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Australia Shares Rise on BHP-Woodside's Final Nod on $12B Scarborough Project

Nov 23, 2021

Australian shares ended higher on Tuesday, buoyed by gains in the mining and energy sectors, a day after BHP Group and Woodside Petroleum gave the final sign-off on their $12 billion Scarborough LNG project.The S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.78% to close at 7…

Standard Drilling Sells Large Platform Supply Vessel

Nov 23, 2021

Oslo-listed offshore energy investment firm Standard Drilling has agreed to sell Standard Princess platform supply vessel for $10.3 million.'The proceeds from the vessel and any future divestments of the offshore fleet will be directed towards…

Guyana to Request Stronger Financial Guarantees from Oil Operators

Nov 23, 2021

Guyana is getting ready to raise requirements on oil operators to protect the nation against spills and future removal costs of production platforms, the head of its environmental agency told Reuters.Guyana currently requires financial assurance…

OGUK: UK Must Allow New Oil and Gas Fields or Risk Surging Bills and Shortages

Nov 22, 2021

OGUK, the trade body representing interests of the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry, has urged the government to allow new oil and gas fields, “or risk surging import bills and future shortages.”The trade body said it was reacting after the debate over the Cambo offshore oil and gas field…

Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Suspension Could be Short-lived

Nov 22, 2021

The suspension of the approval process for the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline by a German regulator could be short-lived as Europe is hungry for more gas, an analyst said on Monday after meeting officials of Russian state gas giant Gazprom.Last week…

Colombia Looking to Add 3 bln Barrels of Oil Equivalent in New Reserves by 2040

Nov 22, 2021

Colombia will look to add 3 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) to its hydrocarbon reserves by 2040, Armando Zamora, president of the national hydrocarbons agency (ANH), said on Friday.The addition of these reserves will guarantee Colombia's energy self-sufficiency said Zamora…

Helix Energy Solutions Nets Offshore Decommissioning Deal in New Zealand

Nov 22, 2021

Houston-based offshore services firm Helix Energy Solutions has won a 5-well complete abandonment project by New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE).Helix Energy Solutions will deploy its Helix Q7000 semi-submersible vessel and 10K Intervention Riser System (IRS)…

Construction Starts for Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm O&M Base

Nov 22, 2021

Construction of Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Base at the Port of Tyne for the giant Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK has officially started.  At 3.6GW, the wind farm will become the biggest in the world when fully operational in 2026…

LS Cable & System and Jan De Nul Complete Batch of Subsea Cables for TenneT

Nov 22, 2021

LS Cable & System and Jan De Nul Group on Monday announced the completion of the construction of the first batch of subsea power cables in South Korea for TenneT’s offshore projects Hollandse Kust (noord) and (west Alpha) in the Netherlands…

Offshore Wind: Keppel O&M to Build Topsides for Two Offshore Substations

Nov 22, 2021

Singapore's Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured a contract from an undisclosed renewable energy company to build two offshore substation topsides (OSS) worth around S$110 million (around 73,4 million U.S. dollars).Keppel O&M, through its subsidiary Keppel Fels…

Van Oord's Aeolus Tests Seaqualize's Offshore Lifting Tool

Nov 22, 2021

Offshore industry tech scale-up Seaqualize has said it has completed offshore trials for its inline Active Heave Compensator (iAHC), the ‘Delta600’ in cooperation with Van Oord.'Together with testing partners Van Oord and nautical research institute MARIN…

The Netherlands: Kistos Spuds Q11-B Offshore Appraisal Well

Nov 22, 2021

Energy company Kistos has spudded the Q11-B appraisal well offshore the Netherlands using Borr Drilling's Prospector-1 jack-up drilling rig.Kistos, the operator of the block containing the well, said that the Q11-B appraisal well would take a minimum of 6 weeks to drill and test…

Eni Could List More Than 30% of Retail and Renewables Business

Nov 22, 2021

Energy group Eni could list more than 30% of its new retail and renewables business in what is likely to be one of Italy's biggest initial public offerings next year, sources said.The company said last month https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/italys…

Ecuador Planning Auctions for Oil Blocks, Refinery in 2022

Nov 22, 2021

Ecuador hopes to hold at least four auctions in 2022 to award oil blocks and the operation of Esmeraldas, its largest refinery, to private companies as it seeks to pull in billions of dollars in investments, Energy Minister Juan Carlos Bermeo said on Friday…

Neptune Energy Extends Charter for Deepsea Yantai Offshore Drilling Rig

Nov 22, 2021

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has extended a contract for the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible drilling rig, to include three additional wells in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea in 2022.The Deepsea Yantai, owned by China's CIMC Raffles and managed by Odfjell Drilling…

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