The Department of the Interior today announced the results of the nation’s highest-grossing competitive offshore energy lease sale in history, including oil and gas lease sales, with the New York Bight offshore wind sale. These results are a major milestone towards achieving the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of reaching 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by... Continue Reading →
Solstad concludes 2021 with positive numbers
Solstad Offshore has reported a revenue of NOK 5.4 billion for the financial year 2021, an 8% increase compared to NOK 5 billion in 2020. Looking ahead, the Norwegian company revealed it fears that the current situation in Ukraine could impact its operations. The Norwegian company announced a full-year adjusted EBITDA increase of 20% to... Continue Reading →
Oil’s Journey from Worthless in the Pandemic to $100 a Barrel
In July 2020, just a few months after the COVID-19 pandemic started to spiral out of control, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden declared world oil demand may have passed its peak - all but condemning his company's core business to eventual obscurity. "Demand will take a long time to recover if it recovers at all,"... Continue Reading →
Eni Brings Online Ndungu EP Oil Project Offshore Angola
(OE) Italian oil company Eni has started production from the Ndungu Early Production (EP) development offshore Angola. The field, located in Block 15/06 of the Angolan deep offshore has been developed via the Ngoma FPSO vessel. "The start-up of Ndungu EP is yet another example of how Eni Angola, in full cooperation with Agência Nacional... Continue Reading →
U.S. Offshore Wind Bids Soar Past $3B. Lease Sale to Continue Friday
The Biden's administration's sale of offshore wind development rights off the coasts of New York and New Jersey surged past all expectations on Thursday to reach more than $3.3 billion, with bidding still not complete. The auction, which began on Wednesday and is due to resume on Friday morning, is the first offshore wind lease... Continue Reading →
Seplat to Buy Exxon’s Shallow Water Oil and Gas Fields in Nigeria for $1,28B
(OE) Nigerian oil company Seplat has agreed to buy ExxonMobil's shallow water assets in Nigeria via the acquisition of the U.S. oil company's Nigerian subsidiary Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited ("MPNU"), in what Seplat said was a transformational acquisition for the company. Seplat will pay $1,28 billion for the acquisition. “The transaction encompasses the acquisition of... Continue Reading →
Lukoil closes $435 million deal to enter shallow water blocks off Mexico
Russia’s Lukoil has completed the acquisition of a 50 per cent operated interest in the Area 4 project – located in shallow waters offshore Mexico – through a deal with the operator’s holding company for $435 million. Back in July 2021, Lukoil entered into an agreement to acquire the 50 per cent operator interest in the Area... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC first shipment of rigid pipelines from its spoolbase in Brazil
TechnipFMC first shipment of rigid pipelines from its spoolbase in Brazil TechnipFMC will carry out the first shipment of rigid pipelines from its spoolbase in Porto do Açu, in São João da Barra (RJ), installed in the Dome area (Prumo's joint venture with GranIHC). The operation will start on Friday), marking the supply of the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras adopts wait-and-see pricing strategy after Ukraine invasion
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras will closely monitor international price swings following Russia's invasion of Ukraine before making any decisions on domestic fuel prices, the firm's logistics and trading head said on Thursday. The company, formally Petroleo Brasileiro SA , says it aligns domestic prices with international rates but allows prices to decouple... Continue Reading →
More Than 350 Subsea Trees to Be Ordered in 2022, Level Not Seen Since 2013, TechnipFMC Says
Oilfield services giant TechnipFMC expects more than 350 subsea tree orders to be made globally in 2022, a level which it says has not been seen in years. The oilfield equipment and services firm saw its full-year 2021 inbound orders in the subsea segment hit the $5 billion figure, a 24 percent increase compared to... Continue Reading →