Fossil Energy
Shell faces protests over seismic survey plans in South Africa
Nearly 200 citizens and environmental activists gathered on 21 November in the morning to protest against the arrival of seismic acquisition vessel Amazon Warrior in Cape Town harbor in South Africa ahead of Shell’s planned five-month seismic survey campaign.
Lundin secures permit for Norwegian wildcat well
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Energy Norway a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.
Standard Drilling disposes of vessel to diversify energy investments
Standard Drilling has agreed to sell one of its large-sized PSVs for $10.3 million to increase its capital to pursue diversified investments within the energy sector.
CNOOC brings online Lufeng oil fields off China
CNOOC Limited has started production from the Lufeng oil fields regional development project located offshore China.
PJ Valves gets its hands on two Brazilian contracts worth $11 million
UK-based PJ Valves has won two FPSO valve contracts worth $11 million for projects in Brazil.
Deltic Energy wraps up North Sea 3D seismic survey
Deltic Energy has completed the 3D seismic survey over its Licence P2428 (Cupertino Area) and surrounding areas in the Southern North Sea.
Repsol shuts in Yme field only weeks after start-up
Spain’s Repsol has been forced to halt production from its Yme field less than a month after the oil production started.
Saipem gets $940 million job from Petrobras
Italian Saipem has been awarded a new SURF EPCI contract by Petrobras for the Búzios 7 project in Brazil, worth approximately $940 million.
Woodside moves ahead with BHP merger, sanctions $12 bln Scarborough project
BHP and Woodside have signed a binding share sale agreement for the merger of BHP’s oil and gas portfolio with Woodside and made the FID for Scarborough.
Helix details first New Zealand decommissioning win
Helix Energy Solutions is set to carry out well abandonment, recovery of subsea trees and wellhead severance and recovery at the Tui oil field offshore New Zealand as part of the contract recently secured with New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE).
Borr rig spuds Dutch North Sea well for Kistos
Borr Drilling’s jack-up drilling rig has spudded Kistos’ Q11-B well in the Dutch North Sea.
Jersey adds new board members with expertise to complete North Sea project farm-out
Jersey has appointed new members to its board, which are expected to possess the expertise required to complete the farm-out process for the GBA development project in the North Sea.
Australians 3D print largest-ever verified oil & gas piping component
Australia-headquartered provider of large-scale metal additive manufacturing technology and solutions AML3D has 3D printed what is said to be the world’s largest high-pressure oil and gas piping component to be tested and verified by Lloyd’s Register.
Neptune preparing for busy year ahead with more wells added to Odfjell rig
Neptune Energy has extended a contract for Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Yantai rig to include additional wells in the North Sea next year.