Marathon Oil News


Former Noble Energy COO Joins Marathon Oil Board

Jan 12, 2021

Marathon Oil has informed that Brent Smolik has been elected to the company's board of directors, effective January 11, 2021.Smolik, 59, has over 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, including senior executive leadership roles at Noble Energy Corporation…

Equatorial Guinea: Oil Firms Get Extension to Exploration Plans

May 04, 2020

Equatorial Guinea has granted oil and gas companies two-year extensions on their exploration programs, a statement from the hydrocarbons minister said.The move is an effort to keep investments flowing into the nation's energy industry amid a…

Marathon Oil Cuts Capex For Second Time in a Month

Apr 08, 2020

U.S. oil company Marathon Oil has decided to cut its 2020 CAPEX further, for the second time in less than a month.The company, with assets in the U.S. onshore plays such as Bakken and Eagle Ford, and in Equatorial Guinea offshore space, one Wednesday revised its 2020 capital budget to $1…

TAQA Taking Over as Brae Field Operator

Jan 17, 2020

UAE-based oil company TAQA is set to take over operatorship over the Brae oil field in the UK sector of the North Sea from RockRose Energy.RockRose energy got hold of the licenses containing the Brae field last year, following the completion of the UK North Sea assets of the U…

New Pipeline Coming Offshore Equatorial Guinea

Apr 01, 2019

Noble Energy and partners will build a pipeline linking Equatorial Guinea's offshore gas fields to an onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant to boost exports, the African nation's government said on Monday.Under a deal with the government…

Murphy Oil Sells Malaysian Assets

Mar 21, 2019

Murphy Oil Corp said on Thursday it is exiting Malaysia with the $2.13 billion sale of its oil and gas assets to a Thai company and will use the deal proceeds to pay down debt, buy back shares and fund potential deals in the United States.The buyer…

Equatorial Guinea to Offer Ophir's Old Blocks

Feb 05, 2019

Equatorial Guinea will offer offshore Block R with the related Fortuna gas development project in the April licensing round, after the concession was reclaimed from Ophir Energy Plc, the oil minister said on Tuesday.Gabriel Obiang Lima told…

Helix Secures P&A Work in GOM

Jan 21, 2019

Houston based Helix Energy Solutions Group is slated  to perform plug and abandonment operations (P&A) work in the Gulf of Mexico following a recent agreement with Marathon Oil.The services company announced Monday that it acquired from Marathon…

Equatorial Guinea Punishes Subsea 7

Nov 22, 2018

Equatorial Guinea has ordered energy operators to stop doing business with oil and gas service firm Subsea 7 for failing to comply with local laws aimed at creating more jobs for locals, the oil minister said on Thursday.In September, an oil ministry source warned that Schlumberger…

HAF Consortium Wins Brae Bravo Decom Deal

Oct 03, 2018

Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) and AF Offshore Decom (AFOD), together known as the HAF consortium, have been awarded a contract with Marathon Oil Decommissioning Services for the Engineering, Preparation, Removal and Disposal (EPRD) services of the Brae Bravo Platform…

Well-Safe takes on Jim Christie

Sep 04, 2017

Decommissioning services firm Well-Safe Solutions has appointed Jim Christie as director of programs. The specialist well abandonment company, launched in July this year, has already assembled a senior team of eight well-known industry experts and now employs 20 people…

Marathon submits Brae decom plan

Jun 21, 2017

Marathon Oil has submitted to the UK Department for Business Strategy and Industrial Strategy a consultancy draft of plans to decommission its Brae Alpha, Brae Bravo, Central Brae, West Brae and Sedgwick offshore facilities. Brae Bravo…

Marathon renews Archer Braes contract, tests ComTrac

May 04, 2017

Marathon Oil has renewed a contract for work on its three Brae platforms in the North Sea with Aberdeen-based oilfield equipment firm Archer.   The contract for platform drilling, maintenance and engineering services was first signed in 1993…

VAALCO appoints new CFO

Apr 18, 2017

VAALCO Energy has appointed Phil Patman as chief financial officer (CFO) effective 17 April 2017. Patman has over 20 years of experience in the oil, gas and other areas of the energy industry in key roles including finance, business development…

Equatorial Guinea extends licensing round

Feb 28, 2017

Equatorial Guinea's Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons has extended the closing date of its 2016 Licensing Round, due to a 'wave of new exploration interest' thanks to a more positive outlook in the industry.  The round, offering 'all…

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