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Report: Lundin Energy Pondering Sale

Nov 30, 2021

Swedish oil and gas company Lundin Energy is considering a potential sale, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources.Lundin, which has a market value of about $10 billion, is studying strategic alternatives that could also include a merger or asset disposals…

Shell Eyes Return to Libya

Nov 30, 2021

Royal Dutch Shell is considering a return to Libya with a plan to develop new oil and gas fields and infrastructure, as well as a solar project, two sources said, a decade after exiting the North African country because of unrest.The plan, details of which were seen by Reuters…

Carnarvon to Spud Buffalo-10 Well in Timor Sea in December

Nov 30, 2021

Australian oil and gas company Carnarvon Energy, which earlier this month changed its name from Carnarvon Petroleum, is set to receive the Valaris JU-107 jack-up drilling rig 'within the next two weeks' and start drilling at the Buffalo-10 well-site…

Project Launched to Test Use of North Sea Gas Pipelines for CO2 Transport

Nov 30, 2021

Energy industry consultancy and provider DNV is working with Wintershall Noordzee and the OTH Regensburg University of Applied Sciences to explore how existing natural gas pipelines in the southern North Sea can be used for future carbon dioxide (CO2) transport…

Oil Firms Face Workforce Crunch as Renewables Beckon - Survey

Nov 30, 2021

The oil and gas industry risks a huge workforce shortage as more than half of workers in the sector seek to move into the renewable energy industry, a survey published on Tuesday showed.The survey conducted as part of a report by recruitment firm Brunel and Oilandgasjobsearch…

Nexans Wins $738M Italian Subsea Power Cable Contract

Nov 30, 2021

French offshore cable construction and installation firm Nexans has been awarded a frame contract for more than €650 million (around $738,16 million) with Terna, supplying an interconnector cabling solution for its Tyrrhenian Link in Italy. Tyrrhenian…

Norway: Johan Sverdrup Crude Loadings to Drop in January

Nov 30, 2021

Exports of Norway's major crude stream Johan Sverdrup will drop sharply in January to 471,000 barrels per day (bpd) compared with 536,000 bpd in December, a loading program showed on Tuesday.The program is the smallest since July this year.…

Keppel, Ørsted in Offshore Substation Pact

Nov 30, 2021

Singapore's Keppel Offshore & Marine has signed a framework agreement with offshore wind industry giant Ørsted for future offshore substation (OSS) projects.'The agreement is part of a strategic initiative to strengthen the long-term partnership…

Marine-i Supports Reflex Marine's Development of Floating Wind Turbine Mooring Solution

Nov 30, 2021

Marine-i said Tuesday it was providing support to the offshore specialist Reflex Marine, which is developing a new system for anchoring floating offshore wind (FLOW) installations called the JAVELIN.Part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund…

Boskalis Joins Consortium Bidding for Danish Energy Island

Nov 30, 2021

Dutch dredging and marine contractor Boskalis has partnered up with  Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and three other companies to bid for the development of the energy island in the Danish North Sea. Back in February, Denmark approved…

Google to Buy Power from Ørsted's German Offshore Wind Project

Nov 30, 2021

Offshore wind developer Ørsted said Tuesday it had struck a 12-year corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with Google. Under the CPPA, Google will offtake 50 MW of Ørsted’s planned 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm in the German North Sea…

Green Group to Challenge Approval for Woodside's Pluto LNG project

Nov 30, 2021

Woodside Petroleum said on Tuesday an environmental body will challenge the government's decision to approve the expansion of its Pluto LNG train on concerns of environmental harm caused by greenhouse gas emissions.The Conservation Council of…

Scottish Firm Nova Innovation Gets Funding for Indonesian Tidal Turbine Array Study

Nov 30, 2021

Tidal energy developer Nova Innovation has secured funding that the company says could deliver the first-ever tidal turbine array in Indonesia.Nova’s FLITE (Feasibility of Larantuka and Indonesian Tidal Energy) project that will deliver a feasibility study for a 7MW tidal array in Larantuka Strait…

BP to Set Up Large-scale Green Hydrogen Project in UK

Nov 30, 2021

BP said on Monday it plans to set up a large-scale green hydrogen production plant in northeast England, generated with wind, water and solar energy to aid Britain's move away from fossil fuels.The project, dubbed HyGreen Teesside, aims to produce…

PTTEP Finds More Gas in Block SK417 Offshore Malaysia

Nov 30, 2021

Thai oil company PTTEP said Tuesday it had made a gas discovery at Nangka-1, its second exploration well in Block SK417, offshore Malaysia. The block is located in the shallow waters of Baram Province, around 180 kilometers off the coast of Sarawak…

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