来自/Offshore Energy Today 7月8日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. is taking out of service 14 vessels from its offshore energy division and accordingly reducing its workforce.
The decision comes following the company’s completion of fleet rationalization study announced earlier this year. The study was initiated in light of deteriorating market conditions and an expected prolonged period of low energy and commodity prices, Boskalis said on Friday. Based on the results of the study, it has been decided to take 24 vessels out of service in the coming two years, of which fourteen at the Offshore Energy division. These will include trailing suction hopper dredgers, cutter suction dredgers, anchor handling tugs and heavy transport vessels. The company stated that the fleet rationalization will be implemented through the scrapping, sale and lay-up of vessels.
The fleet rationalization will also have implications for the workforce, with a total of around 650 employees to be made redundant. In terms of composition it concerns a cross-section of nationalities, with around 150 Dutch staff on Dutch payroll being affected. Where possible the workforce reduction will be absorbed through attrition and redeployment. The company explained that, despite this, compulsory redundancies cannot be ruled out. Boskalis has requested the formal opinion of the Dutch Works Council and will invite the trade unions to consult on a social plan in the short-term, Boskalis concluded.
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来自/Wall Street Journal 7月8日消息 编译/张弘引石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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The number of rigs drilling for oil in the U.S. rose by 10 in the past week to 351, according to oil-field services company Baker Hughes Inc.
The U.S. oil-rig count is typically viewed as a proxy for activity in the sector. After peaking at 1,609 in October 2014, low oil prices put a downward pressure on prices and the rig count fell sharply.
The nation’s gas-rig count fell by one in the past week to 88.
The U.S. offshore-rig count stayed consistent from last week at 19, 12 fewer than a year ago.
Oil markets have been under pressure this week as an oversupply of gasoline and diesel weighs on prices. The markets sustained heavy losses Tuesday and Thursday, fueled in part by a surplus of gasoline from refiners, despite record demand from drivers and increased passenger vehicle sales.U.S. crude oil rose 0.5% Friday to $45.38 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
来自/Subsea World News 7月8日消息 编译/张弘引石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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CNR International has exercised option to extend the fixed term of the lease contract for floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) Espoir Ivoirien.
The contract extension is from 2017 to 2022, BW Offshore informed.
The terms are based on existing extension options, with some adjustments for life extension investment scope, delivering cost savings for both parties, the company noted.
The Espoir Ivoirien FPSO is moored in 120 meters of water offshore Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).
据哈萨克斯坦国家石油天然气(KMG)公司消息，该公司已于近日同中国华信能源有限公司(CEFC)签署了以KMG International N.V.公司为基础的合资企业组建协议。消息称，KMG和CEFC将分别持有新建合资公司股份的49%和51%。在相关协议框架下，KMG公司将上马多项新的开发计划，并根据计划在欧洲和丝绸之路沿线国家进行投资。新合资公司的管理实行平等的共同管理模式，相关组建程序预计将于2016年10月左右结束。值得一提的是，CEFC是中国目前发展劲头迅猛的私人企业之一。2014年该公司入选世界500强名单，名列第349位。（7月8日消息）
LONDON -- National Oilwell Varco and GE Oil & Gas have executed an agreement to collaborate on delivering integrated solutions for floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. The agreement brings together the complementary product offerings and engineering capabilities from two industry leaders to optimize engineering design and supply comprehensive topside solutions for FPSO projects.
NOV engineers and manufactures advanced fluids pumping, treatment and processing systems; composite piping systems; cranes and deck machinery; and sophisticated, disconnectable turret mooring systems for FPSOs and related vessels. Additionally, NOV has successfully installed and commissioned equipment on hundreds of vessels in dozens of shipyards for the oil and gas industry.
GE Oil & Gas engineers and manufactures advanced technology solutions for many of the world’s most complex power generation and gas compression projects. Also, with its subsea production systems, GE Oil & Gas offers a comprehensive range of solutions including subsea trees, manifold & connection systems, and power & processing technology. GE Oil & Gas may also involve other GE businesses in the collaboration with NOV.
