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Norway's Aker BP Q3 Profit Beats Expectations

Oct 27, 2023

Norwegian oil group Aker BP on Friday reported better-than-expected third-quarter operating profit, and said the cost per barrel produced could be slightly lower this year than previously anticipated.Aker BP, which is partly owned by BP, said earnings before interest and tax declined to $2…

Siemens Energy Shares Slide 39% after Company Seeks State Guarantees

Oct 27, 2023

Siemens Energy shares plunged nearly 40% on Thursday, wiping 3 billion euros ($3.16 billion) off its market value, after the group said it was in talks with the German government about state guarantees following big setbacks at its wind unit…

Equinor Cuts Output Guidance; Q3 Profit Beats Forecast

Oct 27, 2023

Equinor on Friday cut its full-year oil and gas output guidance while posting a bigger-than-expected profit for the third quarter, boosted by the company's trading unit.The Norwegian energy group's adjusted earnings before interest and tax for July-September fell to $8…

Saipem Says Recovery on Track after Positive Q3

Oct 26, 2023

Italian energy services group Saipem has made significant progress in its turnaround and is close to completing the problematic projects that forced it to raise capital last year, its CEO said on Thursday.Commenting on third-quarter results…

Europe's Offshore Wind Power Goal Hits New Snag: Security

Oct 26, 2023

As Europe turns to renewable sources to diversify energy supplies away from Russian oil and gas, a peaceful marine scene conceals a billion-dollar security headache.Rising above the Baltic Sea less than 10 km (6 miles) off the coast of Denmark…

TotalEnergies Commissions FSRU in Port of Le Havre

Oct 26, 2023

French oil major TotalEnergies on Thursday announced the commissioning of the Cape Ann, its floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) for liquefied natural gas (LNG) located in the port of Le Havre. The terminal injected its first megawatt-hours (MWh) of gas into the grid operated by GRTgaz…

MAN Energy Solutions to Provide Tech for Dutch Large-scale CCS Project

Oct 26, 2023

MAN Energy Solutions has won the contract for the delivery of three integrally-geared compressor trains (IGC) for Porthos, the first large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Netherlands. The Port of Rotterdam Authority, Energie Beheer Nederland B…

OKEA Makers Oil Discovery Near Brage Offshore Field

Oct 26, 2023

Oil and gas company OKEA has made an oil discovery near the Brage field in the North Sea, offshore Norway.According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, between 0.2 and 0.5 million Sm3 of recoverable oil was proven in connection with drilling well 31/4-A 13 E…

Energinet Taps Semco Maritime for Long-Term Collaboration in Green Transition

Oct 26, 2023

Danish national transmission system operator for electricity and natural gas Energinet has awarded energy industry services firm Semco Maritime an 8-year framework agreement for the provisioning of technical consultants within design, supervision…

Early Production Start at Aker BP's Kobra East & Gekko Offshore Development

Oct 26, 2023

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has started production from Kobra East & Gekko (KEG) development in the Alvheim area, offshore Norway.The KEG development comprises the two discoveries Kobra East and Gekko in licence 203. The field has…

TotalEnergies Reports 2023 Q3 Net Income Down 35%

Oct 26, 2023

TotalEnergies on Thursday posted a 35% fall in its third-quarter adjusted net income compared to a year ago, hurt by a drop in energy prices from highs hit following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The French energy company's Q3 adjusted net income stood at $6…

China Willing to Provide Necessary Information on Baltic Sea Pipeline Probe

Oct 25, 2023

China is willing to provide necessary information in accordance with international law regarding an investigation on damage to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday at a regular press briefing.The damage earlier this…

Finland Says Gas Pipeline Likely Broken by Ship Dragging Anchor

Oct 24, 2023

Damage to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline earlier this month is believed to have been caused by a ship dragging a large anchor along the seabed, but it was too early to tell if this was an accident or a deliberate act, Finnish police said on Tuesday…

Seaway 7 Bags Substantial EPCI Contract in Polish Offshore Wind Sector

Oct 24, 2023

Subsea 7 said Tuesday that its subsidiary Seaway 7, offering services in offshore renewables, had secured a 'substantial' contract with Norway's Equinor and its Polish partner Polenergia for the inter-array cables of the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III bottom-fixed offshore wind projects…

Chairman of Russia's Oil Major Lukoil Dies Suddenly Aged 66

Oct 24, 2023

Vladimir Nekrasov, the chairman of Russia's second-largest oil producer Lukoil, has died suddenly at the age of 66 after suffering acute heart failure, the company said on Tuesday.Lukoil said Nekrasov had worked for almost 50 years in the oil and gas sector…

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