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Israel's President Visits Turkey to Thaw Frosty Ties as Gas Interest Grows

Mar 10, 2022

President Isaac Herzog embarked on Wednesday on the first visit by an Israeli leader to Turkey since 2008 as the regional rivals seek to overcome years of animosity.Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan invited Herzog, whose post is largely ceremonial…

Russian Piped Gas Deliveries to Europe Stable

Mar 10, 2022

Russian piped gas deliveries into Germany via Nord Stream 1 and Poland and into Slovakia via Ukraine remained stable, pipeline operator data showed on Thursday.Flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline which crosses the Baltic Sea to Germany were steady at around 73…

Marex Nets First Offshore Wind Award

Mar 10, 2022

Aberdeen-based risk management consultancy Marex Risk and Marine Consultancy (Marex) has won the marine services contract for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm in the UK, its first offshore wind project.East Anglia ONE, located off the Suffolk coast…

UK Hits Gazprom, Rosneft CEOs, Others with Sanctions

Mar 10, 2022

The UK on Thursday announced sanctions, including a full asset freeze and travel ban,  against seven oligarchs including Russian oil company Rosneft's CEO Igor Sechin and Gazprom's CEO Alexey Miller, over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.The…

Heerema, DeepOcean Win North Sea Decommissioning Deals with Spirit Energy

Mar 10, 2022

Heerema Marine Contractors and DeepOcean have contracts with oil and gas firm Spirit Energy in the UK for removal and disposal services of the operator’s North Sea decommissioning portfolio. Heerema said it would cooperate with DeepOcean, the subsea asset removal contractor…

Helix Vessel Deal Lifts Siem Offshore's Backlog to $440M

Mar 09, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Siem Offshore said Wednesday it had entered into agreements with the U.S. offshore well intervention firm Helix Energy Solutions for its Siem Helix 1 and Siem Helix 2 vessels.The new deal for the offshore well…

Equinor Spuds Kveikje Well Off Norway. Targets 36 Million Barrels

Mar 09, 2022

Equinor has started drilling operations on its Kveikje exploration well in the Norwegian section of the North Sea, its partner in the license, Longboat Energy, said Wednesday.Equinor is using Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Stavanger semi-submersible drilling rig to drill the prospect…

Bridge Petroleum Taps Fraser for Bardolino Field Services

Mar 09, 2022

Bridge Petroleum has awarded Fraser Well Management (FWM) and Fraser Integrity Management (FIM) a contract to supply well and pipeline operator services for its Bardolino field in the UK North Sea.Bridge Petroleum has recently increased its…

Pandion Energy to Buy One-Dyas Norge, Double Production with Nova Field Start-up

Mar 09, 2022

Norwegian oil company Pandion Energy agreed to buy ONE-Dyas Holdings B.V.'s Norwegian subsidiary ONE-Dyas Norge AS for an undisclosed fee. The deal includes a 10 percent share of the Nova offshore field in the North Sea field, and a total of 11 exploration licenses…

Can Germany Keep Warm Without Russian Gas?

Mar 09, 2022

Russia said it could cut gas deliveries to Germany through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline amid rising tensions over the Ukraine crisis, disrupting a route that accounted for 60% of Russian gas supplies to Europe in the first two months of this year…

"It's hard, bloody hard. But it's possible" - EU Rolls Out Plan to Cut Russia Gas Dependency

Mar 09, 2022

The European Commission published plans on Tuesday to cut EU dependency on Russian gas by two-thirds this year and end its reliance on Russian supplies of the fuel 'well before 2030'.The European Union executive said it would switch to alternative…

UK to Boost Oil and Gas Output after Russian Import Ban

Mar 09, 2022

Britain will step up its production of oil and gas after saying it will ban Russian oil imports at the end of the year, transport minister Grant Shapps said on Wednesday.'We're fortunate in the UK that we don't buy proportionately very much…

UK to Phase Out Russian Oil Imports By End of 2022

Mar 08, 2022

Britain will phase out imports of Russian oil and oil products by the end of 2022, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday, joining other nations including the United States in reducing their energy dependency on Russia.In response to President Vladimir Putin's decision to invade of Ukraine…

Topside Installed: Another Milestone Passed at Scotland's Largest Fixed-bottom Offshore Wind Farm

Mar 08, 2022

Construction of Seagreen, Scotland's largest fixed bottom offshore wind farm and the world's deepest of its kind, has reached another critical milestone with the installation of the 4,800-tonne offshore platform topside off the Angus coast.'The topside forms the backbone of the offshore wind farm…

How Dependent is Germany on Russian Gas?

Mar 08, 2022

Russia has warned it may shut off its main Nord Stream gas pipeline to Germany after Berlin halted approval of a second line across the Baltic Sea in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.  The comment, from Russian deputy prime minister Alexander Novak…

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