Acquisitions & Divestitures - Service & Supply

Google Cloud’s Darryl Willis is leveraging his oil and gas experience as a geophysicist with BP to bridge the digital divide between industry and the inevitable transition to artificial intelligence.

Hess is looking to sell its Bakken water services business in a proposed $225 million-cash transaction with a midstream energy joint venture between Hess and Global Infrastructure Partners.

Environmental groups opposed to offshore drilling sued the federal government to prevent future seismic tests for oil and gas deposits in Atlantic waters off the U.S. East Coast.

Akastor will create a leading provider of well-, reservoir- and software services through the combination of AGR and the Norway-based oil services investment company’s subsidiary First Geo.

Transocean’s CEO said the Ocean Rig acquisition will enhance the Swiss-based drilling rig contractor’s fleet of ultradeepwater and harsh environment floaters without compromising its liquidity.

David Crombie, who previously served as president of completion solutions and executive vice president, brings over two decades of experience to his latest role as COO at Nine Energy Service.

The drop in fracking activity this year had been "significantly larger" than expected, Patrick Schorn, executive vice president of wells at Schlumberger, said at a conference in New York.

Several oil companies in Canada pushed back on Dec. 3 against Alberta's mandated cuts in crude production, warning about excessive government intervention even as the discount on Canadian crudes narrowed sharply on the curtailment plan.

China imported its first U.S. crude oil cargo in around two months last week, according to industry sources and Refinitiv Eikon data - a deal made by an independent "teapot" refiner as larger players held off amid trade tensions.

Pundits weigh in on whether the stars will align for a successful 2019 and how the oil and gas industry can navigate the headwinds and tailwinds ahead.