Fossil Energy
Alatas to provide crane services to NAM and Shell in Southern North Sea
Crane services supply Alatas has been awarded a five-year contract to support crane operations for Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) and Shell UK.
Polish firm to use Deepsea Nordkapp rig for its first offshore well in Norway
Polish oil company PGNiG will drill its first operated exploration well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf using the Odfjell Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible drilling rig.
BP allocates $100 million to tackle greenhouse gas emissions in upstream ops
Oil and gas major BP has set aside $100 million to fund projects that will deliver new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions in its Upstream oil and gas operations.
Report: Shell to spud offshore well in Bulgaria next week
Shell is preparing to start drilling an exploration well in the Black Sea offshore Bulgaria within days.
MOL Norge granted permit for North Sea wildcat
The NPD has granted MOL Norge, a Norwegian unit of the Hungarian oil company MOL, a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.
Lundin gets drilling permit for North Sea well
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for a well offshore Norway.
IOG slams RockRose’s “exploitative” debt offer
Following RockRose’s offer to buy the entire debt of its takeover target Independent Oil & Gas owed to London Oil and Gas (LOG), IOG has said that the offer significantly undervalues LOG’s interest in IOG, and IOG itself.
PDi rakes in over $2.6 million in new contracts ahead of expansion plans
Aberdeen-based subsea engineering specialist PDi Ltd, a Tattva Group Company, has announced expansion plans and over £2 million of new orders since the start of the year.
RockRose tries to buy IOG’s debt
UK-based oil and gas company RockRose has made a formal approach to acquire the entire debt of Independent Oil and Gas owed to London Oil and Gas.
UK: OGA launches 130 terabytes of offshore data in push to unlock 20 billion barrels of oil & gas
The UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has released what it says is one of the largest ever single open releases of data with the launch of the UK’s first UK Oil and Gas National Data Repository (NDR).
Polarcus taking early redelivery of Vyacheslav Tikhonov seismic vessel from Sovcomflot
Oslo-listed marine seismic vessel owner Polarcus is about to take early redelivery of its Vyacheslav Tikhonov seismic vessel from the Russian company Sovcomflot.
Popular news, March 18 – 24, 2019
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PTTEP picks up two blocks offshore Malaysia
Thailand’s PTTEP has signed a production sharing agreement with Malaysia’s Petronas for exploration and production rights of two offshore blocks, PM407 and PM415, in shallow waters off Peninsular Malaysia under Malaysia 2018 Bidding Round.
OKEA takes operatorship of license near Draugen field
Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA has taken over Shell’s 50% working interest and operatorship of production license (PL) 958 in the Norwegian Sea.