As part of a recapitalization of Secunda, Norway’s Siem Offshore has acquired Birch Hill’s 50 percent ownership interest in Secunda Canada.
With this transaction, Siem Offshore becomes the 100 percent owner of Secunda Canada. The acquisition will not have a significant cash flow effect for Siem Offshore, according to a company statement.
In addition, Siem Offshore reported Wednesday that the AHTS vessel Avalon Sea was successfully delivered from Remontowa Shipyard to Secunda Canada LP May 12. The vessel is specially designed and equipped for Canadian waters and will go on a six year contract with an international oil company before June 1.
BP Plc's (NYSE:BP) head of exploration Richard Herbert is leaving the British oil major after slightly more than two years in the job, a period in which the company slashed spending on the search for new deposits.
Herbert, a BP veteran and a long-time ally of CEO Bob Dudley, rejoined BP in October 2013 after several years at rival Talisman Energy. His task was to lead exploration activity to help the firm rebuild investor confidence following a deadly U.S. Gulf oil spill in 2010.
But as oil prices began to crash from mid-2014 and BP had to shed assets to pay off some $50 billion in U.S. liabilities for the Macondo spill, the firm had to reduce funding for costly exploration projects.
BP said the departure followed a decision to simplify BP's upstream executive team, headed by Bernard Looney, and bring exploration, global projects, reservoir developments and technology under one roof, reporting to James Dupree.
Howard Leach, currently head of technical functions in exploration, has been appointed interim head of exploration.
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A Mystery No More: Amount Of U.S. Debt Held By Saudi Is Now Known. As of March, the Royal Kingdom stockpiled $116.8 billion of U.S. Treasuries, down nearly 6% from a record in January, according to a statement from the Treasury Department provided in response to a Freedom of Information Act requested by Bloomberg. [Oilpro]
Saudi Oil Stockpiles Hit 18-Month Low in March As Output Capped. Saudi Arabia’s crude oil stockpiles fell in March for the fifth month in a row reaching the lowest level in 18 months as the kingdom kept shipping crude to meet customer demand while keeping a lid on production. [Bloomberg]
A Golf Clap, Not A Thunderous Applause. Brent prices eased early Wednesday, and WTI futures were flat, after both hitting 2016 highs Tuesday, as oversupply concerns weigh more heavily than supply disruptions in Canada & Nigeria. Volatility is still the name of the game. The recent price spikes merit a golf clap, not a round of applause. [Reuters, Oilpro]
Nearly $1bn Of Oil Sands Production Lost So Far Due To Fires, Report Estimates. A new assessment of the economic impact of the Fort McMurray wildfires says close to $1 billion of oilsands production has been lost. [Financial Post, Oilpro]
Eni Gas Pipeline In Niger Delta Attacked. Unknown attackers have blown up a gas pipeline belonging to Italy's ENI in Nigeria's Niger Delta, residents and the company said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of attacks on oil and gas facilities in the impoverished region. [Reuters]
Ensco Rigs And Job Losses Stack Up. UK-headquartered offshore driller Ensco is cutting another 350 jobs, the result of a move to stack three drillships and a semisubmersible which are out of work in the Gulf of Mexico. [Splash 247, Oilpro]
Light At End Of The Tunnel, Or Merely Glowing Emergency Signs? Oilpro Andre Wheeler provides an overview of the OSV market and shipyards over the last month. He focuses on emerging opportunities for redeployment of assets and suggests that there some flashlights on in the sector. [Oilpro]
Today's Energy Sector Is Caught In An Avalanche Of Defaults. The U.S. energy sector isfacing $370 billion of debt, a number that has more than doubled in the past decade. But even as oil rebounds off 13-year lows, many energy companies are struggling to stay afloat. [Yahoo Finance, Oilpro]
