Geoscience company ION Geophysical has entered into a multi-client agreement with Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) granting rights to reprocess existing data and acquire new 2D and 3D multi-client programs offshore Colombia’s Caribbean coast. In February 2019, the ANH announced a series of reforms to encourage investment in exploration and production, such as a permanent... Continue Reading →
Ocyan’s Norbe VI rig starts operation in the Tartaruga Verde field
Jan 22, 2020 Ocyan's Norbe VI rig starts operations today, under a contract signed for the next two years. The first campaing will be carried out in the Tartaruga Verde field, in the Campos Basin, with a duration of up to 45 days. Norbe VI is one of Ocyan's 5 deepwater drilling rigs. The rig... Continue Reading →
Baker Hughes profit misses estimates as LNG equipment demand wanes
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes Co (BKR.N) missed analysts’ estimates for quarterly profit on Wednesday, hit by lower orders in its business that supplies turbines and compressors to liquefied natural gas (LNG) producers. Orders in the unit fell 10% year-over-year, with equipment orders dropping 16% and service orders decreasing 4%, amid concerns that demand for... Continue Reading →
PGS to Raise $95M in New Equity to Refinance Debt
Norway's seismic surveyor PGS plans to raise up to 850 million Norwegian crowns ($95 million) in new equity via a private placement to partly refinance its debts maturing in the next 18 months, the company said on Tuesday. The Oslo-listed company said it would use the proceeds from the private placement to partly redeem its... Continue Reading →
EMGS Nets More Acquisition Work with Pemex
Norwegian marine data acquisition firm EMGS has been awarded more work with the Mexican oil company Pemex in Mexico. As previously reported, EMGS had in June 2019 signed a two-year acquisition contract with Pemex with a valued at around $73.3 million, with the firm work secured for a minimum of $29.3 million. Continue reading
McDermott files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to eliminate $4.6 billion of debt
U.S. engineering and construction services company McDermott has informed that it has the support of more than two-thirds of all its funded debt creditors for a restructuring transaction that will equitize nearly all the company’s funded debt, eliminating over $4.6 billion of debt. Offshore Energy Today reported on Monday that McDermott could be filing for bankruptcy over... Continue Reading →
Halliburton swings to $1.7 billion loss in 4Q
Halliburton on Tuesday posted a net loss of $1.7 billion for the fourth quarter of 2019. This compares to net income for the third quarter of 2019 of $295 million and net income of $664 million in the fourth quarter of 2018. Halliburton’s adjusted net income for the fourth quarter of 2019, excluding impairments and... Continue Reading →
Telxius BRUSA Cable Achieves 160 Tbps with Ciena’s WaveLogic 5
BRUSA is a high capacity submarine cable connecting Brazil and the Americas. It was opened for business in August 2018 and stretches approximately 10,200 kilometers between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Virginia Beach, USA. WaveLogic 5 Extreme was used on the BRUSA cable to provide greater scale and increased economic efficiencies and deliver 50 percent... Continue Reading →
Oil, Gas Players Optimistic on Profits
Companies in the oil and gas sector are optimistic about their ability to achieve their financial targets for 2020, according to a survey from standards agency DNV GL. While the sector’s growth hangs in the balance for 2020, oil and gas leaders are optimistic that they will weather the storm, drawing on hard-earned cost efficiencies... Continue Reading →
BRASCO/APM Terminals to Support Premier Oil’s Drilling in Brazil
Offshore support terminal operator Brasco, a Wilson Sons Group company, has partnered with APM Terminals Pecém to set up a temporary logistics base at the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex. It will be the first offshore port support operation to take place in Ceará, Brazil, APM Terminals said Monday. Scheduled to start in the first... Continue Reading →