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Danish Gov't Backs Carbon Capture and Storage Project Greensand

Dec 09, 2021

The Danish Energy Agency will award 197 million DKK (€26 million) to the INEOS-led consortium backing Project Greensand for carbon capture and storage in the North Sea.The project entails transporting CO2 by ship to the Nini West reservoir off…

Scotland's Largest: First Turbine Installed at Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 09, 2021

The first offshore wind turbine has been installed at Seagreen, an SSE-TotalEnergies project which will become Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest fixed bottom offshore wind farm once complete.The installation of the first Vestas V164-10…

Technip Energies’ Floating Offshore Wind Concept Making Progress

Dec 09, 2021

Technip Energies said Thursday it had received the acceptance of its basis of the design of its INO12TM floating offshore wind concept from classification society DNV.The company said that DNV's acceptance marked important progress towards the…

Nexans to Deliver Cables for 860MW Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 09, 2021

French power cable maker Nexans has won a contract for the supply of the onshore and offshore export cables for the 860MW Moray West offshore wind farm in the outer Moray Firth, Scotland.Subject to the award of a Contract for Difference in 2022 and Financial Close…

Norway: Lundin Gets OK to Drill at Melstein Prospect

Dec 09, 2021

The Norwegian offshore oil and gas safety regulator PSA Norway has granted Lundin Energy Norway consent to drill an exploration well in block 6306/9 in the Norwegian sea.Lundin Energy will use Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Stavanger semi-submersible drilling rig for the operation…

NEO Energy Wraps Buy of Exxon's UK North Sea Fields

Dec 09, 2021

NEO Energy has completed the previously announced acquisition of a portfolio of non-operated oil and gas assets in the UK Central and Northern North Sea from ExxonMobil. The company made the announcement on Wednesday.North Sea-focused oil company…

Aker Solutions to Deliver Fifth Subsea Compression Module for Equinor's Åsgard Field

Dec 09, 2021

Norwegian firm Aker Solutions has won a contract with Equinor to deliver engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of a subsea compression module to be installed subsea at the Åsgard gas field, offshore Norway. The scope covers EPC of…

Gazprom Neft Expects Record Production This Year

Dec 09, 2021

Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom, expects its hydrocarbon production to exceed 100 million tonnes of oil equivalent this year, reaching a record high, it said on Thursday.Gazprom Neft had aimed to reach the 100 million…

UK Court Hears Climate Case Against Tax Regime for Oil Firms

Dec 09, 2021

Climate activists, including a former oil refinery worker, accused the UK government in the high court on Wednesday of illegally subsidizing fossil fuel producers through tax incentives which undermine its climate goals.Climate activists are…

PGNiG Drills Duster at Fat Canyon Prospect Offshore Norway

Dec 09, 2021

Polish oil firm PGNiG has drilled a dry well in the production licence 937, in the Norwegian Sea.The well, formally named 'Well 6306/3-1 S' - the Fat Canyon Prospect - was drilled using Dolphin Drilling's Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig…

Prosafe's Flotel Extends Stay in Trinidad

Dec 09, 2021

Offshore accommodation rig owner Prosafe said Thursday it had secured a contract extension in Trinidad and Tobago for its Safe Concordia flotel.The charter takes the firm operational period for the rig through to end-January 2022. The total value of the contract extension…

North Star Clinches More SOV Work at Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 09, 2021

UK-based offshore vessel owner North Star Group has won another service operations vessel (SOV) contract at the Dogger Bank wind farm, this time for the third phase.North Star Group said Thursday it had secured a long-term charter worth about £90 million ($118…

Offshore Drilling Firm Valaris Hands Dibowitz Permanent CEO Role

Dec 09, 2021

Offshore drilling company Valaris has appointed Anton Dibowitz as President and Chief Executive Officer.Dibowitz, a former Seadrill CEO, has been serving as interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Valaris since September 3, 2021, after the previous CEO Tom Burke stepped down…

AKOFS Offshore Wins Three-year Petrobras Contract for 'Skandi Santos'

Dec 09, 2021

Oslo-based subsea well intervention and installation services company AKOFS Offshore has signed a three-year contract with Brazil's Petrobras for its vessel Skandi Santos.Under the contract, the Skandi Santos will perform a broad scope of subsea services in Brazil…

ConocoPhillips Sells Indonesia Assets in Asia-Pacific Revamp

Dec 09, 2021

U.S. oil and gas producer ConocoPhillips will quit Indonesia, selling its assets there for $1.355 billion to domestic energy company Medco Energi Internasional, and beef up in Australia as it continues to reshape.The deals follow ConocoPhillips move to double down on U…

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