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No Oil at ExxonMobil's Cutthroat Well Offshore Brazil

Mar 28, 2022

Brazilian oil company Enauta Participacoes said on Monday no hydrocarbons were found at the 1-EMEB-3-SES well, an asset in which it has Exxon Mobil Corp and Murphy Oil Corp as partners, sending its shares down.Enauta's securities filing on the…

Report: India's ONGC Sells Russia's Sokol Oil to Indian Refiners

Mar 28, 2022

India's ONGC Videsh Ltd has sold at least one cargo of Russian Sokol oil to India refiners Hindustan Petroleum Corp and Bharat Petroleum Corp after failing to draw interest in a tender earlier this month, sources familiar with the matter said…

Oil Prices Drop on Concerns of Weaker Chinese Demand

Mar 28, 2022

Oil prices tumbled more than $6 on Monday as fears over weaker fuel demand in China grew after financial hub Shanghai lockdown efforts to curb a surge in COVID-19 infections.Brent crude LCOc1 futures slid as low as $113.72 a barrel and were trading down $5…

Japan's Japex Bases Business Plan on Keeping Stake in Russian Sakhalin-1 Project

Mar 28, 2022

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co (Japex) said its new long-term business plan, unveiled on Monday, was based on an assumption that it would keep its stake in the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia.Japan's consortium, Sakhalin Oil and Gas Development (SODECO)…

Talos Disappointed as Pemex Gets to Run Development of Giant Zama Offshore Oil Discovery

Mar 28, 2022

Mexican authorities have decided that Mexico's national oil company Pemex will become the operator of the giant Zama offshore field development, despite the fact that the discovery was made by the U.S. oil company Talos Energy back in 2017.Talos…

Aker BP Gets Gov't OK to Raise Gas Output from Skarv Offshore Field

Mar 28, 2022

Norway's Aker BP has won permission to increase gas exports from its Skarv field, the country's energy ministry said on Monday, enabling the company to take advantage of high gas prices that now exceed the price of oil.Until now, Aker BP has…

Hurricane Energy, Bluewater Strike Deal on Aoka Mizu FPSO Charter Extension

Mar 28, 2022

UK-based oil and gas company Hurricane Energy said Friday it had signed a contract with Bluewater, the owner of the Aoka Mizu FPSO, for an extension to the bareboat charter beyond the current expiry date of June 4, 2022.The FPSO has been producing…

Norway Labor Unions Threaten Strike of 28,500 Workers from April 1

Mar 28, 2022

About 28,500 workers at Norwegian shipyards, oil industry fabrication plants, and other manufacturers will go on strike from April 1, unless labor unions and employers reach a new wage deal, a state-appointed mediator said on Monday.Firms that…

Ørsted to Sell 50% in World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Mar 28, 2022

Offshore wind farm developer Ørsted will divest a 50% stake in its 1.3 GW Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm in the UK to a consortium comprising AXA IM Alts, acting on behalf of clients, and Crédit Agricole Assurances.Hornsea 2 is currently under…

Canada: NOIA Rebrands to Energy NL

Mar 25, 2022

The Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas Industries Association, founded in 1977 to represent the supply and service sector of the offshore oil & gas industry in the region, is now called Energy NL, as the company earlier this week announced changes to its 'vision…

Canada: Two Near Miss Incidents Reported on Hibernia Offshore Platform In March

Mar 25, 2022

Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) said Friday that a near-miss incident had occurred on March 20 aboard the Hibernia platform, offshore Canada.'Hibernia Management and Development Company (HMDC) has reported that on March 20…

Kevin Sligh Becomes Director at U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

Mar 25, 2022

Kevin M. Sligh Sr. will join the Department of the Interior as the new Director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), the lead federal agency charged with improving safety and ensuring environmental protection related…

U.S. to Hold Offshore Wind Lease Sale for Two Areas in the Carolinas

Mar 25, 2022

The U.S. will hold a wind energy auction for two lease areas offshore the Carolinas on May 11, the U.S. Department of the Interior said Friday, as the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review.The lease areas cover 110…

Empyrean Energy Reveals Expected Spud Date for 'World-class' Jade Prospect Offshore China

Mar 25, 2022

Oil and gas company Empyrean Energy said Friday it would take over the China Oilfield Services Limited ('COSL') owned NH9 semi-submersible drilling rig for the drilling of the Jade well, within the next few days for safety checks. Empyrean has…

Energean Hires Halliburton for Carbon Storage Project Offshore Greece

Mar 25, 2022

Oilfield services firm Halliburton has won a contract with oil and gas firm Energean to assess the carbon storage potential of the Prinos basin in Greece.Halliburton said this week that its carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) experts…

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