A recent ultra-deepwater giant drillships build resulted in two drillships that have the first-ever 20,000 psi well control system equipped with two 20,000 psi blowout preventers. SourceContinue Reading
Malaysian state oil company Petroliam Nasional Bhd. has started inviting bids for its upstream assets in Africa, which could fetch as much as $3 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said. SourceContinue Reading
GATE Energy, the Houston-based engineering, commissioning and field services firm, announced that it has been awarded the commissioning management and execution contract for LLOG’s Salamanca development. SourceContinue Reading
TotalEnergies and Eni made a significant gas discovery at the Cronos-1 well, in Block 6, offshore Cyprus. This discovery follows the Calypso-1 discovery made on the same Block in 2018. SourceContinue Reading
A new study indicates that unnecessary growth in the number of processes and procedures and lack of equipment reliability are the biggest concerns for maintenance managers in the oil and gas industry. SourceContinue Reading
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. won approval from U.S. regulators to buy as much as 50% of Occidental Petroleum Corp. after spending months acquiring its shares. Occidental’s shares surged on news of the authorization. SourceContinue Reading
Touchstone Exploration Inc. announced that the company received the Certificate of Environmental Clearance it needed to conduct development operations within the Cascadura area of the Ortoire block. SourceContinue Reading
Enbridge Inc. won a battle in its fight with Michigan’s governor to keep its Line 5 pipeline operating after a judge ruled the legal battle over the oil conduit belongs in federal court. SourceContinue Reading
Businesses are burning coal and even oil to keep power stations and factories running while cleaner-burning natural gas becomes increasingly scarce. The situation threatens to push up Europe’s carbon footprint this year. SourceContinue Reading