Plains All American Indicted Over 2015 California Oil Spill. Plains All American Pipeline company is facing criminal charges after one of its pipelines ruptured last year, spilling about 140,000 gallons of crude oil that fouled miles of California coastline near Santa Barbara. [Oilpro, NPR]
Hotel CEOs Reflect On The Oil Industry’s Business Impact. Oil prices may be recovering now, inching closer toward $50 per barrel, (although that’s well below a record high of $145 a barrel in 2008), but that wasn’t enough to help weakened oil-producing markets — or the hotels that serve them — especially during the first quarter of 2016. [Skift.com]
Meet Paraffin Wax Specialist, Timothy Rogers, #HUMANSofOG. He writes, "My brother and I developed a non toxic chemical in 2008 for dissolving and dispersing paraffin to solve a range of oilfield production problems, but specifically paraffin wax and heavy oil deposits." [Oilpro]
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OSLO 5月18日(路透社) --- 周三挪威石油和能源部发布消息称,挪威在第23轮石油授权环节中授予10项新勘探地区的许可证,这是挪威首次授权公司进入挪威与俄罗斯的海上交界区。
13家公司将被授予40个区块的参股权益,5家公司将被授予运营权。
挪威石油董事会(Norwegian Petroleum Directorate)在一项声明中表示:所有10个生产许可证都位于Barents Sea地区。
获得许可证的公司包括Statoil、Lundin Petroleum、Det norske、Lukoil、Chevron、Centrica和DEA。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自/Rig Zone 5月18日消息 编译/赵宁
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OSLO, May 18 (Reuters) - Norway awarded 10 new licenses in its 23rd oil licensing round for new exploration areas, which for the first time is granting access to an offshore border zone with Russia, the oil and energy ministry said on Wednesday.
13 companies will be offered participating interests in a total of 40 blocks, while five companies will be offered operatorships, the oil ministry said.
All ten production licences are located in the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said in a separate statement.
Among the companies winning licenses were Statoil, Lundin Petroleum, Det norske, Lukoil, Chevron, Centrica and DEA, owned by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman's investment fund LetterOne.
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GC Rieber Shipping ASA旗下独资子公司Dolphin Geophysical将在黑海罗马尼亚沿岸海域为Black Sea Oil & Gas公司提供地震数据采集与加工服务。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
这项工程将于不久之后启动,届时将启用Polar Marquis号16缆物探船,预计工期长达约45天。
GC Rieber首席执行官Irene Waage Basili表示:在当今这个充满挑战的市场环境下,客户能重视我们的先进设备,并信任我们满足客户需求的能力,令我们甚感欣慰。
来自/Rig Zone 5月18日消息 编译/赵宁
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GC Rieber Shipping ASA, through its wholly owned subsidiary Dolphin Geophysical Ltd, will carry out seismic acquisition and processing services for Black Sea Oil & Gas S.R.L offshore the Romanian coast of the Black Sea.
The deal, which will utilize the 16-streamer vessel Polar Marquis, is scheduled to commence “shortly”, according to a GC Rieber statement. Operations are expected to take approximately 45 days to complete.
"In this challenging market we're pleased to see that clients value our highly advanced assets and our ability to adapt to specific needs, together with the high quality acquisition and processing services delivered by Dolphin Geophysical Ltd,", said GC Rieber CEO Irene Waage Basili in a company statement.
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挪威油气行业服务供应商NorSea Group (NSG)已和油服公司Technip更新了一项合同,合同内容主要关于基地和港口服务的供应。
周三,NorSea表示:这项合同最初于2009年签订,已经延期至2018年年末,可再延期两年。合同涉及服务主要包括:与海洋作业、废物处理和技术工作相关的各种类型的基地和物流服务与支持。Technip旗下挪威子公司Technip Norge签订了这项合同。
NSG市场和业务发展总监Kenneth Bjørholm表示:Technip Norge的信任对于NSG而言意义重大,很骄傲能和Technip再次合作。
NSG表示:这项合同涉及领域广泛,挪威沿岸和英国的NSG旗下9家公司都会参与合同的相关工作,NorSea、Stordbase、Coast Center Base、Vestbase、Helgelandsbase、Polarbase、Maritime Waste Management、Maritime Logistic Services和NorSea Group UK将共同完成工作。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自/Offshore Energy Today 5月18日消息 编译/赵宁
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NorSea Group (NSG), a Norwegian service provider to the oil and gas industry, has signed a renewed framework agreement concerning the delivery of base and port services with oilfield services provider, Technip.
