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Friday, March 22, 2019
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Pioneering Spirit Sets New Offshore Lifting Record at Johan Sverdrup

A new offshore lifting world record has been set with the installation of the final topsides in first phase of the Johan Sverdrup field development project in

March 22, 2019
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Offshore

Trump Has a Plan to Preserve Benefits for Oil Drillers in Future

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — A top Interior Department official told oil industry leaders the Trump administration is seeking to sign contracts

March 22, 2019
Total Views: 5

Wednesday, March 20, 2019
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Offshore

Low Prices Spark Interest in Latest U.S. Gulf Lease Sale

By Nichola Groom March 20 (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s fourth major auction for oil and gas leases in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico received

March 20, 2019
Total Views: 11

Friday, March 8, 2019
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Offshore

Norway Fund to Sell Stakes in Oil Exploration and Production Firms, But Its Keeping Integrated Energy Stocks

By Gwladys Fouche and Terje Solsvik OSLO, March 8 (Reuters) – Norway’s trillion-dollar sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest, will

March 8, 2019
Total Views: 6

Thursday, March 7, 2019
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Offshore

Trump Administration’s Five-Year Offshore Drilling Plan Expected ‘In Coming Weeks’

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s revised five-year program to expand offshore drilling in most

March 7, 2019
Total Views: 13

Wednesday, February 27, 2019
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Maritime News

Diamond Offshore Sees Drillship Dayrates Almost Doubling Next Year

By David Wethe and Alix Steel (Bloomberg) — Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. said it’s nearly doubling rental rates for deepwater drillships as oil

February 27, 2019
Total Views: 10

Thursday, February 14, 2019
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Maritime News

Abide By the Claw: Norway’s Arctic Snow Crab Ruling Boosts Claim to Oil

By Alister Doyle and Gwladys Fouche OSLO, Feb 14 (Reuters) – A court delivered a painful nip to European Union fishermen on Thursday by tightening

February 14, 2019
Total Views: 8

Thursday, February 7, 2019
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Maritime News

Landmark Oil Find Off South Africa Opens Prospect of Drilling Rush

By Paul Burkhardt (Bloomberg) — South Africa’s first deep-water discovery, reported Thursday by French oil major Total SA, may prompt a rush

February 7, 2019
Total Views: 49

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
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Maritime News

CNOOC Makes Major New Oil Discovery in North Sea Off Scotland

China state oil company CNOOC on Tuesday announced a major new oil discovery at the Glengorm prospect in the U.K. sector of the North Sea. The Glengorm

January 29, 2019
Total Views: 158

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Offshore

Oil Major Total Plans Biggest Exploration Drive in Years

By Bate Felix and Wendell Roelf PARIS/CAPE TOWN, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Total is launching its biggest exploration campaign for years in 2019 as part of a

January 29, 2019
Total Views: 5

Thursday, January 24, 2019
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Maritime News

Keppel Sees Signs of Rig Recovery After Posting Q4 Profit

SINGAPORE, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Singaporean conglomerate Keppel Corp posted improved results for the fourth quarter, helped by narrower losses in its

January 24, 2019
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Wednesday, January 23, 2019
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Maritime News

Senate Democrats Question Offshore Drilling Leasing Work Amid Shutdown

Jan 23 (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats are questioning the legal basis of the Trump administration’s move to continue work on its five-year

January 23, 2019
Total Views: 6

Friday, January 18, 2019
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Maritime News

U.S. Judge Blocks Atlantic Seismic Oil Permitting During Shutdown

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) – A federal court judge on Friday ruled that the federal government cannot process seismic testing

January 18, 2019
Total Views: 3

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Maritime News

After Billion-Barrel Bonanza, BP Goes Global with Seismic Tech

By Ron Bousso LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Buoyed by the success of seismic imaging that found an extra billion barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico,

January 18, 2019
Total Views: 52

Monday, January 14, 2019
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Maritime News

Norway Supreme Court to Hear Snow Crab Case with Implication for Oil

By Gwladys Fouche OSLO, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Norway’s Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear arguments on whether EU ships can fish for snow crab off

January 14, 2019
Total Views: 23

Friday, January 11, 2019
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Maritime News

Winners and Losers in Big Oil’s Offshore Spending Revival

By Francois de Beaupuy (Bloomberg) — After four years of cutbacks, oil companies are poised to open their purses again and develop new offshore

January 11, 2019
Total Views: 11

Tuesday, January 8, 2019
thunder horse platform
Offshore

BP Uses New Technology to Unlock 1 Billion BOE at Thunder Horse Field

By Ron Bousso LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) – BP said it has discovered two new oilfields in the Gulf of Mexico and has identified an additional billion

January 8, 2019
Total Views: 85

Thursday, December 20, 2018
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Maritime News

Attorneys General Fire New Salvo in Offshore Drilling Fight Off U.S. East Coast

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — Attorneys general from nine coastal states are intervening in a lawsuit aimed at blocking seismic surveys that could

December 20, 2018
Total Views: 9

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Offshore

Total Poised to Start Exports From Big New Oil Field in Nigeria

By Sherry Su (Bloomberg) — Total SA is poised to start exports of crude from a major new offshore field in Nigeria, adding to global supplies at a time

December 20, 2018
Total Views: 129

Monday, December 17, 2018
offshore oil and gas rig
Maritime News

Zinke’s Departure Puts U.S. Interior in Hands of Former Oil Lobbyist

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — A former lobbyist who has played a leading, behind-the-scenes role at the Interior Department driving Trump

December 17, 2018
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