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First Turbine Operational at Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan

Nov 30, 2021

French energy industry giant TotalEnergies on Tuesday announced the start-up of power generation from the first turbine of the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. TotalEnergies joined this project, operated by wpd, with a 23% interest in May…

Petrobras, SBM Offshore Strike Mero 4 FPSO Charter Deal

Nov 30, 2021

Brazilian oil company Petrobras has signed contracts with the Dutch FPSO specialist SBM Offshore for the chartering and provision of services of the FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão.This will be the fourth definitive floating production system to be installed in the Mero field…

Seanovent, Strohm in Offshore Wind-to-hydrogen Collab

Nov 29, 2021

Seanovent Engineering and Strohm have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on offshore wind-to-hydrogen developments.The duo said it would focus on developing safe and dependable hydrogen transfer solutions that enable and improve the distributed green hydrogen concept…

Lhyfe, DORIS to Install Hydrogen Production System on Floating Wind Turbine

Nov 29, 2021

Lhyfe, a company specializing in renewable green hydrogen production, and DORIS, an offshore engineering firm, have partnered up in an offshore hydrogen production project.Lhyfe and DORIS plan to launch the first floating wind turbine for integration…

Seplat Looking to Buy Exxon's Shallow Water Fields in Nigeria

Nov 29, 2021

Nigeria's Seplat Energy along with a partner is in talks to buy ExxonMobil's shallow-water oilfields in the African nation, the company said on Monday, cautioning there was no certainty about the outcome.In recent years, Exxon has been exiting…

U.S. Oil Drilling Review Proposes Higher Fees, Development Curbs

Nov 29, 2021

The Biden administration proposed a slew of changes on Friday to the nation's federal oil and gas leasing program, including hiking fees on drilling companies and limiting their access to sensitive wildlife and cultural zones.The recommendations…

Oil Rebounds to Above $76 on Speculation Omicron-related Drop Exaggerated

Nov 29, 2021

Oil rebounded by more than 5% on Monday to above $76 a barrel as some investors viewed Friday's slump in oil and financial markets on concern about the Omicron coronavirus variant as overdone.Top officials from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies…

PXGEO Completes 4D OBN Program for Petrobras in Brazil

Nov 29, 2021

Marine seismic contractor PXGEO has completed the Sapinhoa 4D Baseline ocean bottom node program in the deepwater Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, for the BMS-9 consortium, which is controlled by Petrobras.The four-month project, which used PXGEO's Manta OBN technology…

Equinor Exits Ireland with $434M Sale of Corrib Gas Field Stake to Vermilion Energy

Nov 29, 2021

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has agreed to sell its stake in the Corrib offshore gas project in Ireland to Vermilion Energy.The transaction is organized through a share sale of Equinor Energy Ireland Limited, a company 100% owned by Equinor ASA…

Snam Buys Stake in Algerian Gas Pipelines from Eni

Nov 29, 2021

Italy's Snam has agreed to buy a stake in pipelines carrying Algerian gas into Italy in a move that could pave the way for hydrogen imports from Africa into Europe.Europe's biggest gas infrastructure group said on Saturday it would pay energy company Eni 385 million euros ($436 million) for a 49…

Shell, CoensHexicon JV Gets EBL for Floating Wind Project in South Korea

Nov 29, 2021

MunmuBaram, a joint venture between Shell and CoensHexicon, has secured an Electricity Business License (EBL) for its floating offshore wind project off the coast of Ulsan, South Korea. The EBL from the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy…

Iran, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan in Gas Swap Deal

Nov 29, 2021

Iran, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan have signed a gas swap deal for up to 2 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday.Under the swap deal, Iran will receive gas from Turkmenistan and deliver an equivalent amount to Azerbaijan at the Astara border…

Omicron Threatens Oil Demand Recovery

Nov 29, 2021

Asian oil refiners' margins have slumped to the lowest in nearly five months amid worries that the Omicron coronavirus variant could deal another blow to oil demand recovery, already hit by rising COVID-19 cases in Europe.Governments worldwide…

UK North Sea: CNOOC Brings Online Buzzard Phase II

Nov 29, 2021

Chinese oil and gas company CNOOC has started production from the Buzzard Phase II development in the UK North Sea.Buzzard Phase II sits around 100 kilometers northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland, with an average water depth of approximately 96 meters…

Noreco CEO Resigns

Nov 29, 2021

David B. Cook, the Chief Executive Officer of the oil and gas company Noreco, has resigned from his position and from the company board of directors.Noreco, which is working with TotalEnergies to redevelop the Tyra offshore gas field in Denmark…

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