NorSea said on Wednesday that the framework agreement, originally entered into in 2009, has now been extended until the end of 2018, with an extension option of 2 x 1 years. The services covered by the agreement include various base and logistics services and support in connection with maritime operations, waste management and technical work. The agreement with Technip was signed through its Norwegian subsidiary Technip Norge.
“Renewed faith from Technip Norge means a lot to NSG and we are proud to have been chosen again,” says Kenneth Bjørholm, Director of Market and Business Development at NSG.
According to NSG, the agreement has an extensive scope and involves nine NSG companies along the Norwegian coast and in the United Kingdom. The work will be undertaken by NorSea, Stordbase, Coast Center Base, Vestbase, Helgelandsbase, Polarbase, Maritime Waste Management, Maritime Logistic Services and NorSea Group UK.
“It is crucial for us to win contracts like this one in what is a challenging time for the industry,” said Bjørholm. “We hope and believe that the new agreement will help contribute to safeguarding numerous jobs in the years ahead.”
It also added that the two companies had close ties for a number of years and that this is the second time the agreement has been extended.
The company further added that they have a joint interest in developments in the offshore wind market and are currently working together on Statoil’s Hywind Scotland Pilot Park project, which is being implemented at Stordbase.
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5月18日,Gazprom管理委员会主席Alexey Miller和泰国国有公司PTT主席兼首席执行官Tevin Vongvanich签订油气行业合作谅解备忘录。
协议签订仪式在俄罗斯总理Dmitry Medvedev和泰国总理Prayut Chan-o-cha的共同见证下举行。
Alexey Miller和Tevin Vongvanich还在5月18日举行了工作会议,双方强调了合作的潜在途径,会议主要讨论了油气开发的合作前景、共建LNG项目、LNG和LPG贸易,并交换了油气行业的发展经验。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自/Your Oil and Gas News 5月18日消息 编译/赵宁
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Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Tevin Vongvanich, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Thai state-owned company PTT, today signed in Saint Petersburg the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the oil and gas industry.
The signing ceremony was held in the presence of Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, and Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand.
A working meeting between Alexey Miller and Tevin Vongvanich also took place today. The parties addressed the potential avenues for cooperation. Among the topics discussed were the collaboration prospects for hydrocarbon development, joint LNG projects, LNG and LPG trading, and exchange of experience in the oil and gas industry.
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PARIS 5月17日消息(路透社) --- 周二,一名法国总工会(CGT)官员表示,法国工人罢工抗议劳工法改革,导致Total在法国的炼油厂减产。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
Total在法国拥有5家炼油厂。CGT代表Thierry Defrense在接受采访时表示:大约63%的员工参加了此次罢工,导致Total工厂减产,包括Total旗下的Normandy炼油厂(日产油量为198,000桶)。虽然机器还在运行,但是产量很少,而且没有产品被运出工厂。
Total在法国西部拥有Donges炼油厂(日产油量为219,000桶),另一位CGT代表Christophe Hiou表示:没有一滴油能输入或输出Donges炼油厂,而且工人们还在考虑采取进一步的行动。
来自/Hydrocarbon Processing 5月17日消息 编译/赵宁
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PARIS, May 17 (Reuters) -- A nationwide strike against a French government labor law reform has cut output at Total's refineries in France, a CGT Union official said on Tuesday.
CGT delegate Thierry Defrense told Reuters that some 63% of members were participating in the strike, cutting production at Total facilities including its 198,000-bpd Normandy refinery.
"The machines are running but very little is coming out, and nothing is leaving the refinery," Defrense told Reuters.
At Total's 219,000-bpd Donges refinery in western France, another CGT union representative Christophe Hiou said "not a drop" of fuel was entering or leaving the plant. Workers are considering further action in coming days, he said.
