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Subsea Integration Alliance today announced the award of integrated subsea engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contracts.
The need to fill new and old gas infrastructure will see the drilling of exciting offshore prospects across Australia, Brunei, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Papua New Guinea.
Brendan Warn has been appointed senior V.P., investor relations of Total, effective January 1, 2019. He succeeds Mike Sangster.
Advisian Digital, the data science, software and technology business of the WorleyParsons Group, and Aurora Labs, the industrial 3D printing (3DP) technology company, have launched AdditiveNow, an additive manufacturing (3DP) solution center for the oil, gas, resources and major infrastructure sectors.
Maersk Supply Service has been awarded a contract with Chevron Australia, which will see two of its newbuild anchor handling tug supply vessels support the Chevron-operated Gorgon Stage Two drilling program.
Marine and engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has set up an office in Perth, Western Australia, to support oil and gas developments in the Australasia region.
Halliburton Company has announced its board of directors has appointed Jeff Miller, the company’s president and CEO, as chairman of the board, effective Jan. 1, 2019.
Royal Dutch Shell plc has completed the sale of its shares in Shell entities in New Zealand, to OMV for $578 million.
Senex Energy Ltd. has successfully completed the initial flow test of the Gemba-1 gas exploration well in the Cooper basin, with stabilized flow rates of approximately 8 MMscfd, plus associated liquids.
Our positive trading momentum has continued and our full year results will demonstrate good organic revenue growth.
Total has signed an agreement to divest a 4% interest in the Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia to operating partner INPEX for an overall consideration of $1.6 billion.
ExxonMobil said today that it has made a final investment decision to develop West Barracouta gas field in Bass Strait, to bring new gas supplies to the Australian domestic market.
Dutch multinational Ampelmann has secured two new contracts in the Asia Pacific region. Two A-type systems have made their way to India and Indonesia, respectively, and will enable both short- and long-term Walk to Work (W2W) operations.
McDermott International, Inc. has announced they, with Baker Hughes, a GE company, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Western Gas Corporation Pty Ltd to be the exclusive development partners for the Equus Gas Project in Western Australia. The companies were also awarded a contract to support the planning phases of the project.
Chevron Corp. will hike spending by 9.3% next year to $20 billion, its first budget increase since 2014 as it expands investments in the Permian Basin and its Tengiz project in Kazakhstan.
Aqualis Offshore has entered into a master services agreement with McDermott Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd to provide engineering reviews and marine warranty services for the company’s offshore operations in the Asia Pacific region.
Plans in Australia to import gas to ease a supply squeeze may fail to bring down domestic prices as it pits the nation against some of the world’s biggest buyers for supplies.
Fugro says its innovative use of platform deployed ROV (PDROV) technology has demonstrated substantial reductions in the costs of subsea jacket inspections and significant operational improvements.
Santos announced on 22 August 2018 the proposed acquisition of 100% of Quadrant Energy (Quadrant) for $2.15 billion, plus potential contingent payments.
Santos is pleased to have been appointed as preferred tenderer to explore new acreage in Queensland’s key gas-producing Surat and Bowen Basins, in a 50-50 joint venture with Shell.