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US Targets Myanmar's State Oil and Gas Enterprise with Form of Sanctions

Nov 01, 2023

The U.S. on Tuesday imposed a form of sanctions on Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), the U.S. Treasury Department said, but stopped short of imposing full blocking sanctions on the ruling junta's main source of foreign revenue.The action, first reported by Reuters, prohibits certain financial services by Americans to the state oil and gas enterprise starting on Dec. 15, the Treasury said in a statement…

China's First Purpose-built Offshore Wind SOVs Delivered

Aug 28, 2024

Shanghai Electric earlier this month celebrated the combined naming and delivery of two service operation vessels (SOV) at ZPMC, Qidong base, China. The vessels are based on two different ship designs from Ulstein Design & Solutions AS and are…

ExxonMobil to Transfer Operations of Two Malaysian PSC Assets to Petronas

Jul 22, 2024

Exxon Mobil intends to transfer the operations of all assets of two production-sharing contracts in Malaysia to state energy company Petronas, Exxon Mobil said on Saturday.Reuters had reported on Friday that Exxon Mobil had agreed to sell its Malaysian oil and gas assets to Petronas…

Valeura Stops Wassana Field Production in Gulf of Thailand

Jun 27, 2024

Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has suspended production at its fully-owned Wassana field, offshore Thailand, due to the damage on mobile offshore production unit (MOPU) identified during routine inspection.During a scheduled…

Bangladesh's Summit LNG Pauses FSRU Operations Due to Cyclone Damage

Jun 03, 2024

Bangladesh's Summit LNG has paused operations at its floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Moheshkhali after it was hit by a stray pontoon during a cyclone on May 27, the company said in a statement to Reuters on Friday.'There was damage to the ballast water tank of the FSRU…

Borr Drilling Nets Close to $160M in Fresh Contracts for Three Jack-Ups

Apr 09, 2024

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured work for three of its premium jack-up rigs, bringing in $158.6 million to the company.The new contracts are for the Prospector 1, Gunnlod, and a rig to be determined.  The commitments total 820 days and $158…

Australia's Santos Rejects Allegations of Human Rights Violations

May 26, 2023

Australian gas producer Santos Ltd said on Thursday it was categorically rejecting the allegations of human rights violations at its Barossa Gas project, Darwin LNG Life Extension project and Narrabri Gas project.The company said some of its…

Lamprell Names New CEO

May 15, 2023

Offshore energy engineering and construction services company Lamprell has appointed a new CEO, Ian Prescott. 'With a distinguished career spanning across the oil & gas, petrochemical, mining, power and water industries, Ian has a demonstrated…

Banks Urged to Withdraw $1B Loan for Santos' Barossa Offshore Gas Project

Apr 04, 2023

A group of Australian Indigenous people has lodged human rights grievances with 12 Australian and international banks urging them to withdraw a $1 billion loan to Santos Ltd for its Barossa offshore gas project. Environmental and Indigenous groups have been campaigning for years against the $3…

NYK's First Domestic CTV Named "Rera As"

Mar 20, 2023

Last week  at the Wind Expo Spring 2023 in Tokyo, NYK announced the name of a crew transfer vessel (CTV) for the Ishikari Bay New Port offshore wind farm, for which NYK has a multi-year time charter contract with Siemens Gamesa.At the naming presentation with James Tham…

Petrobras 'Pre-salt' Geologist Tapped to Head E&P

Jan 30, 2023

The new Chief Executive of Brazil's Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates, has picked geologist Mario Carminatti to head the oil company's exploration and production division, people with knowledge of the information said on Friday.As the company's chief geologist…

Oil Supertanker Grounded in Indonesia Will Take a Month to Free - Navy

Nov 07, 2022

Indonesian authorities said on Monday it could take up to a month to free a crude oil tanker stuck in its waters, while the United States slapped sanctions on the vessel for alleged links to Hezbollah and a branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guards…

Update: Four Dead as Helicopter with 9 Aboard Crashes Near ONGC Rig

Jun 28, 2022

A helicopter carrying seven passengers and two pilots ditched in the Arabian Sea near the Indian oil company ONGC's jack-up rig Sagar Kiran, in Mumbai High, offshore India. Four people died. According to initial tweets from the Coast Guard and…

North Field Expansion: Qatar Selects Exxon, Total, Shell, Conoco for mega-LNG Expansion - Sources

Jun 08, 2022

Qatar has picked ExxonMobil Corp, TotalEnergies, Shell, and ConocoPhillips, as partners in the expansion of the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, people with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.The North Field expansion will boost Qatar's LNG output by 64% by 2027…

Brent Climbs Above $120/bbl after Saudi Arabia Hikes Crude Prices

Jun 06, 2022

Oil futures jumped on Monday, with Brent rising above $120 a barrel after Saudi Arabia hiked prices for its crude sales in July, signaling tight supply even after OPEC+ agreed to accelerate output increases over the next two months.Brent crude was up 91 cents…

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