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Norway's January Gas Production Exceeds Forecasts. Oil in Line with Expectations

Feb 17, 2021

Norway’s preliminary natural gas output exceeded official forecasts, while oil production was in line with expectations, data from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) showed on Tuesday.Crude oil output slipped 0.6% from December to 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in January but was 9…

Lukoil Offers to Buy FAR to Get Hold of Sangomar Field Stake Offshore Senegal

Feb 17, 2021

Russian oil company Lukoil is still working to obtain a share in the offshore block in Senegal containing the Sangomar development, after its first attempt last year to buy Cairn's share in the project was blocked out by Woodside, which exercised its pre-emption rights as a partner in the block…

Norway: Oil Firms Increase 2021 Spending Plans. Decline Expected in 2022

Feb 17, 2021

Oil and gas firms in Norway have increased their 2021 investment plans in recent months, but still plan to spend less than last year and to reduce spending in 2022, a national statistics office (SSB) survey showed on Wednesday.The biggest sector in Norway now expects to invest 173…

Shearwater to Carry Out Largest OBN Seismic Survey in Brazil

Feb 17, 2021

Marine seismic data acquisition company Shearwater GeoServices has won a contract with Petrobras for deepwater Ocean Bottom Node seismic acquisition for the Tupi and Iracema projects in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil.'This will be the largest OBN seismic survey in Brazil…

Vertical Axis Floating Wind Turbine Developer Granted Japanese patent

Feb 16, 2021

SeaTwirl, a Swedish company developing vertical-axis floating wind turbines, has said that it has been granted a patent by the Japanese Patent Office for its divisible wind turbine. According to the company, the patent protects a solution where…

Energy Charter Treaty Talks: EU to Seek Fossil Fuel Phase-out

Feb 16, 2021

The European Union's executive will push for a 10-year phase-out of the protection for fossil fuels under an international energy treaty, following calls from some countries to quit the accord unless it can be aligned with Europe's climate goals…

Equinor Hires Aker Solutions to Help Electrify Troll B and C Platforms

Feb 16, 2021

Norway's Aker Solutions has secured a letter of intent from Equinor to carry out the topside work on the Troll B and C platforms offshore Norway to prepare them for power from shore, in order to reduce the CO2 emissions.Aker Solutions said the contract was very large…

AGR, Gassnova Pen Deal to Advance CCS Solutions

Feb 16, 2021

AGR, Norway-based well engineering, drilling project management, and reservoir management firm, has signed an agreement to provide advisory services to Gassnova, in the area of carbon capture and storage.The Norwegian state-owned Gassnova acts…

Seismic Player Axxis Geo Solutions Seeks Court-Protected Restructuring

Feb 16, 2021

Norwegian offshore seismic services company Axxis Geo Solutions will file for court-protected restructuring, it said Tuesday.Axxis said it had not been able to reach an agreement with all creditors in order to implement a voluntary solution to refinance the company…

Three60 Energy Names EPC&C Projects Director. Plans to Recruit 50 People

Feb 16, 2021

UK-based energy services company Three60 Energy has appointed Garrie Scott as Projects Director in its Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPC&C) service line, and has outlined plans to recruit 50 people over the next 12 months…

Vestas Appoints Asia Pacific Regional President

Feb 16, 2021

Wind turbine maker Vestas - which last week announced it would build the world's largest offshore wind turbine - said Monday it had appointed Purvin Patel as Regional President of Asia Pacific, to strengthen its presence and market position in strategic and fast-growing markets in the region…

Australia's South Needs LNG Import Terminal to Avoid Gas Shortfall in 2024

Feb 16, 2021

Australia's southern states will need to import natural gas to fill a looming shortfall by 2024, as last year's COVID-19 induced oil and gas price slump has slowed investment in new fields, the country's competition watchdog said on Tuesday…

TechnipFMC Splits the Company in Two

Feb 16, 2021

Oilfield services company TechnipFMC on Tuesday said it had completed its spin-off transaction to create two independent, publicly traded companies, TechnipFMC and Technip Energies.TechnipFMC, created in 2017 through a merger between France-based Technip and U…

Norway: Oil Industry, Workers In Wage Bargain, Averting Oil, Gas Outages

Feb 16, 2021

Norway's oil industry employers struck a wage bargain with the Safe labour union on Tuesday, preventing a strike at the Mongstad crude terminal and shutdowns of major offshore oil and gas fields, Safe told Reuters.The Norwegian Oil and Gas Association…

Atlantic Wind Transfers Launches Jones Act CTV Atlantic Endeavor

Feb 15, 2021

U.S. offshore wind crew transfer company Atlantic Wind Transfers (AWT) said its second Jones Act crew transfer vessel (CTV) Atlantic Endeavor was launched at the end of December.Designed by U.K. firm Chartwell Marine and built by Blount Boats in Warren…

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