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Monday, August 24, 2020
Twin Storms Hit U.S. Gulf Energy Production
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Twin Storms Hit U.S. Gulf Energy Production

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Energy companies are moving to cut production at U.S. Gulf Coast oil refineries after shutting half the

August 24, 2020
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Friday, August 21, 2020
fatih drillship black sea
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Drillship Fatih Makes Huge Black Sea Discovery

By Selcan Hacaoglu (Bloomberg) President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey has found 320 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the biggest ever discovery in

August 21, 2020
Total Views: 295

Thursday, August 20, 2020
samsung-heavy-drillship-construction
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Offshore Drilling Is ‘Structurally Damaged’ And Help Is Not Coming

(Bloomberg) – President Donald Trump helped to clinch an unprecedented deal among the world’s largest crude producers, but the pact hasn’t stopped

August 20, 2020
Total Views: 260

Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Deepwater Champion Transocean seatrial drillship
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Offshore Crisis: Recent Failures Have Created A Massive $30 Billion Financial Risk

By David Wethe and Allison McNeely (Bloomberg) Offshore oil servicers are going bust at the fastest pace in three years as explorers spurn high-cost drilling

August 19, 2020
Total Views: 245

Turkey Discovers Energy In Black Sea
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Turkey Discovers Energy In Black Sea

By Cagan Koc and Selcan Hacaoglu (Bloomberg) Turkey has made an energy discovery in the Black Sea, most likely natural gas, two people with direct knowledge of

August 19, 2020
Total Views: 132

Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Four Trends Impacting the Role of Weather Data for Offshore Wind Farms
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Four Trends Impacting the Role of Weather Data for Offshore Wind Farms

Whether you’re working on a wind farm installation, planning routine maintenance, or planning to decommission a site, it’s clear that weather conditions

August 18, 2020
Total Views: 120

Turkish drillship Yavuz
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Cyprus: EU ‘appeasement’ Of Turkey In Drillship Dispute Will ‘go nowhere’

by Michele Kambas (Reuters) – Cyprus on Monday criticized European Union partners over what it said was diffidence amounting to “a policy of

August 18, 2020
Total Views: 75

Kaombo Sul FPSO Angola
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Total Resumes Offshore Drilling For Angolan Oil

by Noah Browning (Reuters) – France’s Total has restarted oil drilling in Angola and new exploration ships will also soon resume work, the company’s

August 18, 2020
Total Views: 275

Monday, August 17, 2020
women-ships-binoculars
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Drillship Standoff Intensifies Off Cyprus

(Reuters) – Turkey drew another rebuke from the European Union on Sunday when it said its Yavuz energy drillship would extend operations in disputed

August 17, 2020
Total Views: 55

Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Hermitage Offshore Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Hermitage Offshore Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Offshore support vessel company Hermitage Offshore Services (NYSE:PSV) has announced that it and 28 of its vessel-owning subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11

August 12, 2020
Total Views: 174

Monday, August 10, 2020
keppel shipyard
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Temasek Unit Scraps $3 Billion Bid for Keppel

By Krystal Chia (Bloomberg) — Kyanite Investment Holdings, a unit of Singapore state-backed investor Temasek Holdings Pte, scrapped its bid to take

August 10, 2020
Total Views: 72

Tuesday, August 4, 2020
VARD Secures Second ABS Approval for Jones Act-Compliant Offshore Wind Service Vessel
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VARD Secures Second ABS Approval for Jones Act-Compliant Offshore Wind Service Vessel

Naval architect Vard Marine has been awarded its second Approval in Principle from the American Bureau of Shipping for a Jones Act-compliant service operation

August 4, 2020
Total Views: 154

Monday, August 3, 2020
mariner oil field uk north sea
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U.K. Oil Workers Marooned at Sea May Be Safety Risk, Unions Say

By Ryan Hesketh (Bloomberg) –North Sea oil workers are staying offshore for as long as three weeks at a time, potentially increasing the risks of an

August 3, 2020
Total Views: 114

Friday, July 31, 2020
Chevron Big Foot. Photo: Chevron
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Chevron Reports Massive Q2 Loss on Writedowns

By Jennifer Hiller HOUSTON, July 31 (Reuters) – Chevron Corp on Friday reported an $8.3 billion loss in the second quarter on asset writedowns from

July 31, 2020
Total Views: 90

Thursday, July 23, 2020
Saipem Wins More Offshore Wind Work for Saipem 7000
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Saipem Wins More Offshore Wind Work for Saipem 7000

Italian oil services giant Saipem has announced multiple new contract awards related to offshore wind projects currently under development off the coasts of

July 23, 2020
Total Views: 977

File photo of an offshore drillship
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Shell Drills Dry Hole Offshore Brazil, Dimming Hope for Brazilian Oil

By Peter Millard (Bloomberg) –Royal Dutch Shell Plc has just drilled a dry hole in Brazil’s premier offshore region, a sign state-controlled Petrobras

July 23, 2020
Total Views: 284

Wednesday, July 22, 2020
offshore rig
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U.K. Oil Industry at Odds With Government on Mass Covid Testing

By Ryan Hesketh (Bloomberg) –The U.K. oil and gas industry says blanket testing of its workers is essential to avoid Covid-19 outbreaks offshore, but the

July 22, 2020
Total Views: 25

Tuesday, July 21, 2020
offshore wind
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New York Wants to Buy Enough Clean Power for 1.5 Million Homes

By Christopher Martin (Bloomberg) –New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is seeking bids for up to 4,000 megawatts of clean energy, enough to power 1.5 million

July 21, 2020
Total Views: 81

offshore rig
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Chevron’s $5 Billion Deal for Noble Ends Deal Drought

By Arathy S Nair July 21 (Reuters) – Chevron Corp’s surprise $5 billion all-stock deal for oil producer Noble Energy should spell the end of this

July 21, 2020
Total Views: 68

Friday, July 17, 2020
offshore wind farm
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Norwegian Billionaire Reshapes Oil Empire for Renewable-Energy Future

By Mikael Holter and Lars Erik Taraldsen (Bloomberg) –Billionaire Kjell Inge Rokke is transforming the structure of his business empire as he seeks to

July 17, 2020
Total Views: 152