Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

Oil drilling equipment maker FMC Technologies Inc. (FTI) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (PBR) , or Petrobras S.A., to build future subsea technology solutions for its oil and gas projects offshore Brazil. FMC...

A subsidiary of mining giant, BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd. agreed with Oceaneering International Inc. (OII) to provide the latter with umbilicals and distribution equipment for the development of the Macedon gas field in Western Australia. Recently, BHP Billiton...

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Oil drilling equipment maker FMC Technologies Inc. (FTI) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (PBR) , or Petrobras S.A., to build future subsea technology solutions for its oil and gas projects offshore Brazil. FMC...

Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE: OII) announced that it has secured a contract with BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of BHP Billiton, Limited (NYSE: BHP), to supply umbilicals and distribution equipment for development of the Macedon gas field off Western Australia.

FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI) announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Petrobras (NYSE: PZE) to develop future subsea technology solutions for its oil and gas projects offshore Brazil. The agreement includes the development of innovative and cost effective subsea...

Massachusetts-based Evergreen Solar Inc.'s (ESLR) fortunes look sunnier in England after a panel variant of the company, ES-A series qualified for the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) of the United Kingdom's Department of Energy. The certification is mandatory for solar panels to be...

Shares of Tenaris S.A. (NYSE: TS) are lower on the session by 3.04%, currently trading at $42.38. Call volume is now running at 2.42x the daily average, with 83% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 2,403 call contracts have traded so far during the session. Tenaris S.A., through its...

As per a popular Iraqi website, Halliburton Company (HAL) was awarded a one-year contract by Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDS.A) and its associates for developing the Majnoon oilfield in southern Iraq. The announcement of the contract was first made in August. Under the terms of the contract signed...

Wells Fargo is raising its estimates on Drill-Quip, Inc. (NYSE: DRQ). In a note sent to clients, Wells Fargo writes, "Given conversations with investors, and continued supportive, if not incremental, positive newsflow over the past month, we've decided that, for the deepwater tree providers, it's...

Massachusetts-based Evergreen Solar Inc.'s (ESLR) fortunes look sunnier in England after a panel variant of the company, ES-A series qualified for the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) of the United Kingdom's Department of Energy. The certification is mandatory for solar panels to be...

In its weekly release, Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI) reported a rise in the U.S. rig count (number of rigs searching for oil and gas in the country), primarily reflecting an increase in the land rig count for natural gas drilling. The Baker Hughes rig count,...

Analysts at Barclays Capital upgrade Superior Energy Services Inc (NYSE: SPN) from "equal weight" to "overweight." The target price for SPN has been raised from $28 to $39. SPN's shares lost 2.03% to close at $31.39 on Friday. More Analyst Ratings here

As per a popular Iraqi website, Halliburton Company (HAL) was awarded a one-year contract by Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDS.A) and its associates for developing the Majnoon oilfield in southern Iraq. The announcement of the contract was first made in August. Under the terms of the contract signed...