Special reports

Gulfsands Petroleum plc, the oil and gas company with assets in Syria and Colombia, has provided the following operational update.

Between 12 and 16 oil and gas developments could get the go-ahead this year – unlocking investment of around £5 billion, reveals a key Oil & Gas UK report.

Ducatus Partners, the leading executive search firm for the global energy industry, has hired Jonathan Verlander as Partner and DeLynn Mitchell as Principal to bolster its US presence.

Qatar Petroleum has selected Chiyoda Corporation of Japan to execute the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) of the onshore facilities of the North Field Expansion.

The review centred on strengthening the alignment between variable remuneration outcomes and shareholder experience.

RockRose Energy plc. has announced that it has commissioned two reports.

All of the seven main representatives of Statoil’s labour unions – Industri Energi, SAFE, NITO, Tekna and Lederne – support the proposal by the board of directors to the annual general meeting to change our name from Statoil to Equinor.

OMV, the international integrated oil and gas company based in Vienna, has agreed to acquire Shell’s Upstream business in New Zealand comprising joint venture interests in Pohokura (48%), the largest gas producing field in New Zealand, and Maui (83.75%) as well as related infrastructure for production, storage and transportation.

The combined company will continue to evaluate growth opportunities in its core diving and subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowlines (SURF) markets.

As the upstream sector recovers from the 2014 oil price crash and resulting budget cuts, a number of Southeast Asian governments are adapting policies in the sector in the hope of capturing a share of new investment.

Capex into Oceania’s conventional gas and coal bed methane (CBM) projects would add up to US$48.6 billion and US$4.6 billion respectively over the eight-year period.

M² Subsea has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Andrew Imrie as global sales and marketing director.

Sand management is one of the biggest challenges facing oil and gas assets worldwide, affecting production, damaging equipment, causing failure and costing producers billions of dollars per year.

The name change supports the company’s strategy and development as a broad energy company.

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