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Swedish Prosecutor Hopes to Conclude Nord Stream Enquiry by Year-end

Sep 20, 2023

The Swedish investigation into the sabotage last year of the Nord Stream pipelines is at a sensitive stage and the prosecutor hopes to decide whether to bring any charges before the end of this year, he told Reuters on Wednesday.In September 2022…

Rosebank Oil Field Project Approval Highly Likely This Year, Ithaca Energy's Executive Chair Says

Sep 20, 2023

Ithaca Energy's Executive Chair Gilad Myerson said on Wednesday that there was a 'very high likelihood' that Britain's Rosebank oil field development would be approved by authorities, Reuters has reported. A formal sanctioning of the project could take place by the end of the year…

Enauta Starts Anchoring Campaign for FPSO Atlanta

Sep 20, 2023

Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta, the operator of the Atlanta field in Santos Basin. offshore Brazil, has started the anchoring campaign for the FPSO Atlanta, which is expected to start production in 2024.This marks the start of installation works on what is called Atlanta’s Phase I…

Carbonvert, Castex Energy Execute Deal for Operation of Louisiana's First Offshore CO2 Storage Hub

Sep 20, 2023

Carbonvert and Castex Energy announced on Tuesday the execution of an operating agreement with the State of Louisiana to develop a 24,000 acre tract of land situated in state waters, offshore Cameron Parish, to permanently store carbon dioxide (“CO2”)…

India's ONGC Willing to Wait to Regain Oil from Russian Project

Sep 20, 2023

India's state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp wants to eventually receive a share of crude from a Russian project it partly owns, but is willing to wait because Russian oil is hard to ship right now, the head of ONGC's overseas investment arm, ONGC Videsh…

Non-Commercial Hydrocarbon Find at Velocette Offshore Exploration Well in Norway

Sep 20, 2023

OMV Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of the Austrian oil firm OMV, has made a minor, non-commercial discovery at the Velocette offshore exploration well in Norway, Longboat JAPEX Norge, a partner in the PL1016 offshore license, has informed.The exploration well 6607/3-1 S in the Norwegian Sea…

Clean Energy Investing Loses Lustre Despite Climate Crisis: Maguire

Sep 20, 2023

Despite the heat waves, wildfires and floods that have amplified calls to accelerate the global energy transition away from fossil fuels, investors withdrew record funds from the world's largest clean energy investment vehicles so far this year…

Exxon Pledges More Nigerian Oil Output - Presidential Spokesperson

Sep 20, 2023

Exxon Mobil Corp has pledged additional oil production of nearly 40,000 barrels per day in Nigeria in a new investment push in the country, a presidential spokesperson said on Tuesday, citing Exxon's president of global upstream operations.Nigerian…

Venezuela Protests Guyana's Auction of Offshore Oil Blocks

Sep 19, 2023

Venezuela's government on Tuesday criticized Guyana's offshore oil bidding round and said companies seeking up to eight blocks will not have rights to explore the maritime areas, which would be subject to international claims.Guyana and Venezuela…

TotalEnergies Hires Jack-up Rig for Fénix Project Drilling in Argentina

Sep 19, 2023

Offshore drilling company Noble Corp. said Tuesday it had won a contract with TotalEnergies, to redeploy the harsh-environment jackup rig Noble Regina Allen for the drilling of three horizontal wells at the Fénix project in southern Argentina…

Germany: Fraunhofer IWES Deploys Wind Lidar Buoys in North Sea to Boost Offshore Wind Expansion

Sep 19, 2023

The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES in Germany has been contracted by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (BSH) to carry out a preliminary meteorological investigation in the North Sea as part of the area development plan…

Offshore Decommissioning: Heerema Taps AF Gruppen for Heimdal Platform Work

Sep 19, 2023

Oslo-listed AF Gruppen (AFG) has received a letter of award for a contract from the Dutch offshore services firm Heerema Marine Contractors for the engineering and offshore hook-down preparation of Equinor’s Heimdal Main Platform in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea…

Aramco, Exxon CEOs Push Back against Forecasts of Peak Oil Demand

Sep 19, 2023

The CEOs of top Saudi Arabian and U.S. oil producers Aramco and Exxon Mobil on Monday pushed back against forecasts that oil demand will peak, and said the transition to cleaner energy to fight climate change would require continuing investment in conventional oil and gas…

Hibiscus Petroleum, Ithaca Energy, Caldera Unite to Develop Marigold Offshore Field

Sep 19, 2023

Malaysian oil and gas firm Hibiscus Petroleum has, via its UK North Sea subsidiary Anasuria Hibiscus UK, Ithaca Energy, and Caldera, entered into a unitization and unit operating agreement to jointly develop the Marigold field, about 250km northeast…

DOF Secures $60 Million Subsea Service Contract Extension

Sep 19, 2023

Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has signed a letter of intent with an unnamed 'major oil company' for an extension of a large Subsea service contract in the Atlantic region.The extension will become effective in November 2023. Estimated revenue from the contract is approximately $60 million…

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