On the 27th May Qatar Petroleum reported that it has awarded McDermott Middle East Inc the front end engineering design (FEED) contract for its North Field Expansion Project’s offshore pipelines and topsides facilities. “The offshore topsides and pipelines are an important component of the…
Members are informed on the recent announcement by South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) that it has made the decision following a successful trial in October last year of the service to transfer pilots to/from vessels via helicopter. The helicopter service, which has been…
Canadian oil company Husky Energy has disclosed its updated five-year plan, which includes investments in several offshore projects offshore China, Indonesia, and Canada. Husky said on Tuesday that the company would focus investments which would continue to grow high-netback gas production offshore China and…
TransGlobe Energy has announced an approval of a new development lease and an operations update. All dollar values are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise stated. Updates South Ghazalat Development Lease approved, targeting an initial ~1000 Bopd from the upper Bahariya formation with first…
The first fully electric rubbish trucks to hit the streets in Australia have done so this week in Melbourne’s outer south-east council, the City of Casey. The 100% electric rubbish trucks, which have been developed by waste collection equipment maker SuperiorPak in collaboration with…
Large oil and gas companies are commanding a greater role in high-impact exploration, but a lack of depth in the quality of global drilling opportunities diminished their performance in 2018, Westwood Global Energy Group reported on the 24th May. “The competitive landscape is changing…
London-based private equity firm Blue Water Energy is buying Heerema Marine Contractors’ Pipeline Technique Limited, a provider of pipeline welding, field joint coating, and spoolbase services to the energy industry. PTL is headquartered in Huntly, UK with additional worksites in the USA, Middle East,…
Antonio Mexia, EDP CEO and Chairman of EDPR and Isabelle Kocher, ENGIE CEO, have announced the signing of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to create a co-controlled 50/50 joint-venture (JV) in fixed and floating offshore wind. The new entity will be the exclusive…
Unión Cuba-Petróleo (CUPET), in partnership with BGP, will be running a promotional event to include presentations and data viewing relating to the 2019 licensing round, alongside the EAGE conference, 3-6th June 2019. Twenty four (24) blocks offshore in the Cuban economic exclusive zone of the Gulf…
Zarubezhneft JSC, Moscow, has received a 30% participating interest in the production sharing agreement for Block 09-2/09 in the Cuu Long basin offshore Vietnam under one of several agreements signed during meetings among leaders of the Russian and Vietnamese governments. The interest was carved…
