Oil & gas news
RotoJar becomes HydroVolve and appoints new CEO
HydroVolve, based in Aberdeen, UK, has appointed Jamie Airnes as CEO and launched a new range of technology solutions built on its patented hydraulic-powered downhole engine.
Chevron appoints president for new low carbon business unit
Jeff Gustavson has been named president of Chevron New Energies, which will intially focus on commercialisation opportunities in hydrogen, carbon capture and offsets and support of ongoing growth in biofuels.
TotalEnergies and Apache make further discovery offshore Suriname
Sapakara South in Block 58 encountered 30 m of net pay of oil, in a good quality Campano-Maastrichtian reservoir.
Ecuador defaults on debt to Perenco
A tribunal ruled in September 2019 that Ecuador owed Perenco US$391 million as a result of its takeover of Blocks 7 and 21.
Equinor and TotalEnergies complete divestment of onshore Venezuela asset
Equinor and TotalEnergies have transferred their interests in the Petrocedeño project to PdVSA.
Green light given for start-up of Duva field
Operator Neptune Energy estimates the reserves at the Duva field in the Norwegian North Sea to be approximately 11 million m3 of oil equivalent.
Production operations resume at Hurricane Energy's Lancaster field
Production operations have resumed following the Aoka Mizu FPSO's scheduled annual maintenance shutdown.
ExxonMobil makes discovery offshore Guyana
The Whiptail-1 well encountered 246 ft (75 m) of net pay in high-quality oil bearing sandstone reservoirs.
SBM Offshore contracts FPSO to Petrobras for Búzios deployment
FPSO Almirante Tamandaré will be deployed at the Búzios field in the Santos Basin, approximately 180 km offshore Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Proserv lands manufacturing order from Basra Oil Co.
Proserv will manufacture and deliver 22 wellhead controls panels for use on the Majnoon oilfield in Iraq.