China's offshore oil and gas specialist CNOOC Ltd said on Wednesday it entered a framework deal with China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec Corp, to jointly study and explore mostly offshore oil and gas blocks.Under the deal, the two…
Exxon Mobil Corp and Anadarko Petroleum Corp on Wednesday joined several other U.S. oil producers withdrawing staff from deepwater platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as what could be a major storm gathered.The withdrawals helped push U.S. oil futures up 3…
Oil and gas producer Occidental Petroleum Corp said on Tuesday the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has granted approval for its proposed $38 billion deal to buy Anadarko Petroleum Corp.The waiting period required for companies under the Hart-Scott…
Anadarko Petroleum Corp,which is the target of a bidding war between Occidental Petroleum Corp and Chevron Corp, reported a 7.2 percent fall in adjusted quarterly profit on Thursday, as it sold oil at lower prices.The oil and gas producer said adjusted net income fell to $259 million…
Oil and gas producer Murphy Oil Corp said on Tuesday it would buy Gulf of Mexico assets from LLOG Exploration Offshore and LLOG Bluewater Holdings for at least $1.38 billion in cash in a move to strengthen its position in the region that saw record production last year…
U.S. oil and gas producer Hess Corp posted its first profit in about four years that also easily beat analysts' estimates, as it sold oil at higher prices and managed to slash costs by 62 percent.New York-based Hess has not reported a profit…
U.S. crude prices were modestly higher on Tuesday as nearly one-fifth of daily oil production was lost from offshore Gulf of Mexico wells due to Hurricane Michael.Oil producers including Anadarko Petroleum Corp, BHP Billiton, BP and Chevron…
A consortium made up of Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron Corp won the Saturno block in the Santos basin in Brazil's pre-salt offshore oil auction on Friday, outbidding a rival group led by Exxon Mobil Corp.Shell's consortium won by pledging 70…
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is in talks to sell its assets in a Gulf of Mexico oilfield to Focus Oil to pay for its takeover of BG Group Plc, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with matter.The deal could value Shell's stake in the Caesar Tonga field at about $1…
Elaine Maslin looks at some of the ongoing and proposed FLNG projects around the globe (First published in the December 2017 OE, access the full issue here). West Africa has seen a good amount of floating LNG project activity this year with three developments underway…
Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), has announced a second major contract for Eni East Africa’s (EEA) Coral South FLNG development, offshore Mozambique. The contract was awarded by a joint venture formed by TechnipFMC and JGC Corporation…
Hyperdynamics Corp. received a letter from the government of Guinea confirming that a two-year appraisal period will be granted to the consortium of SCS Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of HDYN, and South Atlantic Petroleum (Sapetro) in the event of an oil discovery in the Fatala-1 well…
SOFEC, a MODEC Group company, has been awarded the turret mooring system supply contract for Eni's Coral South Project. The contract was awarded by TechnipFMC and JGC Corp. joint venture is is for the engineering, procurement and construction…
Noble Corp. has appointed Robert W. Eifler as vice president and general manager – Marketing and Contracts, effective 17 July 2017. In his new role, Eifler will be responsible for Noble's worldwide marketing and contracts efforts, based…
Yinson Holdings has signed a heads of agreement with a consortium of Japanese companies to divest 26% stake of Yinson’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Yinson Production (West Africa). The deal, worth between US$104-$117 million, is with the JV comprised of Sumitomo Corp…