CEFC China Energy is set to buy a 14.16% stake of state-owned Russian oil firm Rosneft in a US$9.1 billion deal with the consortium of Glencore and the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). Image from Rosneft鈥
Bumi Armada has signed a supplementary agreement with Lukoil for additional engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) work at the Filanovsky field in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea. Aramada Installer鈥
With US lawmakers prepared to hit Russia with more sanctions*, the domestic oil and gas industry is bracing for what potential impacts may come. Karen Boman lays out concerns voiced at a July Atlantic Council Event. [*Update] The US Senate鈥
Nearly two years after a failed attempt, oilfield services giant Schlumberger is set to acquire a majority stake in Eurasia Drilling Co. (EDC). The Astra jackup. Image from EDC. Schlumberger鈥
Rosneft and A. P. Moller Maersk, which owns drilling firm Maersk Drilling and oil firm Maersk Oil, as well as a huge container shipping business, are among a slew of companies across the globe hit by the Petya ransomeware virus. The virus鈥
Russia's President Vladimir Putin visited Allseas' mega-vessel, the Pioneering Spirit, to symbolically launch of the alignment of the shallow and deep-water sections of Gazprom's TurkStream gas pipeline in the Black Sea. Putin toured鈥
Russia's Rosneft says it has made a new oil discovery in the Laptev Sea, in the Russian Arctic. Rosneft says the Tsentralno-Olginskaya-1 well is the first in the Laptev Sea, and the northernmost exploratory well on the Eastern Arctic shelf鈥
Lukoil has completed the fifth production well for the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea, and is constructing a sixth well to be used for water injection. Photo source: Lukoil The鈥
Seadrill and North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. (NADL) have agreed to further extend a framework deal with Rosneft for the use of rigs until 31 May 2019. The companies first agreed on the deal on 22 August 2014. In November 2014 the long鈥
Wood Group has secured a technical support services (TSS) contract with Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, an operator of Sakhalin-2, which includes Russia's first offshore gas production platform and liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant. The鈥
The Go Electra, from M2 Subsea. M² Subsea secured its first contract award that will see the firm supply the Go Electra vessel, ROVs and personnel to support survey work on the world鈥檚 longest subsea pipeline system鈥
Russia's Gazprom began construction of the TurkStream pipeline鈥檚 offshore section. The Allseas Group, contractor for both strings of the gas pipeline's offshore section, started laying the pipes using the Audacia vessel. Construction鈥
Gazprom-led Nord Stream 2 has signed financial agreements with five major energy companies, including supermajor Shell, for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project. Nord Stream 2 pipeline signing. Image from Uniper Twitter鈥
Norway's Polarcus has delivered its Polarcus Amani seismic vessel, without streamers, to Russia's Sovcomflot in Bergen. The vessel has been chartered by Sovcomflot under a bareboat agreement for five and a half years. Following delivery of the vessel to Sovcomflot鈥
Siem 云顶赌场老虎机 has lined up a string of charter contracts for its vessels with several global companies. BHP Billiton has hired the Siem Aquamarine and Siem Amethyst AHTS vessels to support upcoming drilling work west of Australia for a firm period of 240 days鈥
