosafe has said that tendering activity continues to pick up in the North Sea market as well as internationally.
MacGregor gains clearance from German regulator to buy marine & offshore businesses of TTS
MacGregor has received a clearance decision from the German Federal Cartel Office for the acquisition of the marine and offshore businesses of TTS Group.
UK: Offshore workers to strike over pay
The UK offshore workers covered by the Offshore Contractors Association (OCA) agreement have voted for industrial action.
Jumbo wins transportation and installation work on Leviathan project
Jumbo has been awarded the transportation and Installation of a 410t subsea production manifold at a depth of 1643m off the coast of Israel for Noble Energy’s Leviathan development.
Shell hires Danos for Ursa maintenance campaign
Danos has been awarded a contract by Shell for the coatings maintenance campaign for the Ursa tension leg platform located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.