offshore oil and gas


Monday, November 14, 2016
Allseas Pioneering Spirit Approaches Platform For First Oil Rig Decommissioning Job
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Oil Majors Seeking Norway Exit Warned Shutdown Costs May Remain

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — As oil majors are considering exiting Norway, the government is warning them that they could still be on the hook for

November 14, 2016
Total Views: 56

Monday, November 7, 2016
Prospect of Offshore Oil Offers Mixed Blessing for Somalia
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Prospect of Offshore Oil Offers Mixed Blessing for Somalia

By Ed Stoddard CAPE TOWN, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Somalia looks more likely to strike oil than gas in its long pursuit of offshore riches, making it easier for

November 7, 2016
Total Views: 76

Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Maersk Oil Sells North Sea Stakes
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Maersk Oil Sells North Sea Stakes

By Ron Bousso LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Maersk Oil, a unit of Danish conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk, has agreed to sell stakes in three North Sea

September 14, 2016
Total Views: 59

Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Global Oil Outlook Darkens More Quickly on Stubborn Surplus
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Global Oil Outlook Darkens More Quickly on Stubborn Surplus

By Amanda Cooper LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) – The global oil market will show a surplus into next year, as an abrupt deterioration in demand growth meets

September 13, 2016
Total Views: 79

Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Israel Courting Energy Heavyweights to Seek Offshore Gas
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Israel Courting Energy Heavyweights to Seek Offshore Gas

By David Wainer (Bloomberg) — Israel’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz is out to persuade big energy explorers put off by years of regulatory turmoil to

August 31, 2016
Total Views: 27

Tuesday, August 30, 2016
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Offshore Vessels Detained In Aberdeen Over Unpaid Wages

by Polly Toynbee (TheGuardian) M/V Malaviya Twenty has been moored in Great Yarmouth docks since December. To look at, it’s no rustbucket, kept in good shape

August 30, 2016
Total Views: 33

Norway’s DNB: Oil Industry Suppliers Face Years of Restructuring
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Norway’s DNB: Oil Industry Suppliers Face Years of Restructuring

By Stine Jacobsen STAVANGER, Norway, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Restructuring the debt of struggling offshore oil service vessel (OSV) and drilling rig companies

August 30, 2016
Total Views: 68

Monday, August 29, 2016
north sea oil rig with offshore workboat alongside
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Big Oil Seems to Be Falling Out of Love With Big Projects

By Liam Denning (Bloomberg Gadfly) — Big Oil just doesn’t seem to be as enamored with the ‘big’ thing as it once was. Another major

August 29, 2016
Total Views: 96

Oil Executives See Market ‘Volatility’ Through 2017
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Oil Executives See Market ‘Volatility’ Through 2017

By Mikael Holter and Rakteem Katakey (Bloomberg) — Crude markets will continue to be plagued by volatility in the short and medium term after suffering

August 29, 2016
Total Views: 18

Saturday, August 20, 2016
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Singapore & Malaysia Are Drowning In Oil Debt

by David Yong & Denise Wee (Bloomberg) Singaporean companies struggling to meet debt obligations as oil prices slump may get more support from the

August 20, 2016
Total Views: 60

Thursday, August 11, 2016
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IEA: Oil Markets to Tighten Slowly After Months of Oversupply

By Dmitry Zhdannikov MOSCOW, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Oil markets will begin to tighten in the second half of 2016 but at a slow pace as global demand growth

August 11, 2016
Total Views: 48

Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Swiber Troubles Show Urgency Needed in Fixing Debt, Adviser Says
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Swiber Troubles Show Urgency Needed in Fixing Debt, Adviser Says

By David Yong and Andrea Tan (Bloomberg) — Singapore’s offshore oil services companies and marine engineering firms are leaving it too late to

August 10, 2016
Total Views: 40

Thursday, July 21, 2016
platform supply vessel north sea sunrise sunset
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North Sea Field Shutdowns to Climb as Brexit Deepens Oil Gloom

By Rakteem Katakey (Bloomberg) — The pace of North Sea oil-field shutdowns is picking up as the impact of the market slump is compounded by the uncertain

July 21, 2016
Total Views: 35

Friday, July 8, 2016
Big Oil’s $45 Billion of New Projects Signal Spending Revival
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Big Oil’s $45 Billion of New Projects Signal Spending Revival

By Rakteem Katakey (Bloomberg) — Two projects worth $45 billion announced this month show the world’s largest oil companies are regaining the

July 8, 2016
Total Views: 44

Tuesday, June 28, 2016
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Maersk Oil Loses Qatar

Maersk Oil says it will be leaving Qatar after losing the contract to operate the country’s largest producing offshore oil field. The news comes as

June 28, 2016
Total Views: 1102

Thursday, March 10, 2016
U.S., Canada Agree to Oil and Gas Well Emission Cuts
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U.S., Canada Agree to Oil and Gas Well Emission Cuts

By Justin Sink, Josh Wingrove and Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced steps to

March 10, 2016
Total Views: 34

Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Solstad Offshore Says Consolidation Needed to Restore Profits
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Solstad Offshore Says Consolidation Needed to Restore Profits

OSLO, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Offshore supply vessel owners must form larger companies in order to restore profitability to an industry battered by plunging

February 24, 2016
Total Views: 87

Friday, February 5, 2016
Just 0.1% of Global Oil Output Has Been Halted Due to Low Prices
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Just 0.1% of Global Oil Output Has Been Halted Due to Low Prices

By Javier Blas (Bloomberg) — After a year of low oil prices, only 0.1 percent of global production has been curtailed because it’s unprofitable,

February 5, 2016
Total Views: 34

Friday, January 22, 2016
Keppel Uncertainty Continues as Brazil Client Delays
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Keppel Uncertainty Continues as Brazil Client Delays

By Kyunghee Park and Jonathan Burgos (Bloomberg) — Keppel Corp.’s uncertainties about the oil- rig market are set to continue after a key customer in

January 22, 2016
Total Views: 32

Friday, January 8, 2016
Mexican Oil Fields Lure Next Generation of Wildcatters
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Mexican Oil Fields Lure Next Generation of Wildcatters

By Adam Williams (Bloomberg) — While more than 180,000 onshore wells are producing oil in Texas, only 8,250 have been drilled by Petroleos Mexicanos

January 8, 2016
Total Views: 44