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Hurricane Energy, Bluewater Strike Deal on Aoka Mizu FPSO Charter Extension

Mar 28, 2022

UK-based oil and gas company Hurricane Energy said Friday it had signed a contract with Bluewater, the owner of the Aoka Mizu FPSO, for an extension to the bareboat charter beyond the current expiry date of June 4, 2022.The FPSO has been producing…

Santos Wraps Pavo-1 Drilling, Offshore Australia

Mar 25, 2022

Australian oil and gas firm Santos has completed drilling operations on the Pavo-1 well, drilled in the WA-438-P exploration permit, offshore W. Australia, where the company earlier this week announced a significant oil discovery.According to Carnarvon Energy…

Boskalis Delivers HKZ Beta Substation to Tennet

Mar 25, 2022

Dutch marine services company Boskalis has delivered the Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta substation topside to Tennet in the Netherlands after a long journey from Dubai, where it was built.This is the second High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) offshore transformer station topside…

Kazakh Oil Woes Another Headache for Top Western Producers amid Ukraine War

Mar 25, 2022

Top Western oil producers could experience a hit to revenue if disruptions at a Russian Black Sea port curtail output from Kazakhstan's giant oilfields, highlighting the growing global supply risk after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.Chevron, Exxon Mobil…

Sakhalin Energy Projects in Russia are Important for Japan - Gov't Spokesman

Mar 25, 2022

Japan aims to reduce its dependence on Russian energy, but Sakhalin oil and gas projects, in which the Japanese government and companies hold stakes, are important for its energy security, Japan's top government spokesman said on Friday.Shell…

Second Unaoil Bribery Conviction Quashed, as Ex-SBM Offshore Manager Wins Appeal

Mar 25, 2022

A second man convicted in Britain over how oil contracts were secured in post-occupation Iraq has had his conviction overturned by a London court, further unraveling a blockbuster bribery case prosecuted by the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO)…

Ampelmann, MMA Offshore Team Up for FPSO Support in Ivory Coast

Mar 24, 2022

Dutch offshore gangway specialist Ampelmann said Thursday it had secured a contract to support maintenance work on a floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) in Ivory Coast.'An A-type motion compensated gangway has been fitted to MMA Offshore’s DP2 vessel…

Hungary's MOL Sells UK North Sea Assets to Waldorf

Mar 24, 2022

Hungarian oil and gas company MOL has signed a deal to sell its entire upstream portfolio in the UK North Sea to Waldorf Production.The divested offshore assets include MOL’s 20% stake in the Catcher field, a 50% stake in Scolty & Crathes, and a 21…

Norway: Shell Given OK for Knarr FPSO Removal

Mar 24, 2022

Oil major Shell has received regulatory approval for the removal of the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO and seabed structures on the Knarr field, offshore Norway.Discovered in 2008, Knarr is a field in the northern part of the North Sea, 50 kilometers northeast of the Snorre field…

Brazil Sees Oil Output Growing 10% in 2022

Mar 24, 2022

Brazil's oil production is expected to increase by around 300,000 barrels a day in 2022, an increase of 10% from last year, Minister of Mines and Energy Bento Albuquerque said on Wednesday.Albuquerque's statement was made at the opening of an…

Indigenous Australians Ask S. Korea Court to Block Loans to $3.6B Offshore Gas Project

Mar 24, 2022

A group of Indigenous Australians has gone to court in South Korea seeking to block the country's export credit agencies from funding a deep-sea gas pipeline for the $3.6 billion Barossa gas project off northern Australia.People from the Tiwi…

ONGC Commissions New Offshore Water Injection Platform

Mar 23, 2022

Indian national oil and gas company ONGC has informed it has commissioned a new offshore water injection platform WIS-R in the Arabian sea, offshore India.The platform will boost oil and gas recovery under Mumbai High Phase-IV redevelopment (MHSRD-IV)…

Russia Warns of Sharp Caspian Pipeline Oil Export Drop After Storm

Mar 23, 2022

Russian and Kazakhstan oil exports via the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) from the Black Sea may fall by up to 1 million barrels per day (bpd), or 1% of global oil production, due to storm-damaged berths, a Russian official said on Tuesday…

Petronas Signs PSCs for Five Offshore Exploration Blocks in Malaysia

Mar 23, 2022

Malaysia's Petronas has signed Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) for five offshore exploration blocks, namely SB412, 2W, and X located off the coast of Sabah, and SK439/SK440 situated off the coast of Sarawak.  Block SB412 in Sabah was signed between Petronas…

Mexico Flared Record Levels of Gas in 2021 - Study

Mar 22, 2022

Flaring by the energy sector in Mexico hit record levels last year while the number of sites where gas is burnt off also rose despite government pledges to reduce such activity, research by a leading team of scientists showed.The practice releases carbon dioxide…

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