The new, combined platform will provide industry-leading topside systems with repeatable deliveries, scale economies and standardized interfaces, which are expected to reduce risk of construction delays and cost overruns for deepwater oil and gas customers. Additionally, the new platform will incorporate digital solutions, which will optimize performance and provide predictive analytics through the life of the vessels, enabling FPSOs to efficiently adapt to a wider array of operating parameters.
NOV and GE Oil & Gas expect to complete joint engineering efforts and commence offering topside package solutions to the oil and gas industry by early 2017.
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Petrofac has been appointed well operator by Hurricane Energy in a three-year contract to support wells located in the North Sea, West of Shetland.
Petrofac said it is the first outsourced well operator to manage a drilling campaign in the UKCS under new regulations set by the Offshore Safety Directive Regulator – with drilling havingstarted on the Lancaster Block on July 6, 2016 with the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling rig. Hurricane has two wells planned as part of this program on the Lancaster field, the pilot well and the horizontal sidetrack well. Petrofac’s well engineering team will continue to provide all well engineering and project management support services for the operator’s drilling activities.
The well operator capability has evolved from Petrofac’s outsourced Service Operator model and its track record in well project management. This capability enables Petrofac to provide its clients with a standalone or integrated approach to the management of their wells, installation and pipeline operations, the company explained.
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OAO NOVATEK has announced that Novatek Gas & Power, a wholly owned trading subsidiary of NOVATEK, has supplied its first LNG cargo sourced from the Trinidad & Tobago LNG plant, to Chile, Port Quintero.
Lev Feodosyev, deputy chairman of the management board and commercial director of NOVATEK, noted: “This first LNG cargo is an important milestone for NOVATEK to enter the global LNG market. After the launch of the first train of the Yamal LNG project, we will enter the LNG market with our own volumes, and gaining spot trading experience is important for us."
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Ocean Yield, a ship owning company, has announced that the modification of Aker Wayfarer vessel at Kleven Myklebust in Norway was completed on Wednesday, July 6.
Ocean Yield, the owner of the vessel, said on Thursday that the vessel is on long-term charter until 2027. Furthermore, the company stated, the vessel will receive an additional charter rate reflecting the modification investment as from July 6, 2016.
The 157 m long and 27 m wide Aker Wayfarer was outfitted at the shipyard in Norway to become a deepwater subsea equipment support vessel (SESV). The works included adding a fibre-rope deployment system, deck skidding systems and a subsea orientation equipment system, allowing it to install and retrieve subsea trees and modules.
The modification was undertaken so the vessel could perform subsea intervention services offshore Brazil for Petrobras. The contract with Petrobras is set to start within the fourth quarter of 2016.
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LONDON (Bloomberg) -- Tullow Oil tumbled the most since the global financial crisis almost eight years ago after announcing a $300 million sale of convertible bonds.
The shares closed 13% lower in London trading on Wednesday at 210.50 pence, the biggest drop on the Stoxx Europe 600 Index.
“Whenever you see a convertible issue, you invariably see the stock marked down on the day,” even though raising additional capital could be seen as prudent and sensible, Al Stanton, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets, said by phone.
Tullow, which is offering bonds due in 2021, said in April it had secured a $3.5-billion loan facility based on its hydrocarbon reserves following a review by banks. The company’s ratio of net debt to equity has risen as it made significant investments in new projects against a backdrop of weak oil prices.
The bonds are issued at par and carry a coupon of 6.625% a year, London-based Tullow said. The initial conversion price will be set at a premium of $3.52, 30% above the average share price Wednesday, it said in a statement.
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The proceeds of the bond sale will be used for general corporate purposes and to fund capital investments in West and East Africa, the company said.
Tullow shares sank 60% in London last year amid crude’s collapse, and have since rallied 27%. Last week, the stock rose as the company detailed plans to fix a fault on a production vessel at its flagship field off Ghana. CEO Aidan Heavey said the field will be able to produce “flat out” by the end of this year.
“Small and mid-cap stocks are enduring a hard time in the UK at the moment,” Stanton said. “There is continued uncertainty about the more indebted companies,” a category in which Tullow falls into with its $4.7-billion net debt burden, he said.
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