Total has bought a 20 per cent stake in the EolMed floating wind pilot project in France, located in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Gruissan and near Port-La-Nouvelle. The 30 MW EolMed will feature three MHI Vestas 10 MW turbines installed on Ideol’s Damping Pool floating foundation and is scheduled to be built in 2023.... Continue Reading →
Gulf of Mexico: Storm-weary Offshore Oil Firms Prep for Massive Hurricane
Oil and gas workers withdrew en masse from offshore production facilities as Hurricane Delta grew into a powerful storm over the Caribbean on its way to the Gulf of Mexico. Delta's winds reached 145 miles per hour (235 kph) as the storm sped toward Mexico's Yucatan peninsula and eventual entry into the Gulf of Mexico,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on S-10 Diesel production and sales record
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that in September, for the fourth month in a row, it surpassed the record production of S-10 low sulfur diesel, reaching the 1.89 million m³ mark. Also in September, Petrobras reached the sales record of the same product when 1.91 million m³ were sold. The growth in production of the... Continue Reading →
Transocean’s efforts to avoid bankruptcy could lead to a default
(Bloomberg) --Measures taken by Transocean to stave off a bankruptcy filing could be exactly what ends up sending the offshore drilling company into Chapter 11 alongside some of its biggest peers. The world’s largest owner of deep-water oil rigs recently engineered a bond swap to trim some of its $9 billion debt load and ease... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on 3Q20 results
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that it will release its quarterly production and sales report on October 20th, 2020 and its financial performance report on October 28th, 2020, after the markets close. On October 29th, 2020 two webcasts will be held, the first in Portuguese and the second in English, to present the company's... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC delivers the last of 127 Christmas tress contracted with Petrobras in 2012
TechnipFMC delivered the last of 127 wet Christmas trees (ANMs) contracted by Petrobras in 2012 for pre-salt projects, the company announced on social media on Monday (5/10). The $ 1.5 billion contract was signed with FMC Technologies, which merged with Technip in 2017. Source: PetroleoHoje
ENGIE PICKS CATHERINE MACGREGOR TO COMMAND ITS OIL AND GAS SECTOR
Engie appointed executive Catherine MacGregor as the new CEO of the oil and gas sector as of January 1, 2021. The appointment comes eight months after the removal of Isabelle Kocher. MacGregor, 48, is French and currently runs Technip Energies, after having spent 23 years in the oil services group of the also French group... Continue Reading →
Premier Oil and Chrysaor to merge in largest independent oil & gas player on LSE
UK oil and gas company Premier Oil has reached an agreement with Harbour’s UK operating company Chrysaor regarding a proposed all-share merger between Premier and Chrysaor and the reorganisation of Premier’s existing debt and cross-currency swaps. According to Premier’s statement on Tuesday, the deal will create the largest independent oil and gas company listed on... Continue Reading →
Hess sells stake in Gulf of Mexico field to fund Guyana project
Oil and gas company Hess Corporation has entered into an agreement to sell its 28 per cent working interest in the Shenzi field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico to BHP to fund a project in Guyana. Hess said on Monday it is selling its stake to BHP, the field’s operator, for a total consideration... Continue Reading →
Karoon wants to finalize the purchase of Baúna this month
Karoon Energy intends to conclude, with Petrobras, the acquisition of the Baúna field, in the Santos Basin, in the second half of October, the oil company said on Monday. The Australian company depends on the endorsement of the ANP and the transfer of a contract from the FPSO Cidade de Itajaí, which operates in Baúna,... Continue Reading →