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Guyana Approves Wealth Fund, Local Content Rules for Expected Oil Boom

Dec 30, 2021

Guyana's parliament on Wednesday approved local content rules for oil producers and a sovereign wealth fund to oversee the South American nation's earnings from a budding oil bonanza.International oil producers have discovered 10 billion barrels…

Petrobras Declares Commercial Viability at Four Offshore Concessions

Dec 30, 2021

Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has declared four offshore concessions in the states of Alagoas and Sergipe commercially viable in presentations to the nation's oil regulator, it said in securities filing on Thursday.The company has…

Aramco, AEC to Accelerate Digital Ecosystem Development

Dec 30, 2021

Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and Advanced Electronics Company (AEC), a SAMI company, are collaborating to promote the localization of digital businesses in Saudi Arabia.The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to accelerate the Kingdom’s digital ecosystem development…

Equinor Cleared to Drill at Statfjord Kile

Dec 30, 2021

Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) said it has given Equinor the green light to perform exploration drilling in block 34/4 in the Snorre field in the North Sea.Equinor will drill the 34/4-17 S well at Statfjord Kile using Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Stavanger…

Cairn Hires Former BP Exec Smith as COO

Dec 30, 2021

Cairn Oil & Gas, India’s largest private exploration and production company, said it has appointed former BP executive Martyn Smith as chief operating officer.Smith is joining Cairn with 35 years' experience in reservoir and petroleum engineering and subsurface geoscience disciplines…

Standard Drilling Sells PSV Standard Princess

Dec 30, 2021

Oslo-listed offshore energy investment firm Standard Drilling announced it has sold the platform supply vessel Standard Princess for $10.3 million.The Cyprus-headquartered company said Wednesday it completed the transaction after announcing a memorandum of agreement to sell the vessel in November…

North Sea Benchmark Crude Oil Supply to Fall in February

Dec 30, 2021

Supply of the five North Sea crude oil grades underpinning the dated Brent benchmark will average about 707,000 barrels per day (bpd) in February, loading programs showed, down from 813,000 bpd planned in January.Dated Brent is based on the Brent…

Jan De Nul, Samsung Awarded Huge Cable Project in Abu Dhabi

Dec 29, 2021

A joint venture of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), Electricité de France (EDF) and Kyushu Electric Power Japan has awarded a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable installation and convertors package for the ADNOC-TAQA Lightning…

Courts Suspend Petrobras Natgas Price Hikes

Dec 29, 2021

Courts in four Brazilian states have suspended a 50% hike in natural gas prices planned by state-run oil company Petrobras, likely kicking off an intense legal battle between the firm, the distributors that buy its fuel and various political authorities…

Prysmian to Build US Subsea Cable Plant

Dec 29, 2021

Italy's Prysmian plans to invest around 200 million euros ($226 million) to build a plant in the U.S. to produce submarine power transmission cables, CEO Valerio Battista said to the media in remarks confirmed by a company spokesman.The plant…

Oil Firms Predict Rising Output, But Warn of Higher Costs

Dec 29, 2021

U.S. oil and gas executives are predicting higher production and drilling activity next year as oil prices climb, but say they face sharply higher costs, according to a poll released on Wednesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.Some 49%…

Putin Says Nord Stream 2 Link Ready to Calm Gas Prices

Dec 29, 2021

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday the Nord Stream 2 undersea gas pipeline would help to calm a surge in European gas prices and was ready to start exports now a second stretch of the pipeline has been filled.Nord Stream 2, completed…

Chevron Extends Contracts with Shelf Drilling in Gulf of Thailand

Dec 28, 2021

Shelf Drilling announced it has secured contract extensions for a pair of jack-up drilling rigs with Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production, Ltd. for operations in the Gulf of Thailand.The extensions for the Shelf Drilling Chaophraya and…

Hollandse Kust (zuid) Alpha Topside Installed in the North Sea

Dec 28, 2021

The offshore transformer station of the Hollandse Kust (zuid) Alpha platform is successfully installed on the jacket in the North Sea, about 20 kilometers off the coast of The Hague, on Sunday. The transformer station is one of the two topsides of the Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore grid…

Edda Wind Bags Long-term Charter with Siemens Gamesa

Dec 28, 2021

Norwegian offshore wind services company Edda Wind said it has entered into a long-term contract with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy for one of its newbuild service operation vessels (SOV).The contract will commence mid-2023, and Edda Wind…

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