OEG Offshore reveals wins worth £1.3m
OFFSHORE container and module manufacturer OEG Offshore said yesterday it had been awarded contracts worth £1.3million with Schlumberger, Schilling Robotic, Sub Atlantic and Halliburton.
OFFSHORE container and module manufacturer OEG Offshore said yesterday it had been awarded contracts worth £1.3million with Schlumberger, Schilling Robotic, Sub Atlantic and Halliburton.
BY STEVEN McKAY
PETROFAC has announced a £300million-plus investment in Mexico after state oil monopoly Pemex awarded its first oilfield operating contracts.
RUSSIAN oil producer TNK-BP said yesterday it signed a £900million-plus loan with a group of 10 international banks for general corporate purposes.
ABERDEEN company Rock Solid Images (RSI), formerly Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping has won a £242,000 contract for seismic work in Equatorial Guinea.
SUBSEA 7 is to sell pipelay vessel Acergy Falcon to Romanian oil and gas service company GSP.
OIL and gas explorer Melrose Resources has reduced its full-year production estimate for a second time this year after setbacks in Egypt.
SCOTTISH asset-management firm Sigma Capital Group said yesterday it had acquired urban-regeneration specialist Inpartnership from West Coast Capital (WCC) - the investment vehicle of entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter - in an all-share deal worth £347,000.
Oil rose yesterday, supported by hopes European leaders will come up with solutions to the region's debt crisis and by broader gains in global markets.
UK ENERGY service group Hunting said yesterday it was to buy a US-based machining company for more than £50million just days after announcing a £475million acquisition.
A NORTH-EAST design and manufacturing company is celebrating a hat-trick of deals.
SHARES in oil field engineering service group Aker Solutions fell more than 5% in Oslo yesterday after second-quarter earnings were dented by operational issues.
OIL supermajor Royal Dutch Shell said yesterday it had bought back more than £18million of its own shares.
ENQUEST said yesterday it would not be taking its foot off the ball after posting a 35% rise in production and doubling its revenue.
SHARES in North Sea energy firm Nautical Petroleum were up more than 15% yesterday after the company made an "excellent start" to appraisal activity at its Kraken field.
EVENTS in global equity markets at the beginning of last month paralleled those on the streets of England's major cities.
ABERDEEN-based oil and gas engineering service firm Plexus Holdings has entered an agreement with Senergy to provide wellhead engineering to Dana Petroleum.
WESTHILL-based Subsea 7 reported a "strong" second quarter yesterday and said its integration with former rival Acergy was on track.
Investment of more than £250million in the UK North Sea helped to boost production, Abu Dhabi's national energy company said yesterdayas it announced a 150% jump in profits.
OIL and gas group Serica Energy said yesterday it was talking to other potential buyers of its Kambuna gas field in Indonesia after delays on an agreed deal.
SCOTTISH Development International (SDI) is looking to hire a specialist to deliver thought leadership seminars.
PLEXUS Holdings, of Aberdeen, said yesterday it had signed a contract with Gaz de France Suez E&P worth about £1.7million.
ENERGY service group Hunting said yesterday it would buy a US well specialist for £475million and that more acquisitions were on the cards.
CANADIAN Natural Resources (CNR) has reiterated its reduced activities in the North Sea as a result of the UK Government's oil and gas tax grab.
US OIL and gas explorer and producer Apache posted record second-quarter revenue yesterday as a result of high oil prices and record production, the firm said.