All articles by Matthew Farmer

1. How coronavirus has spread through North Sea platforms

   In the last few weeks, Covid-19 coronavirus infections have spread across offshore facilities. In the North Sea, at least two…
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   9 Apr
2. Coronavirus company news summary

   The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has said the Covid-19 pandemic has dampened exploration activity on the Norwegian shelf of the…
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   9 Apr
3. How the 2020 oil price war has unfolded so far

   Many oil companies are worth a fraction of what they were at the start of the year. The coronavirus pandemic…
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   8 Apr
4. Coronavirus company news summary

   Wednesday 8 April UK-based company Ineos has postponed the planned shutdown of the Forties Pipeline System to 2021 due to…
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   8 Apr
5. ExxonMobil cuts $10bn of capital spending as Covid-19 affects demand

   US oil giant ExxonMobil has announced it will cut $10bn of capital spending in 2020 in response to the coronavirus…
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   7 Apr
6. OGUK to hold finance online business finance seminars

   Offshore trade body Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) will use a series of online seminars to advise members on the…
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   7 Apr
7. Enefit plans Israeli shale-gas-to-oil plant

   Energy group Enefit has launched an engineering study to develop a plant in Israel, its first outside of Estonia. The…
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   6 Apr
8. Petrofac cuts 20% of staff and 10% of pay

   UK-based operator Petrofac has become the most recent company to announce capital expenditure cuts and job losses. Many companies have…
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   6 Apr
9. Investor climate pressure on Santos is “warning to Shell and Equinor”

   Two large investment firms have increased pressure on Australian oil and gas company Santos to set climate targets in line…
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   3 Apr
10. Exxon Mobil to advise on reusable medical masks

    US oil and gas company Exxon Mobil has said it will help medical innovators with the construction of a reusable…
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    3 Apr