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In Break with Rivals, Oxy CEO Says Carbon Tax Would be 'Bad'

Apr 07, 2021

Occidental Petroleum Corp Chief Executive Vicki Hollub said on Tuesday she opposes a carbon tax, an idea that has gained the backing of large rival oil companies and some trade groups.'A carbon tax would be bad for a lot of the industry, a carbon…

Emperor Energy Buys Judith Field Seismic Data. Gets More Time to Find Drilling Partner

Apr 09, 2021

Australian oil and gas company  Emperor Energy has acquired from CGG a license to recently acquired 3D seismic data covering its Judith gas field located within the Vic/P47 Permit in the offshore Gippsland Basin, Victoria, Australia.According to Emperor Energy…

Equinor, Partners Make 'Significant' Oil Find in Mature Area Off Norway

Mar 24, 2021

Norwegian oil firm Equinor, with its partners Vår Energi, Idemitsu Petroleum, and Neptune Energy, said Wednesday it had made the biggest discovery this year offshore Norway.Preliminary estimates place the discovery size between 12 and 19 million standard cubic meters of recoverable oil equivalent…

Vår Energi Obtains Approval to Drill Four Wells Off Norway

Mar 30, 2021

Norwegian offshore oil and gas company Vår Energi has received regulatory approvals to drill four wells in the production license 229, in the Norwegian section of the North Sea.The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said Tuesday it had granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for wells 25/8-20 S…

Polish PGNiG to Buy INEOS' Norwegian Oil and Gas Business for $615M

Mar 25, 2021

INEOS Energy on Thursday announced the sale of its oil and gas business in Norway to Poland's PGNiG for $615 million.  The deal includes all INEOS Oil & Gas interests in production, licenses, fields, facilities and pipelines, on the Norwegian continental shelf…

Sapura Energy CEO Retires. Successor Named

Mar 22, 2021

Malaysia's Sapura Energy has said its President and Group CEO Tan Sri Shahril Shamsuddin was retiring Monday, after leading the Group for more than 25 years. He will be succeeded by Mohd Anuar Taib, who takes over the helm as Sapura Energy Group Chief Executive Officer beginning 23 March 2021…

GC Rieber Delivers Polar Queen to Schmidt Ocean Institute

Mar 23, 2021

Norwegian offshore vessel owner GC Rieber Shipping has delivered the Polar Queen vessel to new owners Schmidt Ocean Institute. The company announced the sale of the IMR vessel in February.'The vessel has today been delivered to the new owner…

OGA: UK North Sea Flaring Dropped by 22% in 2020

Mar 11, 2021

Flaring in the UK North Sea dropped by 22% in 2020 compared to 2019, and as production facilities cut the overall volume to 33 billion cubic feet (bcf), a reduction which is roughly equivalent to the gas demand of 200,000 UK homes, the UK Oil and Gas Authority said Thursday…

OSSO's Tech to Keep Neptune's Offshore Drilling Tools Cool

Mar 18, 2021

Oil and gas services and technology company OSSO, specializing in fluid temperature control and separation solutions, has been awarded a contract by oil company Neptune Energy, to deploy its high volume mud cooler and AutoCUL technology at the Seagull project in the UK North Sea…

Ex-BHP Billiton CEO to Become Shell Chair

Mar 11, 2021

Oil giant Shell has announced the appointment of Sir Andrew Mackenzie as the new company Chair with effect from the conclusion of Shell’s 2021 Annual General Meeting, scheduled for May 18, 2021.Mackenzie, a former BHP Billiton CEO, will succeed…

TIMELINE: Nigerian Offshore Oil Block Deal Scandal

Mar 17, 2021

An Italian court acquitted Royal Dutch Shell and Italy's Eni on Wednesday of corruption in one of the oil industry's biggest court cases centered around the acquisition of a Nigerian oilfield in 2011.Italian prosecutors alleged that most of the $1…

Eni Extends Saipem 10000 Drillship Term until 2023

Feb 25, 2021

Italian oil giant Eni has recently extended the contract for Saipem's Saipem 10000 drillship.The news was shared by the Italian energy services company Saipem on Thursday in its full-year and fourth-quarter 2020 report.'The most significant…

Neptune Energy Starts Production from Gjøa P1 Project Off Norway

Feb 23, 2021

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy said Tuesday it had brought online the Gjøa P1 development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.Gjøa P1 has been developed via a new subsea template, tied back to existing infrastructure on the Gjøa field…

Premier Oil, Chrysaor Merger Gets Approvals from Regulators in UK, Mexico

Feb 23, 2021

UK-based oil company Premier Oil said Monday that all of the regulatory conditions relating to its merger with Chrysaor 'have now been satisfied and all of the requisite anti-trust approvals have been received.'Premier oil said following receipt of notice from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA)…

Siem Offshore's Siem Barracuda Nets 100-Day Offshore Wind Deal in Asia

Feb 19, 2021

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Siem Offshore and Seaway 7, the renewables business unit of Subsea 7, have entered into a contract for an offshore wind project in the Far East. Siem Offshore said that the project will utilize the offshore construction vessel 'Siem Barracuda'…

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