TechnipFMC has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation contract by Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd. This award covers the delivery and installation of subsea equipment including umbilicals, flowlines and the subsea production system for the Gumusut-Kakap Phase 2 Project. Hallvard Hasselknippe,…
An autonomous ground robot will be deployed for the first time for inspection purposes offshore on Total’s Alwyn platform in the UK northern North Sea. Under the 18-month project, the Oil & Gas Technology Centre, Total E&P, Austria’s taurob and Germany’s Technische Universitaet Darmstadt…
Shell has decided to divest its stake in an offshore block in Palestine. The company, through its affiliate BG Great Britain Limited, has reached an agreement with Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) to divest its entire interest and operatorship in the Gaza Marine licence. Gaza…
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator focused on the Middle East and the North Sea, has agreed to acquire a 15.37 percent of the share capital of Faroe Petroleum from Israeli Delek Group. DNO re-entered the North Sea upstream sector in 2017 through…
Baker Hughes has signed a contract to harness 200 MMcf/d of natural gas from Iraq’s Nassiriya and Gharraf oil fields. The Nassiriya field is operated by the state-run Dhi Qar Oil Company (DQOC) and currently producing around 70,000 barrels per day of crude oil, with…
Bahrain, the smallest energy producer in the Persian Gulf, discovered its biggest oil field since it started producing crude in 1932, according to the country’s official news agency. The shale oil and natural gas discovered in a deposit off the island state’s west coast…
Saudi Aramco participated in the Saudi-US CEO Forum held in New York to promote bilateral business and cooperation between the two countries. The Forum was scheduled to coincide with the official visit to the United States by HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. During…
Petronas, the national oil company of Malaysia, and Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia, have announced the formation of two joint ventures for the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project. The strategic alliance is a historic partnership between two of…
Exxon Mobil roared into Brazil’s prolific offshore oil fields again on the 29th March, clinching eight blocks in partnership with other oil firms eager to lap up the country’s choice reserves ahead of presidential elections later this year. Exxon along with Petrobras and Qatar…
The Nordex Group has been awarded another contract for a wind farm in France. The contract provides for the delivery of nine N117/2400 turbines for a 21.6-MW project. With its low noise emissions, this is one of Nordex’s best-selling wind turbines. Also for…
