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The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) launched a special edition of its monthly bulletin of oil and gas production in Brazil, a document that is completing ten years of existence. Among the highlights of the new report, is the evolution of the pre-salt fields. From 2010 to the present day, production in the area grew almost... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has decided to sell five of its cold-stacked floating drilling rigs. In its fleet status report on Wednesday, Noble Corp. said it had signed rig sale agreements for five rigs. The deals were signed for two drillships – Noble Bully I and Noble Bully II – and three semi-submersibles – Noble Jim Day, Noble Danny Adkins,... Continue Reading →
Spanish wind energy group Iberdrola's plans to spend around $88 billion on renewable power by 2025 eclipse Europe's top oil companies' combined planned investments in low-carbon over the same period. Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Total, Norway's Equinor, Spain's Repsol, and Italy's Eni aim to grow their low-carbon businesses after setting out plans to sharply reduce... Continue Reading →
Offshore engineering and construction firm McDermott on Thursday announced the second shipment of topside modules for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for Japans' Modec. The new shipment comes just weeks after the first shipment of modules sailed away from McDermott's Altamira fabrication facility in Mexico to be installed on the FPSO named... Continue Reading →
In what has been described as a "world's first" a spider-like robot recently achieved its first blade walk an offshore wind turbine in the UK, opening door to significant offshore inspection cost cuts. Developed by BladeBUG, with support of the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the six-legged inspect-and-repair robot last month repeatedly scaled blades at... Continue Reading →
(BUSINESS WIRE)--GeoPark Limited (“GeoPark” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GPRK), a leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Ecuador reports its consolidated financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2020 (“Third Quarter” or “3Q2020”). A conference call to... Continue Reading →
- Petro Rio S.A. (“Company” or “PetroRio”) (B3: PRIO3), informs its shareholders and the market in general that it has signed binding documents with Gas Bridge SA (“Gas Bridge”), concerning the sale of the 10% interest held by the Company in the Manati Field ("Field" or “Manati”). Total transaction value is R$ 144.4 million and includes... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Malaysian state-owned energy giant Petroliam Nasional Berhad, or Petronas, said on Thursday it aims to become a net zero emitter of greenhouse gases by 2050 and also plans to increase its investments in renewable energy. Burning of oil and gas accounts for the vast majority of the world’s carbon emissions, and many investors... Continue Reading →
CGG and Shearwater have agreed to suspend negotiations around creating a marine streamer equipment JV until visibility in the streamer replacement cycle improves. The companies said that decision comes due to the downturn in the oil and gas industry, triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. Both parties will continue the marine acquisition partnership, but also with... Continue Reading →
Offshore accommodation rig provider Prosafe has managed to reduce its quarterly loss despite lower revenues due to lower fleet utilisation and average day rates following the Covid-19 pandemic and oil price crash. Prosafe said on Thursday that its EBITDA for the third quarter was negative by $1.2 million compared to a positive of $26.3 million... Continue Reading →
