Ocean bottom node (OBN) survey company Axxis Geo Solutions has extended charters for two Havila platform supply vessels.Norwegian vessel owner Havila Shipping said Thursday that Axxis Geo had extended charters for the PSV vessels Havila Aurora…
EnQuest aims to break even this year at $38 a barrel and does not expect to restart its Heather and Thistle/Deveron fields, which produced 6,000 barrel of oil equivalent per day (boed) last year, the British North Sea oil and gas producer said on Thursday…
French energy major Total said on Thursday that it had reached an agreement with renewables energy developer Simply Blue Energy to acquire 80% of the Erebus floating wind project in the Celtic Sea.Total, which did not disclose the value of the deal…
Offshore well integrity company Unity has signed a contract to maintain wellhead equipment across Spirit Energy's twelve offshore platforms.The platforms are located in the East Irish Sea, Southern North Sea and the Dutch sector of the North Sea…
Oil prices fell for the third session on Wednesday with U.S. crude futures tumbling to a 17-year low as travel and social lockdowns sparked by the coronavirus epidemic knocked the outlook for demand.U.S. crude was down $1.49 cents, or 5.53%…
More than 200 oilfield services companies might be forced to declare bankruptcy - most of them in Norway and the UK - due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its effect on oil prices.This is according to Norway-based energy intelligence firm Rystad Energy…
The Trump administration on Wednesday will hold a major sale of oil and gas leases in federal waters, testing drillers' appetite for investment amid a steep slide in oil prices that has cast doubt over energy projects around the globe. The more than 78 million-acre (31…
FPSO leasing specialist BW Offshore has signed a five-year contract for the lease and operation of the BW Pioneer FPSO on the Cascade and Chinook fields in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The contract was signed with MP Gulf of Mexico, am 80/20 partnership with Murphy Oil and Petrobras…
The recent collapse in oil prices could chop $300 million to $600 million off 2020 exploration budgets in Brazil, which has emerged as one of the world's hottest offshore oil plays, specialists at consultancy Wood Mackenzie told Reuters.Before…
Subsea marine robotics company Stinger Technology has won a subsea drone research and development contract with oil firm Neptune Energy.Under the contract, Stinger Technology will work on the development, qualification and field trials of autonomous inspection/ intervention subsea drones…
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor is set to form what it described as a 'temporary corporate project' aimed at dealing with the effects of the coronavirus and the low oil prices.'The Coronavirus, measures to limit the spread and the significant…
Colombia's majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol has cut its planned investment for 2020 by $1.2 billion amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and an increase in global crude supply, the company said Tuesday.The oil and gas company now sees its 2020 investment at between $3…
U.S. oil company Hess Corporation has cut its capital and exploratory program in response to the sharp drop in oil prices, affecting both onshore and offshore drilling programs. The company said Tuesday it would reduce its capex to $2.2B from previously proposed $3 billion…
Offshore wind farm developer Northland Power has decided to give up on the Demonstrator Project - the installation of two turbines using mono bucket foundations - at its Deutsche Bucht wind project in the North Sea.The company in February said…
UK-based oil and gas operator Repsol Sinopec is planning to apply for permission for the development of the Tain field in the Central North Sea, offshore the UK.The Tain field is located in Block 13/23b. The Tain field will be developed by…