(Upstream) Five of seven lease auctions planned by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management up to the end of the 2025 are expected to have opportunities for floating wind. Representatives of major offshore wind developers said that 80% of offshore wind potential is in the floating wind sector at the Floating Wind Solutions Conference... Continue Reading →
OneSubsea picks Vallourec’s solution for Bacalhau project
OneSubsea, the subsea technologies division of Schlumberger, has contracted Vallourec to supply upset riser joints for the Bacalhau project offshore Brazil. The contract was awarded on behalf of Subsea Integration Alliance, a strategic global alliance between Subsea 7 and OneSubsea. Under the contract, Vallourec will supply 3,000 metres of upset riser joints equipped with VAM... Continue Reading →
Technip Energies aims to shun Russia; margin guidance boosts shares
(Reuters) - Technip Energies (TE.PA) has renounced new business opportunities in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, the head of the French oil and gas services provider said on Thursday, as its full-year margin guidance drove up shares. "We have ceased to work on future business opportunities in Russia," Arnaud Pieton said in an earnings statement, but... Continue Reading →
Oil prices hit multi-year highs as supply tightens
(Reuters) - Benchmark Brent crude oil prices climbed close to $120 a barrel on Thursday, with Russian oil exports disrupted as traders try to avoid becoming entangled in sanctions. Support also came from U.S. crude stockpiles at multi-year lows, helping to lift Brent crude futures as high as $119.84 a barrel for the highest level... Continue Reading →
Petrobras has made no decisions on fuel price adjustment -CEO
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has not taken a decision on fuel price adjustments, Chief Executive Joaquim Silva e Luna told Reuters on Wednesday. He said that after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the oil market was "nervous" and with many doubts. "The world has plunged into a scenario of uncertainty," Luna told Reuters.... Continue Reading →
Oil service firm Subsea 7 rises on improved outlook, cash dividend
(Reuters) - Engineering firm Subsea 7 (SUBC.OL), a major supplier to the oil industry, has decided to pay a regular dividend and buy back stock as it swung to a full-year profit in 2021 and its outlook improved, the company said on Thursday. Subsea 7 said it "firmly" believed that the market recovery was underway based... Continue Reading →
Azinam Hires Island Innovator Rig for Gazania-1 Well, Offshore S. Africa
Oil and gas company Azinam, soon to be acquired by Eco Atlantic, has hired Island Drilling's Island Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig to drill the Gazania-1 well offshore S. Africa. The news comes in the wake of the recent significant discoveries made by Shell and TotalEnergies in the Orange Basin in the nearby Namibia. The news of the... Continue Reading →
Exxon raises Guyana’s long term oil production outlook
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) on Wednesday said it plans to have capacity to produce with partners 1.2 million barrels per day of oil and gas (boed) offshore of Guyana by 2027. That adds 200,000 boed of production capacity compared to a previous estimate by the consortia led by Exxon. The group produced 120,000 boed in... Continue Reading →
Wintershall Dea Writes Off $1.1B Nord Stream 2 financing
German oil and gas firm Wintershall Dea, one of the five co-funders of Nord Stream 2, on Wednesday said it is writing off its 1 billion euros ($1.11 billion) financing in the gas pipeline that was suspended last week. The management board of Wintershall Dea said on Wednesday it would no longer be advancing or... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Could Lose S. Africa Offshore Block If It Does Not Submit Output Plan
(OE) Oil major TotalEnergies could see its license to develop a major offshore South African gas find scrapped if it does not submit a production plan by September, the oil and gas regulator said on Thursday. TotalEnergies discovered two large gas fields, Brulpadda and Luiperd, in offshore block 11B/12B about 175 km off South Africa's... Continue Reading →