Exxon emergency crews are working to isolate and contain a fire at its plant in Baytown, Texas. Firefighters are working to put out a fire that began on the 31st July at an ExxonMobil plant in Baytown, Texas. Exxon first posted on Twitter…
Oil major Shell has completed the sale of its Danish North Sea assets to Noreco for US$1.9 billion. The two companies had reached the agreement for the transaction in October 2018, and the deal, after some delays, was completed on the 31st July. …
Neptune Energy agreed to acquire additional interests in certain oil and gas fields in Germany from Wintershall DEA. The agreement will increase Neptune’s existing interest in the Bramberge, Meppen, and Annaveen oil fields in the Emsland region and in various gas fields in the…
Woodside Energy has contracted Boskalis Australia to perform seabed intervention and shore crossing works for the proposed Scarborough field export gas pipeline offshore north-west Australia. Assuming a positive final investment decision next year by the Scarborough Joint Venture, the value of the contract…
Hague and London Oil has announced an update on its operations in the Dutch and UK Southern North Sea. Spudding of Andromeda North Well The Andromeda North well has spudded in Block 42/12, in the Southern North Sea, in which HALO has a 45%…
Anticipated demand for offshore services brings with it an increased demand for workers as oil and gas employment shifts from shale to offshore, according to new analysis by energy research firm Rystad Energy. Looking at the oilfield services industry sectors with the highest percent…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted ConocoPhillips a drilling permit for well 25/7-7 in the North Sea offshore Norway. The well 25/7-7 will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible drilling rig, the NPD said on the 31st July. The drilling programme…
The Australian parliament in Canberra has passed legislation which will enable ratification of the treaty fixing the country’s marine boundary with East Timor which was signed at the United Nations in New York in March. The boundary follows the median line between the two…
A US$20 billion investment aims to supply electricity to Singapore from what will be, for the time being, the world’s largest solar farm: Sun Cable. Located in Australia and linked by a 3,800-kilometre submarine cable, its magnificent 15,000 hectares of solar panels will provide…
Neptune Energy has agreed to acquire interests from Eni in the Kutei basin production sharing contracts (PSC) offshore Indonesia. Neptune will acquire a 20% working interest in the East Sepinggan PSC and a 30% working interest in the East Ganal PSC. The East…
