offshore oil and gas


Tuesday, August 30, 2016
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: 61

Monday, August 29, 2016
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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: 88

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: 13

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: 55

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: 40

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: 31

Thursday, July 21, 2016
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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: 26

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: 37

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: 1071

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: 22

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: 80

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: 29

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: 22

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: 37

Monday, November 23, 2015
Norway’s Stacked Offshore Fleet Swells to 100 Vessels
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Norway’s Stacked Offshore Fleet Swells to 100 Vessels

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — The number of Norwegian offshore vessels with nothing to do has gone from zero to 100 in just a year. And the woes are

November 23, 2015
Total Views: 121

Friday, November 20, 2015
Deep Sea Supply: 10 Vessels Laid Up and More to Come
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Deep Sea Supply: 10 Vessels Laid Up and More to Come

Deep Sea Supply, the Norwegian PSV and AHTS owner controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen, says it now has 10 vessels in lay-up and more are expected with

November 20, 2015
Total Views: 212

Friday, November 13, 2015
North Sea Lay-Ups Closing in on 100 Vessels
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North Sea Lay-Ups Closing in on 100 Vessels

The number of offshore vessels laid-up in the North Sea now stands at 93 and it seems new vessels are being stacked almost daily, according to data by

November 13, 2015
Total Views: 64

Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Norway Oil Income Heading for Six-Year Low Amid Price Plunge
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Norway Oil Income Heading for Six-Year Low Amid Price Plunge

  By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — The state’s oil income is on track to dip to the lowest in at least six years. Net income from the Norway’s

November 3, 2015
Total Views: 60

Thursday, October 29, 2015
Shell Posts Biggest Loss in More Than a Decade
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Shell Posts Biggest Loss in More Than a Decade

  By Rakteem Katakey and Javier Blas (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc reported its biggest net loss in at least 16 years after Europe’s largest

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 39

Wednesday, October 28, 2015
China Offshore Producer Cnooc’s Revenue Dips 32% on Lower Oil Prices
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China Offshore Producer Cnooc’s Revenue Dips 32% on Lower Oil Prices

By Aibing Guo (Bloomberg) — Cnooc Ltd., China’s biggest offshore oil and gas producer, posted a 32 percent decline in third-quarter sales as a slump in

October 28, 2015
Total Views: 38