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Top oilfield services firms signal fourth-quarter uncertainty

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(Reuters) - The world’s top two oilfield service firms on Friday warned slower producer spending and weakness in offshore exploration may weigh on current-quarter earnings, but said activity could improve in the longer term as the global crude market...
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Search suspended for missing worker after oil rig explosion in Louisiana

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(ABC) The search for a missing Louisiana worker was suspended Monday evening after he was unaccounted for following an explosion on a large oil rig Sunday night. The Kenner Police Department said it fielded a flurry of 911 calls at 7:18 p.m....
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WorleyParsons enters UK North Sea market with $228M acquisition

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Australian engineering firm WorleyParsons Ltd (WOR.AX) said on Monday it would buy the former upstream oil and gas assets of Britain’s Amec Foster Wheeler Plc AMFW.L for 228 million pounds ($298.22 million), marking its entry into the UK North...
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Are we ready for prime time? Doing catch-up

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I admit that during my tenure as Minister of Natural Resources one of my main preoccupations was speeding up the exploration campaign of Guyana’s hydrocarbon basin with the aim of timely extraction and production once commercial discoveries were proven. But...
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Statoil enters solar industry with 40% share in 162MW asset in Brazil

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Statoil has signed an agreement to acquire a 40% share in the construction ready 162MW Apodi solar asset in Brazil from Scatec Solar, a Norwegian independent solar power producer. The project will provide approximately 160,000 households with electricity. Statoil...
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Further drilling will determine size of Turbot discovery – ExxonMobil

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US super-major ExxonMobil will move to drill a second well on the Turbot discovery next year which will help to determine the volume of oil contained in the reservoir. “We are planning to do an additional well on the Turbot...
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Guyana gives ExxonMobil thumbs-up for new discovery

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Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources said in a statement on Thursday evening that it joins the country’s President, David Granger, and the Guyanese people, in congratulating ExxonMobil and its joint-venture partners Hess and CNOOC Nexen for their latest discovery...
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Guyana “light crude” will fetch higher price, cost less to refine

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When compared to heavy oil, the light crude found in Guyana will fetch a higher price on the world market and cost less to refine. Light crude oil has low density and flows freely at room temperature. It has low...
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Tullow gunning for oil this month at Suriname’s Araku prospect

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Tullow oil is hoping to strike it big offshore Suriname at the Araku oil prospect on Block 54, set to begin early this month. The UK-based oil and gas exploration company is targeting a Jubilee look-alike play in the continental...
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Liza Destiny has potential for significant long-term local content – Exxon Country Manager

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Operations of the Liza Destiny Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel will potentially provide the highest sustainable long-term employment opportunities for Guyanese over the lifetime of the project. ExxonMobil, through its contractor; SBM Offshore, is in fact targeting a...
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Liza Unity is world’s first FPSO to receive ABS SUSTAIN-2 Notation

The Liza Unity has become the first floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to receive the SUSTAIN-2 notation...

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