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Friday, October 9, 2020
Hurricane Delta: Gulf of Mexico Shut-Ins Highest Since Katrina
Offshore

Hurricane Delta: Gulf of Mexico Shut-Ins Highest Since Katrina

HOUSTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – A large and powerful Hurricane Delta dealt the greatest blow to U.S. offshore Gulf of Mexico energy production in 15 years,

October 9, 2020
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Monday, August 31, 2020
National Weather Service Monitoring Four Potential Storms in Atlantic as Season Heats Up
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National Weather Service Monitoring Four Potential Storms in Atlantic as Season Heats Up

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) –Four potential tropical systems are threatening to form in the Atlantic, including a patch of thunderstorms off the

August 31, 2020
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Sunday, August 23, 2020
Aegean II Tanker
Piracy

Piracy: Aegean II Is Safe And Underway

by Katharine Houreld (Reuters) – The M/V Aegean II, a Panama-flagged ship boarded by Somali police, is safe and underway, the EU Naval Force said on

August 23, 2020
Total Views: 227

Friday, August 21, 2020
fatih drillship black sea
Offshore

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: 267

Thursday, August 20, 2020
samsung-heavy-drillship-construction
Offshore

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: 252

Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Deepwater Champion Transocean seatrial drillship
Offshore

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: 223

Turkey Discovers Energy In Black Sea
Offshore

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: 120

Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Turkish drillship Yavuz
Offshore

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: 73

Kaombo Sul FPSO Angola
Offshore

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: 260

Monday, August 17, 2020
women-ships-binoculars
Offshore

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: 52

Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Offshore

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: 168

Monday, August 10, 2020
keppel shipyard
Offshore

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: 66

Monday, August 3, 2020
mariner oil field uk north sea
Offshore

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: 104

Friday, July 31, 2020
Chevron Big Foot. Photo: Chevron
Offshore

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

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
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File photo of an offshore drillship
Offshore

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: 272

Wednesday, July 22, 2020
offshore rig
Offshore

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
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020
offshore rig
Offshore

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: 57

Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Offshore Oil Platform
Offshore

COVID-19 Is Killing Oil Workers at an Unparalleled Pace in Mexico

By Amy Stillman (Bloomberg) — Of all the companies around the world affected by Covid-19, none has disclosed a worse death toll than Pemex, Mexico’s

July 15, 2020
Total Views: 80

Monday, July 13, 2020
Brazil’s Offshore Oil Workers Face Coronavirus Outbreaks
Offshore

Brazil’s Offshore Oil Workers Face Coronavirus Outbreaks

By Gram Slattery RIO DE JANEIRO, July 13 (Reuters) – On Friday, May 1, two workers on the PXA-1 offshore platform owned by Brazil’s state-run oil

July 13, 2020
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