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沙特阿拉伯国有石油公司Saudi Aramco发布消息称已和新加坡公司Emas AMC和印度Larsen & Toubro (L&T)公司签订合同,合同内容主要涉及Arabian Gulf的Hasbah天然气田的扩张计划。
路透社周一报道称:这项工作包括平台和管道建设。该天然气田所产天然气将供应给Fadhili的天然气厂。Hasbah气田的扩张每日可以为Fadhili天然气厂提供20亿标准立方英尺的天然气。
Saudi Aramco在2015年2月使用7,500吨起重机完成Hasbah平台的安装,负重达到5,000吨,刷新了Saudi Aramco的起重作业记录。2016年3月,Hasbah天然气田开始生产天然气。
来自/Offshore Energy Today 5月17日消息 编译/赵宁 石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Saudi Arabian national oil company Saudi Aramco has reportedly awarded a contract to Singapore-based Emas AMC and India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) for the expansion of the Hasbah gas field located in the Arabian Gulf.
Reuters reported on Monday, quoting industry sources, that the work would include building platforms and pipelines with the field’s supply feeding the Fadhili gas plant.
The news agency also said that the expansion of Hasbah will supply 2 billion standard cubic feet per day (scfd) of gas to the Fadhili plant.
Saudi Aramco completed the installation of the Hasbah tie-in platform in February 2015 using its 7,500-ton crane, carrying weight that reached about 5,000 tons – which was, according to the company, its new record for heavy lift operation. The company announced the start of natural gas production from the Hasbah gas field in March 2016.
This is the second major contract award from Saudi Aramco for the pair following the six-year long agreement awarded in July 2015.
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墨西哥国有油气公司Pemex计划提前三个月终止Deep Driller 1号自升式钻井平台的租约, Deep Driller 1号为Aban Group子公司Deep Drilling Invest公司旗下的自升式钻井平台。
Deep Driller 1号租约将在今年6月1日终止,如果不把赔偿金考虑在内,Deep Drilling Invest将损失1340万美元。
该钻井平台制造于2006年,自2013年第三季度与Pemex签订的合同生效后,每日盈利149,000美元。租约终止日期本定于今年9月份。
Deep Driller 1号钻井平台是Deep Drilling Invest旗下的8个钻井平台中唯一一个未能在2016年成功完成订单的钻井平台。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自/Splash247 5月17日消息 编译/赵宁
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Mexico’s state-owned oil and gas company Pemex is to terminate its charter of a jack-up drilling rig owned by Aban Group’s subsidiary Deep Drilling Invest three months earlier than expected.
The contract for Deep Driller 1 will now terminate on June 1 this year, the Oslo-listed rig owner said today. The early cancellation could cost the owner around $13.4m excluding compensation.
The 2006-built rig has been earning around $149,000 per day since commencing the contract for Pemex in the third quarter 2013. The term was originally scheduled to terminate this September.
Deep Driller 1 is the only of one of Deep Drilling Invest’s eight rigs with contracted revenue backlog in 2016.
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周一,新加坡IEV Holdings公司发布消息称:IEV Malaysia周日开始对Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Limited旗下的Malikai号张力腿平台(TLP)海洋运输与安装工作进行动员部署。
Sapura 3000号和Aegir号工程船以及大量运输船和运输驳船将提供海洋运输服务,并对锚桩和TLP进行安装,全部工作将于7月末之前完成。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
IEV将与荷兰公司Heerema Marine Contractors合作完成这项工作。
来自/Rig Zone 5月17日消息 编译/赵宁
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Singapore-based IEV Holdings Ltd. disclosed Monday that its 49 percent associate, IEV Malaysia, commenced mobilization Sunday for the offshore transportation and installation of the Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Limited integrated Malikai Tension Leg Platform (TLP) offshore Sabah, Malaysia.
The Sapura 3000 and Aegir construction vessels as well as a number of transportation barges and tugs will provide offshore transportation and installation of the anchoring piles and the TLP, with work expected to be completed before the end of July, the company said in a press release.
IEV will partner The Netherlands-based Heerema Marine Contractors in carrying out the project.
