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Business Briefs
Perenco secures further permit offshore Cameroon
Perenco has been awarded an oil exploration permit for the offshore Elombo block in Cameroon’s Douala/Kribi-Camp basin.
Origin completes Otway Gas Project acquisition
Origin Energy Ltd. has increased its interest in the Otway Gas Project to 67% following completion of the acquisition of an additional 36% interest from Woodside Energy Ltd.
Grenland expands offshore services division
Offshore fabricator Grenland Group has signed a letter of intent to acquire Bergen-based contractor CIC Engineering.
Dockwise builds transportation backlog
Dockwise Shipping has won new contracts totaling around $20 million in value to transport drilling rigs to Australia and Rotterdam.
Aibel wins platform modifications contract
Statoil has contracted Aibel for modifications to its Gullfaks and Visund production facilities in the Norwegian North Sea.
Castrol Offshore commissions new Australian facility
Castrol Offshore has commissioned a new speciality product plant in Australia.
BP takes $7 billion in Devon assets
BP and Devon Energy Corp have signed a $7 billion agreement whereby BP will acquire all of Devon’s deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, and Azerbaijan assets.
Statoil increases stake in St. Malo
Statoil has increased its working interest in the Chevron-operated St. Malo development in the US Gulf of Mexico to 21.5% by exercising its preferential rights on a proposed sale of Devon's share in the project.
Helix to divest oil and gas business
Helix Energy Solutions intends to divest its entire oil and gas business to become a pure contracting services company, with a focus on deepwater well intervention and subsea construction.
Challenger farms into Bentley
Challenger Minerals North Sea (CMNS) has signed an agreement to farm into the Xcite Energy-operated Bentley heavy oil field in the UK sector. |
People on the Move
Cowperthwaite to head Ferguson vessel division
Offshore accommodation provider Ferguson Modular has appointed Graham Cowperthwaite as Chief Operating Officer of its accommodation support vessel (ASV) division.
HB Rentals names sales, marketing manager
HB Rentals has named Tim Murphy as technical sales and marketing manager.
MODEC names director
MODEC has appointed Norio Nagata as director and Kiyoshi Nakamura and Akira Nishihata as corporate auditors.
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