Fossil Energy
Gallery: Heerema crane vessel Sleipnir installs Hod B topsides
Only a day after Aker BP announced it installed the Hod B platform topsides offshore Norway, Dutch offshore contractor Heerema Marine Contractors shared photos of the process.
Gambia: BP agrees to pay $29.3 million no-drill fee
Oil major BP has agreed to settle a $29.3 million outstanding commitment to drill an exploration oil well in Gambia’s offshore A1 block.
ConocoPhillips receives approval for Sequoia 3D survey
ConocoPhillips Australia SH1 has received approval from Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) to undertake the Sequoia 3D marine seismic survey. NOPSEMA accepted the plan on 10 August with conditions and/or limitations for the survey within e
Tower Resources farms out Thali PSC to Beluga Energy
Africa-focused oil and gas firm Tower Resources has signed an agreement to farm-out a 49 per cent non-operating working interest in its Thali PSC offshore Cameroon to Beluga Energy.
Lime Petroleum farms into two Aker BP’s North Sea licenses
Lime Petroleum, a subsidiary of Rex International, has signed an agreement with Aker BP to acquire 20 per cent interests in the PL867 and PL867B licenses in the North Sea.
ExxonMobil hires Oceaneering for surveys off Guyana
Oceaneering has secured a contract with ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) to provide two surveys offshore Guyana. Under the contract, Oceaneering will deliver a towed and autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) geophysical survey and a shallow geotechnical surv
Baker Hughes gets subsea order from Chevron Australia
Baker Hughes has secured a contract from Chevron Australia to deliver subsea compression manifold technology for the Jansz-Io Compression (J-IC) Project. Baker Hughes will deliver a subsea compression manifold structure (SCMS), including module and foundation, as well as the latest version of its ho
DNO spuds Gomez well offshore Norway
Norwegian oil and gas company DNO has spud the Gomez exploration well in production license 006C in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Lundin starts production from Edvard Grieg tie-back
Swedish oil company Lundin Energy has started production from the extended well test (EWT) at its Rolvsnes offshore field – the first subsea tie-back development for the Edvard Grieg platform.
Aker BP installs Hod topsides just 14 months after first steel
Norwegian oil company Aker BP has installed the Hod platform topsides in the North Sea, offshore Norway, just one year and two months after the first steel cut.
ExxonMobil kicked out of carbon tax alliance after lobbying scandal
The Climate Leadership Council has suspended one of its founding members ExxonMobil several months after a firm’s lobbyist told an undercover activist it only backed a carbon tax as a PR stunt.
Shell awards Whale commissioning deal to Gate Energy
Energy supermajor Shell has selected Gate Energy as the provider of facility commissioning services for the Whale development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Petronas picks Xodus for Malaysian offshore carbon capture project
Global energy consultancy Xodus has been awarded a conceptual engineering design contract by Petronas for its first complete carbon capture and storage (CCS) project offshore Malaysia.
Panoro: First of three infill wells at Okume complete
Partners in Equatorial Guinea’s offshore producing Block G have completed the first of three planned infill wells at the Okume complex, Panoro Energy stated.