South Pacific
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July 15, 2025
Baker Hughes and Petronas have entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a strategic partnership to explore business initiatives that have the potential to support the delivery of Asia’s energy expansion and transition.
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May 22, 2025
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has acquired Shelf Subsea, an independent provider of subsea services with a strong position in the eastern hemisphere. The acquisition strengthens an extensive portfolio of solutions, now also covering the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions.
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March 20, 2025
EnerMech has appointed Jason Jeow as its new VP for the Asia Pacific region. With decades of extensive experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors, Jeow will confer with regulatory bodies and environmental agencies as well as collaborate with business lines and local leaders.
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August 08, 2017
Baker Hughes announced an it has signed an agreement with Twinza Oil to provide support on the Pasca A gas condensate field, offshore Papua New Guinea in the Gulf of Papua.
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July 25, 2017
Energy services company Proserv has been awarded a series of contracts worth around $4 million for its well severance, platform and FPSO decommissioning services in the Asia-Pacific region.
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July 20, 2017
The Philippines has shortlisted six countries and will choose one from them as a partner for its planned $2-billion receiving and distribution facility for imported LNG, an official from the state-run energy firm PNOC said on Thursday.
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July 18, 2017
Ethos Energy has been awarded a multi-million-dollar, five-year maintenance service agreement by Brunei Shell Petroleum for the provision of engineers and improvement of compressor packages on the Champion 7 offshore platform in the South China Sea, off the coast of Brunei.
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July 12, 2017
Drilling for oil and natural gas on the Reed Bank in the South China Sea may resume before the end of the year, a Philippine energy official said on Wednesday, as the government prepares to offer new blocks to investors in bidding in December.
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October 14, 2016
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is considering a sale of its stake in a Malaysian liquefied natural gas export plant, which could fetch more than $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said.
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May 19, 2016
Katalyst Data Management has opened a new full service iGlass datacenter in Perth, to support oil and gas companies throughout the Asia-Pacific region with their operational and exploration programs.
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September 18, 2015
OEG Offshore has appointed Kingston Catering & Providoring Co. Ltd. based in New Zealand, as local partner to expand and support customer operations in New Zealand.
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September 14, 2015
Oil Search Ltd. rejected Woodside Petroleum Ltd.’s $8 billion takeover bid, saying the proposal undervalues the company’s liquefied natural gas expansion plans in Papua New Guinea.
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September 13, 2015
A meeting to discuss Woodside Petroleum’s $8 billion takeover bid for Oil Search Ltd. was called off amid speculation that the offer for the Papua New Guinea- focused explorer is too low to succeed.
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August 03, 2015
Fugro has been awarded a contract by BG International Ltd. Sucursal Honduras to conduct an integrated multibeam echosounder survey and seabed coring campaign over its offshore acreage in the Honduran Caribbean.
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July 21, 2015
Katalyst Data Management has acquired the Perth-based oil and gas data management division of SpectrumData Pty Ltd.
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May 15, 2015
TAG Oil Ltd. has announced that the pipeline construction connecting the Cheal-E development area to TAG's main Cheal-A production infrastructure has nearly been completed.
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April 13, 2015
The six climbers who safely intercepted, scaled, and set up camp on an Arctic-bound Shell oil drilling rig in the Pacific came down on Apr. 11, after spending almost a week on the 38,000 tonne platform.
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February 27, 2015
With supertankers booked solid carrying cheap crude, smaller vessels are taking advantage of the opportunity by hauling record volumes of Russian oil to Asia.
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January 30, 2015
HOUSTON -- The oil and gas industry’s leading magazine for upstream technology and activity, World Oil, forecasts a sharp drop in drilling, both in the U.S. and internationally, as a direct result of plunging crude oil prices. In its 89th annual forecast and review, World Oil predicts an average WTI oil price of $55.75/barrel (bbl), while Brent will be $58.80/bbl. A Henry Hub natural gas price of $3.35/MMBtu is expected.
