Service Companies & Manufactures

Shearwater GeoServices Brings 10th Vessel Into Active Operation as Marine Seismic Acquisition Market Gains Traction

Shearwater is pleased to announce that the company will have a total of 10 vessels in operation for the 2019 northern hemisphere summer season.  This extensive fleet is brought into operation on the back of solid backlog and provides marine seismic acquisition services spanning towed and seabed activities in response …

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Oil & Gas Operators

Shell Leads Global New-Build Capex Outlook on Planned and Announced Upstream Projects to 2025

  A total new-build capital expenditure (capex) of US$846bn is expected to be spent globally on planned and announced upstream projects from 2019 to 2025. Royal Dutch Shell Plc leads among all oil and gas companies and is expected to spend US$54.6bn on upcoming upstream projects during the forecast period, …

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Oil & Gas Operators

Vitol Plans Liquefied Petroleum Gas Foray in Kazakhstan

Vitol, the world’s top oil trader, plans to access liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the giant Kashagan field in Kazakhstan and may finance the construction of a processing and export facility, industry and company sources told Reuters. LPG is mainly a by-product of oil development at the field and at …

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Oil & Gas Operators

Shell Says Talks Over Gazprom Asset Swap Suspended

Talks about a possible asset swap deal between Royal Dutch Shell and Gazprom have been suspended, Kommersant business daily reported on Wednesday, citing Cederic Cremers, head of Shell’s business in Russia. The memorandum on the possible asset swap was signed in 2015 and was seen as a coup for Gazprom …

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Oil & Gas Operators

Gazprom and Shell Discuss Next Steps in Baltic LNG Project

A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Maarten Wetselaar, Member of the Executive Committee of Royal Dutch Shell, took place in St. Petersburg today. The parties discussed relevant issues related to bilateral cooperation, including the Baltic LNG project. Emphasis was placed on the priority measures aimed at developing a joint design concept (pre-FEED). Alexey Miller and …

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Energy Majors to Pay Kazakhstan $1.1 Billion to Settle Karachaganak Row

Energy majors developing the Karachaganak gas condensate field will pay $1.1 billion (£844 million) to Kazakhstan to settle a profit-sharing dispute, Kazakhstan’s Energy Ministry said on Monday. Kazakhstan and the consortium led by Shell <RDSa.AS> and Eni <ENI.MI> will also amend the terms of their production-sharing agreement so that the …

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Oil & Gas Operators

Gazprom and Shell Continuing Joint Work on Baltic LNG Project

A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell, took place today at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2018. The meeting participants discussed topical issues of strategic cooperation. Particular attention was paid to interaction in the area of liquefied natural gas, including a joint feasibility …

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Kazakhstan says Rosneft Quits and Shell Joins Kazakh Oil Project

Russia’s Rosneft has quit Eurasia, an early-stage oil exploration project in Kazakhstan, while Shell has joined it, an executive of the Kazakh company involved in the project said on Monday. The Eurasia project focuses on exploring a geological area known as the Caspian Depression in western Kazakhstan by drilling ultra-deep …

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Karachaganak: Dispute to End Shortly?

Kazakhstan aims to settle its profit-sharing dispute with energy majors developing the Karachaganak gas condensate field within a month, the energy minister said on Thursday. The former Soviet republic expects a large one-off payment from the companies and a higher share of future revenues from the development of one of …

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Gazprom and Shell Review Progress of Joint Projects

A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Maarten Wetselaar, Member of the Executive Committee of Royal Dutch Shell, took place in St. Petersburg today. The parties discussed the state and prospects of strategic cooperation in the gas sector. Particular attention was paid to joint efforts in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) segment, especially the …

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