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HOUSTON --- EnerVest发布消息称已经成功收购Eagle Ford页岩。自2015年9月份以后,EnerVest从三家公司收购了价值13亿美元的资产,这些资产集中分布在Texas州Karnes County。被购资产日石油产量超过17,000当量桶。
最近,EnerVest从BlackBrush Oil and Gas公司收购了资产,卖方仅保留BlackBrush剩余资产的少数股权,此次收购预计在6月份完成。此外,EnerVest还从GulfTex的子公司收购了资产,此次收购于4月29日完成。2015年末,EnerVest收购了一项资产,这项资产与其他两项被购资产相邻。
EnerVest首席执行官John B. Walker表示:眼下正是收购石油资产的绝佳时机,EnerVest现在拥有Lower Eagle Ford、Upper Eagle Ford和Austin Chalk地区的储油层,在当今情况下,我们拥有大量发展机遇。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自/World Oil 5月17日消息 编译/赵宁
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HOUSTON -- EnerVest has announced new acquisitions in the Eagle Ford shale. Since September 2015, the company has acquired $1.3 billion of assets from three entities in a concentrated part of Karnes County, Texas. Combined, the acquired properties produce more than 17,000 boed.
Most recently, the company signed an agreement to acquire assets, 75% of which are operated, from BlackBrush Oil and Gas, L.P., a portfolio company of funds managed by Ares Management, L.P. The sellers will retain a minority ownership stake in the remaining assets of BlackBrush and the acquisition is expected to close in June.
Second, EnerVest acquired assets from affiliates of GulfTex. The properties are 60% operated and the acquisition closed April 29. These assets are adjacent to the BlackBrush acquisition.
“This is a great time in the commodity price cycle to buy oil assets, especially in the core of one of the hottest plays in the U.S.,” said John B. Walker, EnerVest CEO. “With stacked reservoirs of the Lower Eagle Ford, the Upper Eagle Ford and the Austin Chalk, we see plenty of development opportunities at today’s prices.”
In addition, EnerVest announced in late 2015 the acquisition of a non-operated position adjacent to the two new acquisitions in Karnes County.
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T. Boone Pickens在雅虎财经的采访中表示,油价在这60天内,达到每桶50美元或60美元,由于供应量下降,需求量上升,油价也会随之上升。
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Sudden Shift Of Raging Canada Wildfire Threatens Major Oil Sands Facilities. The catastrophic wildfire that has been raging in Alberta for more than two weeks suddenly started moving north late Monday towards major oil sands facilities, forcing the evacuation of around 8,000 people from work camps in the area late last night. [Oilpro]
Oil Prices Retreat After Hitting 2016 High. Oil prices took a pause from their rally on Tuesday, falling back slightly from the 2016 highs they hit on Monday as some investors took profits. [MarketWatch, Oilpro]
Nigerian Oil Output Plunges. Oil production has suffered a colossal drop since 2005. When it once boasted of 2.4m bpd, it now produces 1.7m. Queues form on a daily basis outside petrol pumps and while rows break out at gas stations, a campaign of violence is being orchestrated that leaves people dying in a fight between militants and soldiers, and oil companies considering their long-term future. [Oilpro]
U.S. Discloses Saudi Holdings of Treasuries for First Time. The Treasury Department released a breakdown of Saudi Arabia’s holdings of U.S. debt, after keeping the figures secret for more than four decades. The special arrangement was a product of the 1973 oil shock following the Arab embargo. [Bloomberg]
Petrobras Under New Ownership. During a dramatic week in which President Dilma Rousseff was suspended from office and sent for an impeachment trial, the latest quarterly disaster update from Petrobras almost went unnoticed. [Oilpro, NewsBase]
Libyan Factions Agree In Principle On Unified Oil Structure. Rival factions have agreed in principle to have one oil organization for strife-torn Libya, the foreign minister in the new U.N.-backed, national unity government said on Tuesday. [Reuters]
Chevron To Chop Another 800 Jobs In Thailand. Chevron plans to cut 800 staff in Thailand this year as it looks to cut $500m in costs from its Thai business. According to Pairoj Kaweeyanun, president of Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production, output would not be impacted by the cuts. [Splash 247, Oilpro]
Kuwait: Iran Should Learn From Market. Kuwait has called on Iran to join an oil production freeze plan after major producers failed to agree on keeping output at current levels. [PressTV, Oilpro]
