The rigs have been renamed Deimos and Phobos, presumably in homage to the Martian moons. Starship is the enormous rocket that SpaceX is developing to meet Musk’s goal of launching cargo and as many as 100 people at a time on missions to the moon and Mars. The rocket is SpaceX top priority with SpaceX flying […]

TechnipFMC has announced that it has resumed plans to split the business into two publicly traded companies, TechnipFMC and Technip Energies. The company announced the separation plan last year, however the Covid-19 pandemic delayed the process. TechnipFMC believes the separation would enhance both companies’ focus on their respective strategies and provide both improved flexibility and growth […]

DNV GL, the assurance and risk Management Company, will change its name to DNV on 1 March 2021. The move comes after a comprehensive review of the company’s strategy as it positions itself for a world in which many of DNV’s markets are undergoing fundamental change. The present name has been in place since the […]

Exports of LNG from West Africa’s four producers showed impressive resilience in 2020 despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on gas demand generally, an analysis of S&P Global Platts Analytics data showed.  Total LNG exports from the four exporting countries in the region — Angola, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria — totaled 39 Bcm, […]

Coretrax, the global well integrity and production optimisation leader, has marked a significant milestone with the first deployment of its expandable liner technology in Norway since acquiring Mohawk Energy. The move has allowed the business to deliver and deploy novel technology and specialist personnel from local bases, significantly reducing the logistics, cost, and carbon footprint […]

The oil giant Royal Dutch Shell is to cut 330 jobs from its operations in the North Sea. The company said most of the posts are based at its office in Aberdeen and will be lost over the next two years. In September, it was announced that up to 9,000 jobs would go worldwide as the company […]

United Oil & Gas, the full-cycle multinational oil and Gas Company, has announced the last quarterly production update for the period to the end of 2020. United Oil stated that the H2 2020 net working interest production averaged 2,340 boepd in line with guidance for the period of 2,300 boepd, while the Q4 2020 net working […]

McDermott International, Ltd today announced it has completed the KG-D6 R Cluster subsea field development project and achieved pre-commissioning and ready for startup for Reliance Industries Ltd., in the Krishna Godavari Basin, located off the east coast of India. “The safe and successful completion of Reliance’s KG-D6 R Cluster project is a testament to McDermott’s […]

LEKOIL (AIM: LEK), the oil and gas exploration and production company with a focus on Nigeria and West Africa, has said that following the resignation of Mark Simmonds, the Board has appointed Mr. Michael Ajukwu as Chairman of the company with immediate effect. Mr. Simmonds before his appointment as chairman of Lekoil has served in […]

FAR Limited has announced update on The Remus conditional non-binding indicative proposal of a potential offer from Remus Horizons PCC Limited to acquire 100% of the shares in FAR at 2.1c cash per share.  The company said that the proposed sale by FAR of its interest in the RSSD project to Woodside Energy (Senegal) BV […]