offshore oil and gas


Monday, December 9, 2019
offshore drilling rig brazil. Stock Photo: Shutterstock / marchello74
Offshore

Brazil Will Drill Massive Oil Find Despite Climate Concerns

By Jake Spring MADRID, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Brazil will push to expand oil drilling in its massive “pre-salt” oil and gas area off its coast in

December 9, 2019
Total Views: 50

Tuesday, December 3, 2019
offshore oil rig
Shipping News

Apache Plunges on ‘Incredibly Thin’ Suriname Well Update

By Rachel Adams-Heard and Simon Casey (Bloomberg) –Apache Corp. tumbled after the company’s update on a closely watched exploratory oil well off the

December 3, 2019
Total Views: 26

Wednesday, November 13, 2019
offshore oil rig
Offshore

Global Oil Demand Growth to Slow from 2025 – IEA

By Nina Chestney LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Growth in global oil demand is expected to slow from 2025 as fuel efficiency improves and the use of electric

November 13, 2019
Total Views: 45

Tuesday, November 12, 2019
offshore rig
Offshore

Offshore Oil Seen Peaking in 2020 Before Joining Shale in Market Drop

By David Wethe and Allison Mccartney (Bloomberg) –Offshore oil production is expected to hit a peak in 2020 before joining the shale industry in a

November 12, 2019
Total Views: 36

Thursday, November 7, 2019
offshore drilling rig brazil. Stock Photo: Shutterstock / marchello74
Shipping News

Big Oil Stuns Brazil in Back-to-Back Auction Flops

By Marianna Parraga, Gram Slattery and Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Major global oil firms snubbed a second Brazilian oil auction in

November 7, 2019
Total Views: 42

Wednesday, November 6, 2019
offshore drilling rig brazil
Offshore

Brazil’s Biggest-Ever Oil Auction a ‘Total Disaster’ as Bidders Stay Away

By Sabrina Valle, Peter Millard and Luiza Ferraz (Bloomberg) –Brazil’s largest-ever auction of oil deposits flopped, sending the real tumbling, after

November 6, 2019
Total Views: 58

Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Transocean Spitsbergen
Shipping News

Green Groups Return to Court to Stop Arctic Oil Drilling off Norway

By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Environmental groups urged a Norwegian appeals court on Tuesday to take emissions from the country’s

November 5, 2019
Total Views: 44

Thursday, October 31, 2019
offshore drilling rig brazil. Stock Photo: Shutterstock / marchello74
Offshore

Exxon May Take a Pass on Brazil’s Top Deepwater Oil Discovery

By Peter Millard (Bloomberg) –Exxon Mobil Corp. could take a pass on what it considers the world’s top deep-water oil discovery when Brazil puts the

October 31, 2019
Total Views: 55

Thursday, October 24, 2019
drillship
Interesting

U.S. Gulf’s Deepwater Oil Drillers Get $18 Billion Break from Decades-Old Law

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) –The U.S. has forfeited some $18 billion tied to oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico since 2000 because of a

October 24, 2019
Total Views: 118

johan sverdrup
Offshore

Norway’s New Crude a Threat to Rivals in Asia

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) –Norway’s new oil grade is making inroads in Asia, threatening to undermine sales of similar crudes from Africa and South

October 24, 2019
Total Views: 51

Monday, October 14, 2019
greenpeace brent protest
Shipping News

Greenpeace Climbs Decommissioned North Sea Platform

By Ron Bousso LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Greenpeace activists boarded two Royal Dutch Shell oil platforms in the British North Sea on Monday in protest

October 14, 2019
Total Views: 47

Wednesday, October 9, 2019
bourbon offshore
Shipping News

Bourbon Receives Takeover Offer

A company owned by a group of French banks has made a takeover offer for beleaguered offshore services company Bourbon Corporation as part of the company’s

October 9, 2019
Total Views: 66

Monday, October 7, 2019
offshore drillship
Shipping News

Keppel, Sembcorp Marine Reach Rig Settlement with Sete Brazil

SINGAPORE, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Singapore firms Keppel Corp and Sembcorp Marine said on Monday they had reached settlements with indebted Brazilian firm

October 7, 2019
Total Views: 75

Thursday, October 3, 2019
Transocean Spitsbergen
Environment

Transocean Semi-Submersible is First to Use Battery Power for Drilling Operations

Deepwater drilling contractor Transocean says it has deployed that world’s first hybrid battery system on floating drilling rig to supplement power needs

October 3, 2019
Total Views: 287

Monday, September 30, 2019
offshore rig north sea
Offshore

BP is Striking Out in a Hotspot for Offshore Oil Exploration

By Peter Millard and Kelly Gilblom (Bloomberg) –It was supposed to be BP Plc’s big Brazilian breakthrough after years of setbacks in one of the

September 30, 2019
Total Views: 39

offshore oil rig
Shipping News

Pemex Seeks Control of U.S. Firm’s Billion-Barrel Find in Gulf of Mexico

By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY, Sept 30 (Reuters) – When U.S. oil firm Talos Energy found nearly a billion barrels off Mexico’s southern Gulf

September 30, 2019
Total Views: 50

Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Deepwater Champion Drillship
Offshore

Transocean Relinquishes Ownership in Drillship Pair Under Construction

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has decided to walk away from two drillships under construction at South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industry. In a

September 24, 2019
Total Views: 376

Thursday, September 19, 2019
Imelda Disrupts U.S. Gulf Coast Energy Operations from Refineries to Terminals
Shipping News

Imelda Disrupts U.S. Gulf Coast Energy Operations from Refineries to Terminals

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Energy infrastructure on the U.S. Gulf Coast was hit hard by Tropical Storm Imelda on Thursday, as flooding

September 19, 2019
Total Views: 40

Friday, September 13, 2019
offshore rigs Mobile offshore drilling units stand in the Port of Cromarty Firth in Cromarty, U.K.
Offshore

Offshore Drillers Trying to Win Back Investors

By Mikael Holter – (Bloomberg) –Offshore drilling executives are trying to win back investors who have fled their stocks over the past year,

September 13, 2019
Total Views: 40

Wednesday, September 11, 2019
offshore oil rig
Shipping News

U.S. House Considering Three Bills to Limit Offshore Drilling

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to ban offshore oil and gas drilling off

September 11, 2019
Total Views: 31