Eco (Atlantic) provides Guyana operational update

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas has provided an operational update following its two recent oil discoveries on the Orinduik Block, offshore Guyana.   Multiple prospects currently being reviewed with further high graded candidates under consideration for a 2020 drilling programme   Operator is preparing a…

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New Norway Oil Grade Making Inroads in Asia

Norway’s new oil grade is making inroads in Asia, threatening to undermine sales of similar crudes from Africa and South America.   China’s Unipec, at least one of the nation’s independent refiners and South Korea’s Hyundai Oilbank Company have bought Johan Sverdrup for December delivery,…

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Deep Down gets new orders for offshore equipment and services

Houston-based oilfield services company Deep Down has received orders for custom offshore equipment and services exceeding US$2 million from different customers, within one week.   Deep Down said on the 24th October that the orders were for flying leads, riser isolation valve controls, and other…

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Aker Solutions shifting focus to alternative energy, storage

Aker Solutions is looking for renewable and low carbon solutions to provide around half its revenue by 2030.   Although the oil and gas industry will likely remain the biggest market, the company is aiming for a more balanced portfolio of products and technologies, in…

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Melbana Energy provides Cuba update

Melbana Energy has provided an update regarding its Block 9 Production Sharing Contract (Block 9 PSC) in Cuba:   As advised in its announcement of 3 October 2019, Melbana had been informed that all the amendments it had requested to its Block 9 PSC with…

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Insurance Jottings

Lloyd’s heavyweights lead 2020 pre-emption approvals With the 2020 syndicate business approval process well underway, Lloyd’s blue-chip carriers Beazley, Hiscox and Tokio Marine Kiln head the list of syndicates with third-party capital that have received approval to expand significantly next year.   Chinese companies eye…

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Colonial Pipeline Eyes Expansion

The busiest US fuel pipeline might expand jet fuel deliveries to respond to growing demand in the home of country music.   Shippers on Colonial Pipeline Company, which carries as much as 1.37 million barrels a day of fuel from the Houston area to North…

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New UK North Sea oil firm buys Endeavour Energy UK

Recently established North Sea-focused oil and gas company Waldorf Production has agreed to buy Endeavour Energy UK.   In a statement on the 22nd October, Waldorf Production said the acquisition marked the company’s entry into the UK North Sea, “firmly establishing the company as a…

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