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Equinor to Sell 28% Stake in Statfjord Area to OKEA for $220M

6 hours ago

Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA  has agreed to acquire a 28% stake in offshore block PL037, in Statfjord Area, offshore Norway, from Equinor for an initial fixed consideration of $220 million.The Statfjord Area comprises the Statfjord Unit, Statfjord Øst Unit, Statfjord Nord and Sygna Unit. The Statfjord Unit development covers the Statfjord A, B and C concrete gravity-based platforms. The other fields are subsea developments tied back to the main field platforms…

Lukoil-backed Congo Project to Start Producing LNG in December

6 hours ago

A senior executive at Russia's Lukoil energy company said a project in the Congo in which it is involved would begin producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) in December, Russian news agencies reported. Lukoil Vice President Ivan Romanovsky said the initiative would produce around 600…

Chevron Suspends Production at Thai Oil Field after Fatal Accident

8 hours ago

Production at the Benchamas oil field in the Gulf of Thailand was suspended immediately after an accident last week and remains offline, U.S. oil giant Chevron Corp said in a statement on Monday.The announcement comes after an accident last…

NATO's Stoltenberg, EU's von der Leyen Travel to North Sea Platform

Mar 17, 2023

The heads of NATO and the European Commission flew on Friday to a North Sea platform bigger than the Eiffel Tower in a visit underlining Norway's importance for gas supplies since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The Troll A platform extracts gas from Norway's biggest gas field…

Katmai Flowline Jumper Failure Caused by Hydrogen Embrittlement

Mar 16, 2023

Hydrogen embrittlement was found to have caused a 2020 flowline jumper failure in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said in a recent report.The incident, which occurred on July 24, 2020, in the Fieldwood Energy-operated deepwater Katmai field…

Jadestone Energy's Montara Field Offshore Australia to Resume Production Soon

Mar 16, 2023

Asia-pacific focused oil and gas company Jadestone Energy expects to resume production from its Montara field offshore W. Australia in approximately one week.The company shut down production from the Montara Venture FPSO in 2022, first to allow…

Prax Group Set to Acquire Lancaster Oil Field Operator Hurricane Energy

Mar 16, 2023

UK-based Prax Group has reached a deal to acquire Hurricane Energy, the operator of the producing Lancaster oil field, west of Shetland.Hurricane has one asset, the Lancaster oil field, that produces from a single well (“P6”) and riser. As at ERCE…

Exxon Considers Selling Stake in LNG Terminal Offshore Italy

Mar 16, 2023

Exxon Mobil Corp is considering selling its majority stake in Italy's main regasification terminal as part of a wider strategy to divest from non-core assets, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. The Rovigo liquefied natural gas (LNG)…

Karoon Brings Online PAT-2 Well at Patola Offshore Field in Brazil

Mar 15, 2023

Oil and gas company Karoon said Wednesday that production had started from the PAT-2 at the Patola field in the BM-S-40 production license in Brazil.The well, one of two new production wells drilled at the field, came onstream on March 15, 2023 at a rate of 12…

Golar LNG Buys NFE's Stake in FLNG Hilli

Mar 15, 2023

Golar LNG has acquired New Fortress Energy's (NFE) stake in FLNG Hilli - also known as Hilli Episeyo. 'In return for NFE’s 50% Common Unit holding in Golar Hilli LLC, Golar has transferred its remaining 4.1 million NFE shares to NFE, paid NFE $100 million in cash…

Shell Greenlights Development of Dover Offshore Oil Field in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Mar 15, 2023

Oil major Shell has sanctioned the development of the Dover offshore oil field in the Gulf of Mexico.Shell plans to develop the Dover project as a subsea tieback to the Shell-operated Appomattox offshore production platform, with two production wells produced through a 17…

Shell Completes Sale of Baram Delta and SK307 Offshore Blocks to PSEP

Mar 15, 2023

Shell's Malaysian subsidiary Sarawak Shell Berhad has completed the previously announced sale of its stake in two offshore production sharing contracts (PSC) in the Baram Delta to Petroleum Sarawak Exploration & Production Sdn. Bhd. (“PSEP”)…

Philippine Firm Targets New Gas Wells, Solar Investment

Mar 15, 2023

Philippine holding firm Prime Infrastructure Capital Inc aims to put new wells at the country's only major natural gas project into commercial operation in 2026, and is seeking other fields to ensure long-term output, its CEO told Reuters on Wednesday…

Aker BP Starts Production from North Sea Oil Field

Mar 14, 2023

Norwegian oil company Aker BP has started production from the Frosk field development in the  Alvheim area, offshore Norway.The Frosk field is tied back to Alvheim FPSO in the North Sea via existing subsea infrastructure. The field, discovered in 2019…

Oil Worker Medevaced in the Gulf of Mexico

Mar 13, 2023

An ailing worker was airlifted from a platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.The Coast Guard said its District Eight watchstanders received a call at approximately 7 a.m. from the aircrew of the Acadian Air…

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