Operational production costs in the oil and gas industry have fallen across the globe, with the UK emerging as a cost-cutting powerhouse among global offshore regions, according to an analysis by Rystad Energy
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AIS Training and Survivex sign new training management contract
The UK’s energy sector training providers, AIS Training and Survivex, part of the 3T Energy Group, have signed a contract with Well-Safe Solutions, to manage and deliver all of its training requirements and provide an IT platform to support its competence management system
Oil price surges on Soleimani assassination
The assassination of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani by a pre-dawn American air raid near Baghdad airport on Friday has caused a remarkable spike in Brent crude prices, taking it to over US$70 on Monday 6 January, according to a report by CITYA.M., the first time Brent crude has exceeded the US$70 threshold since September
ExxonMobil secures exploration acreage offshore Egypt
ExxonMobil has secured more than 1.7mn acres for exploration offshore Egypt
Total and Sonangol to develop retail operations in Angola
Total has announced the closing of the agreement signed on 21 December 2018 with national oil company Sonangol to develop petroleum product retail operations in Angola