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Shell advances Penguins redevelopment

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(Offshore Engineer) Shell will go ahead with its Penguins fields redevelopment in the UK North Sea in what will be its first new manned installation in the northern North Sea in almost 30 years. The project will see a newbuild...
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Total closes $1.95bn Brazil pre-salt deal with Petrobras

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Brazilian oil and gas corporation Petrobras and international oil major Total announced Monday that they have reached a milestone in the realization of their Strategic Alliance, signed in March 2017, with the transfer from Petrobras to Total of 35%...
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Tullow Oil tiptoes back into exploration

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(Reuters) - Tullow Oil is cautiously reviving its search for new oil and gas resources in Africa and Latin America, its chief executive said, warning that the sector will need to walk a thin line to balance spending discipline...
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Shell Brazil CEO optimistic about Brazil’s E&P future

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(Hart Energy) For Royal Dutch Shell, 2017 was a good year in terms of E&P activities in Brazil. Ranking as the second largest oil-producing company in Brazil, after acquiring BG Group’s assets in the country, the British-Dutch major increased...
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Stones FPSO designed for swift disconnection from approaching storms

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(Offshore) The FPSO Turritella in the Gulf of Mexico is in the deepest-water setting of any floating production system to date, at around 2,900 m (9,500 ft). The location and the demanding operating environment – as evidenced by this season’s powerful...
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Big oil looks on as Italian giant completes ‘mission impossible’

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(Bloomberg) The fact even senior managers privately described the plan as “Mission Impossible” showed the scale of the task: Italian energy giant Eni SpA wanted to produce gas from the Zohr field little more than two years after finding it in...
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SOCU needs resources, cooperation to investigate O&G financial crimes – UK Expert

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British financial crimes expert, Dr. Sam Sittlington has expressed reservations over the level of resourcing afforded to the Guyana Police Force’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) but believes the unit will be able to effectively investigate malfeasance and other...
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TT’s economy to benefit from BP’s Juniper project in 2018 – Kevin Ramnarine

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Former Minister of Energy in Trinidad and Tobago, Kevin Ramnarine, believes that during 2018 the country's economy will benefit from petroleum production by BP’s Juniper project; said to be the largest new project there in several years. BP has invested around...
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Supermajors cautious on exploration; cut spending on O&G for 5th consecutive year

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ExxonMobil, along with other world leading oil exploration companies including Royal Dutch Shell and Total are slowing down exploration efforts despite there being the strongest start for oil prices in four years. This is according to a recent report from analyst...
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Oil firms to step up exploration off Norway this year after poor 2017

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(Reuters) - Efforts to find new oil off Norway are expected to double in 2018, preliminary company plans show, with activity rising in more mature areas after this year’s disappointing Arctic campaign. The pressure to deliver is growing as 2017’s...
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MODEC’s Guyana contract drives 1,327% surge in orders for 2025

Japan-based floating production specialist MODEC Inc. has reported strong results for the first nine months of 2025, driven by...

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