Oil & gas news

Petrofac has been awarded a US$ 220 million contract by Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Petronas, the Malaysian national oil company, for the refurbishment of the Bekok-C platform, located in Block PM9 in the south-eastern part of the Malay basin.

Emerson Process Management has won a multi-million dollar contact to deliver its Roxar subsea instrumentation to Lundin Petroleum’s Brynhild field in the North Sea.

Shell, KOGAS, Mitsubishi Corp. and PetroChina have formally announced that they will be developing an LNG export facility near Kitimat, British Columbia.

Southern LNG has filed an application with the US DOE to export LNG from its Elba Island LNG import terminal in Savannah.

It has been reported that the Brazilian navy is investigating an oil spill seen in the Jubarte field, which is operated by Petrobras.

A man accused of spreading malicious rumours on Twitter about Gulf Keystone Petroleum, which the company claims prompted a collapse in its share price, has been silenced by a legally binding agreement.

UTEC Survey has just announced two contracts, which will see the utilisation of additional vessels in West Africa and the Arabian Gulf.

Justin Lewis, chairman of Beacon Hill Resources plc, provides an update on its projects.

According to a recent statement, Repsol has filed a class action lawsuit against Argentina in response to the allegedly illegal takeover of YPF.

ABB has won an order worth US$ 18 million from Daewoo to supply energy efficient propulsion and electrical power systems for two new deep sea pipeline installation vessels that will build oil transport infrastructure off the coast of Brazil.