Oil & gas news

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

Spirit Energy has received consent to use Maersk Interceptor on the Oda field.

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.

Dräger Safety UK has secured new contracts worth in excess of £3 million after successfully diversifying into new technology and training service areas focused on upstream and downstream operations in the North Sea.

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.

Swire Oilfield Services have invested over half a million pounds in the new facility which is approved to NOG091 standards and comprises of 2 acres of yard workshop space and heated storage facilities.

Zoltav, the Russia-focused oil and gas exploration and production company, has provided an update on the Company's exploration programme to assess the resource potential of the Carbonian and Devonian structures in the Western Fields of the Bortovoy Licence, Saratov.  

CGG has commenced acquisition of a large broadband 3D multi-client survey in the pre-salt area of the deepwater Santos Basin.