As preparation ramps up for oil production in 2020, the Government of Guyana is to establish a cost-recovery sub-committee, according to information reaching OilNOW. While details remain sketchy, it is believed that this sub-committee will be resident within the...
Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has bagged projects from repeat customers Petrobras and SOFEC Inc. (SOFEC) with a total value of $130M.
According to a press release, the projects were bagged by its two wholly-owned subsidiaries Keppel FELS Brasil...
(Reuters) Three offshore oil workers filed a lawsuit against units of Royal Dutch Shell and Enbridge, seeking $1 million in damages for injuries they allegedly received during a Nov. 8 fire on a U.S. Gulf of Mexico production platform.
The...
Japan’s MODEC, Inc. said on Tuesday it has signed a contract for supply, charter, and operations of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) as Leader and Operator of the Libra Consortium on...
CGX Energy Inc. said Monday it has successfully renegotiated its work commitments for the Demerara, Corentyne and Berbice Petroleum Prospecting Licenses with the Government of Guyana.
As part of the renegotiation, the Company has also agreed to relinquish 25% of...
The Government of the Federation of Brazil has yielded to demands for higher minimum percentages as they edge closer to an industry-wide local content policy.
Brazil in recent years has become known for its stringent local content requirements; some of...
(Chatham House) At the One Planet Summit in Paris last week, the World Bank Group announced that, from 2019, it will no longer finance upstream oil and gas. This reflects the Bank’s decision to realign its development assistance with...
There is the misplaced belief, in some quarters of our society, that ALL licenses and agreements, which have been issued for exploration and production (E&P) of oil and gas, between past and current administrations and the International Oil Companies...
SBM Offshore, the company contracted by ExxonMobil to convert an oil tanker into a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading facility (FPSO) for the Liza Phase 1 development in the South American country of Guyana, has reached a settlement in...
(Reuters) - Elliott Management Corp is readying for a new fight with Hess Corp (HES.N) to remedy what the activist hedge fund called on Thursday “continuing underperformance” by the U.S. oil and gas producer.
This would be the second time...