The Marcellus Shale Now Produces Basically as Much Gas Per Day as Iran or Qatar. By 2014, Marcellus gas output was already in the same league as that of Iran, Qatar, and Canada. Once other countries' 2015 gas production data is fully released this year, we'll almost certainly see the Marcellus in an even more favorable spot relative to foreign competitors—virtually neck-in-neck with Iran and Qatar and larger than Canada. [Oilpro]
T. Boone Pickens Thinks Oil Is Going Even Higher.“You could be at 50 or 60 [dollars per barrel] in 60 days," famed oil investorT. Boone Pickens tells Yahoo Finance. “Supply is down and demand is up and price is going to go with it.” [Yahoo Finance, Oilpro]
Circle Oil has announced that the 2016 infill drilling campaign on the North West Gemsa field has been completed. The second of the two production wells, AASE-24 has been drilled to TD, completed and tied in to the production infrastructure. On 16 May a well test commenced and the well flowed at a gross average rate of 1,714bbls/day of oil and 3.062mmcf/d of gas through a 40/64" choke.
The well will be produced at a lower rate in order to best manage the long term field production.
Circle CEO, Mitch Flegg said
'We are pleased with the results of this two well drilling campaign which will help to maintain production rates and manage field production. There is no further drilling planned in 2016 although there is an ongoing workover campaign which we also expect to help maintain production levels.'
North West Gemsa partners are: Circle Oil 40%; NPIC 50%; SDX 10%.
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it received a two year contract from Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP) to provide general engineering services (GES) at SATORP’s Jubail Industrial City II facilities in Saudi Arabia.
Under the terms of the contract Jacobs is providing a range of feasibility studies, concept design and detailed engineering design services for a portfolio of minor capital expenditure projects.
In making the announcement Jacobs Senior Vice President Oil and Gas Bassim D. Shebaro stated, “We are pleased to receive this contract, which expands our presence in the Jubail Industrial City and reinforces our commitment to providing world-class services to our clients across the region. Our extensive experience in the provision of similar services in Saudi Arabia and our recently established local presence in Al Jubail were key factors in helping us secure this contract.”
SATORP’s 400,000 barrels per day Jubail Refinery is one of the most advanced refineries in the world, producing a wide variety of white products from heavy crude oil.
Jacobs is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers of technical, professional and construction services.
Gazprom and PetroVietnam have signed a deal to jointly develop new oil and gas projects and cooperate on gas-based power generation.
According to a Memorandum of Understanding on the development of new oil and gas projects, the parties plan to examine opportunities for mutually beneficial cooperation “in the field of hydrocarbon prospecting, exploration and development”, according to a Gazprom statement. Among the opportunities being considered are joint activities within new projects at licensed blocks on the shelf of Vietnam and in other countries.
The Memorandum of Understanding on power generation reflects the intention of the signatories to explore the possibilities of joint projects for gas-based power generation within Vietnam. To achieve that goal, the parties plan to use gas from their joint projects offshore Vietnam and LNG from Gazprom Group's portfolio.
HOUSTON -- Wood Group has appointed Raymond (Ray) Schlaff to the positions of senior vice president and chief procurement officer, with responsibility for procurement strategies, processes and governance, and to drive efficiencies across the group’s global supply chain.
Schlaff has more than 30 years of procurement experience with industry leaders such as NALCO, Owens Illiniois, Tyco, GE and Dupont, working in the U.S., UK, Norway and the Netherlands and served most recently as senior vice president and group chief procurement officer for National Grid in London and Boston. His experience includes embedding leading industry methodologies to streamline processes and transforming procurement and supply chain functions into strategically aligned global teams.
“Ray has an outstanding record in supply chain management. His experience in driving efficiencies across supply chain functions, combined with his understanding of global markets, will serve Wood Group well during this dynamic time,” said David Kemp, chief financial officer.