Oil Price A supertanker-load of one of the key North Sea crudes has recently sold in Asia at a very low price – below the spot North Sea price and below the price of a Middle Eastern grade – in a sign that Asian demand for crude continues to be softer than anticipated. A cargo of 2 million barrels of
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the UK will need fossil fuels for the “next few decades” as the UK moves to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions, after being urged to oppose Equinor ASA’s Rosebank oil field project in the North Sea. “It makes absolutely no sense to not invest in the resources we have here at
CNBC German energy firm RWE is to invest in a pilot project centered around the deployment of floating solar technology in the North Sea, as part of a wider collaboration focused on the development of “floating solar parks.” Set to be installed in waters off Ostend, Belgium, the pilot, called Merganser, will have a capacity of 0.5 megawatt peak, or MWp. In
Reuters OSLO/MILAN – Italy’s Eni is buying a 20% stake in the Dogger Bank Wind Farm project from Norway’s Equinor and Britain’s SSE as it seeks to gain expertise in the sector and cut its greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050. The project off the northeast coast of England is expected to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm, helping
Reuters Total has halted operations at its Dan Bravo oil production platform in the Danish North Sea, the French company said on Tuesday, after Greenpeace activists climbed aboard to protest future oil and gas exploration. Four Greenpeace activists swam 500 metres to climb on to the unmanned Total-operated oil platform on Tuesday. A Total spokeswoman said operations had been halted
Energy Voice Taqa said that eight crew members are currently under self-isolation on its Cormorant Alpha and North Cormorant platforms. It added that a further five workers have show “minor symptoms” and are nearing the end of their self-isolation period. The eight crew members are due to be flown on shore tomorrow (March 24), Taqa said. All affected crew members
Off Shore Energy During 2019, the company secured $620 million of backlog, including over $50 million secured in the fourth quarter related to a 12-month extension for the Ocean Patriot in the North Sea. Namely, the 1982-built Ocean Patriot semi-submersible has been awarded a term extension with Apache in the UK North Sea. Under the extension, the rig’s contract is
Reuters LONDON- Premier Oil is set to buy North Sea assets from BP and increase its stake in the Tolmount gas project, funded by a $500 million rights issue, but faces opposition from hedge fund ARCM, which vowed to fight the plans. Shares in UK-based Premier surged as much as 19% after it said on Tuesday that it plans to
From Reuters General Electric Co’s oilfield services arm, Baker Hughes, beat quarterly profit estimates on Wednesday, driven by higher LNG drilling and demand for its oilfield services in international markets, sending its shares up nearly 6%. Revenue in the oilfield services segment, which constitutes a majority of the company’s operations, rose 14% to $3.26 billion in the second quarter, led
From Reuters French energy giant Total (TOTF.PA) will sell about $5 billion of assets, mostly from its exploration and production business as it sharpens its focus on low-breakeven projects that can weather weak oil prices, it said on Thursday. The announcement followed a 19% drop in second-quarter adjusted net profit to $2.9 billion, which it attributed to unfavorable market factors
By Bevo Beaven, Editor, Oil & Gas 360 Maersk Drilling (stock ticker: DDRLF) said that its customer CNOOC subsidiary CNOOC Petroleum Europe has exercised a one-well option for its Mærsk Innovator jack-up rig in the North Sea. CNOOC will use the rig to continue drilling infill wells at the Buzzard field on the UK Continental Shelf. Mærsk Innovator is a CJ70
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Ithaca will now be second largest producer in North Sea Ithaca Energy Limited will be acquiring Chevron North Sea Limited (stock ticker: CVX) for $2 billion, adding 10 producing field interests to its existing portfolio. Four of those interests are related to assets already operated by Ithaca, leading to an approximately
