New Zealand's green credentials are at risk as the government rolls back environmental reforms in a bid to boost a flailing economy and fulfil promises made to its voters.Since taking power last year, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's center…
Chevron Corp on Friday posted sharply weaker second-quarter earnings and the oil major's CEO discounted the chance to close a $53 billion acquisition of Hess Corp before mid-2025, sending shares down 3%.Shares were off 9% since Wednesday following…
U.S. oil company Chevron Corp said on Friday it was replacing several long-standing managers in a reshuffle of senior jobs and that it was moving its headquarters to Houston from San Ramon, Calif.The changes come as the company works to cut costs and renew leadership after a series of setbacks…
Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has signed a contract with Wind Energy Construction for the design and construction of a new energy construction vessel (ECV), securing also an option for one additional vessel.Wind Energy Construction is a Norwegian…
SLB OneSubsea, a joint venture between SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, has secured a major contract from Petrobras for the supply of subsea production systems and related services for two ultra-deepwater fields offshore Brazil.As part of the…
The floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) Almirante Tamandaré, which is set to be the largest to ever operate in Brazilian waters, has started its journey from China to serve Petrobras in the Santos Basin.The FPSO started its journey…
Exxon Mobil on Friday posted a better-than-expected $9.2 billion second-quarter profit based on rising output from its purchase this year of shale oil firm Pioneer Natural Resources.Exxon delivered a $2.14 a share profit that beat analysts'…
Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has begun the process of restarting the production operations at the Wassana field in the Gulf of Thailand, following inspection of mobile offshore production unit (MOPU).Valeura implemented a precautionary suspension of oil production on June 28…
RWE has appointed Kevin Kroll to serve as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of its U.S. renewables business, RWE Clean Energy.Starting August 1, under the lead of Andrew Flanagan, CEO of RWE Clean Energy, Kroll will complete the Executive Leadership…
U.S. oil and gas producer ConocoPhillips' COP.N second-quarter profit beat Wall Street estimates on Thursday, benefiting from higher output and commodity prices.The beat comes as ConocoPhillips is pursuing a $22.5 billion takeover of Marathon Oil MRO…
Ivory Coast's council of ministers on Thursday approved the signing of production-sharing agreements with Eni relating to four oil blocks.Under the deal, a minimum of $80 million will be invested in blocks CI-504, CI-526, CI-706 and CI-708 over an initial three-year exploration period…
Italian cable maker and installation services provider Prysmian has signed a contract, worth around $647 million (€600 million), to supply and install new interconnector between Victoria and Tasmania that will facilitate the flow of renewable energy between the two Australia’s states…
TotalEnergies EP Nederland has awarded a multi-million-dollar front-end-engineering design (FEED) contract to Petrofac for a CO2 injection platform as part of the Aramis carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Netherlands.The project…
Britain's decision to increase a windfall tax on oil and gas producers to help pay for its push to grow renewables will lead to a sharp drop in revenue and accelerate the ageing basin's decline, North Sea drillers said.The new Labour government…
Maritime Developments (MDL) has supported Italian underwater contractor Rana Diving in a rigid pipe installation in the Mediterranean.MDL’s 2-track tensioner spread was mobilized onboard a moored barge - AD3 - to install 4 km of 4-inch rigid pipeline off the east coast of Italy…