Fossil Energy
Energean excludes Norwegian but keeps UK assets within Edison E&P deal
Energean and Edison have further changed their deal for Energean’s acquisition of Edison E&P’s assets to also exclude the Norwegian subsidiary.
PGS and ION strike 2D exploration data alliance
PGS and ION Geophysical have announced an agreement to collaborate globally on 2D exploration data. Both companies have multiclient data libraries that together cover all the significant hydrocarbon provinces around the world. The new joint data library will comprise nearly a million line kilometres
Peterson to continue supporting Shell from Lowestoft base
Peterson has secured a contract extension with Shell to provide quayside, warehousing, and transport services from Peterson’s Lowestoft base in England.
Seabird scraps one vessel, secures work for another
Seismic player Seabird said it has secured an OBN source contract in the North Sea. According to the Oslo-listed company project mobilisation should take place in July this year. The company noted that it is a short duration contract where it will use its 3D/2D long offset/source vessel Eagle Explor
Aker Solutions gets renewal for maintenance and modifications gig in Norway
Oilfield services provider Aker Solutions has signed a two-year contract extension for maintenance and modifications on several Aker BP’s fields offshore Norway. Aker Solutions said on Monday that the fields included in the deal are Ula, Skarv, Valhall, and Tambar. The work under the contract will s
CNOOC makes ‘significant’ oil and gas discovery off China
CNOOC Limited has made what it claims to be a significant oil and gas discovery of Huizhou 26-6 in the Eastern South China Sea.
BP sells petrochemicals business for $5Bn ‘to succeed through energy transition’
BP has agreed to sell its global petrochemicals business to INEOS for a total consideration of $5 billion. It is the next strategic step in focusing portfolio as part of reinventing BP.
Aker BP gears up for drilling in Norwegian Sea
Aker BP is set for drilling operations in the Norwegian Sea with the Deepsea Nordkapp rig following approvals from the Norwegian authorities.
OMV Petrom snatches fresh Black Sea block
Romanian oil and gas company OMV Petrom is the winning bidder for an oil and gas exploration block located in the Black Sea, offshore Georgia.
Hornbeck Offshore to emerge from bankruptcy within few months
Hornbeck Offshore expects to emerge from bankruptcy in the coming few months following approval of its reorganization plan by a U.S. court.
Atteris secures Dorado field contract
Australian energy company Santos has awarded Atteris the subsea, umbilical, risers and flowline pre-FEED for the Dorado project field development. The Dorado field is located within the Bedout Sub-basin, some 150 kilometres north of Port Hedland, Western Australia. Water depth at the development is
ExxonMobil investigating near-miss incident on Hebron platform
A near-miss incident on the ExxonMobil-operated Hebron platform located offshore Canada has been reported to the Canadian offshore regulator.
U.S. offshore rig count stuck at 11 units
The U.S. weekly offshore rig count has not changed over the last week, but it remains stuck at 11 units.
Transborders, SBM ink FLNG pact
Australian independent Transborders Energy has signed a partnership deal with Dutch floating specialist SBM Offshore to develop FLNG projects. The partnership will pursue the deployment of Transborders’ FLNG solution on a range of stranded offshore gas resource opportunities, the Australian company