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US Needs Until Year-end to Complete Offshore Drilling Plan

Mar 08, 2023

The Biden administration needs until the end of this year to finalize a long-awaited five-year plan for offshore oil and gas development in federal waters, according to court documents filed this week.The U.S. has been without a congressionally…

Belgian Firms Unveil Harsh-environment Offshore Floating Solar Tech

Mar 08, 2023

The Belgian companies DEME, Tractebel, and Jan De Nul on Wednesday introduced a new harsh-environment offshore floating solar technology called SEAVOLT.According to the three firms, SEAVOLT technology (patent pending) can withstand harsh offshore…

CERAWeek: TotalEnergies CEO Talk Briefly Disrupted by Protestor

Mar 08, 2023

A discussion with France's TotalEnergies Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne at an energy industry conference was briefly disrupted by a protestor on Wednesday. The protestor unfurled a banner and shouted, 'stop your greenwashing and lies'. She…

Chariot Makes Progress with Anchois Gas Project Offshore Morocco as FEED Complete

Mar 08, 2023

Africa-focused oil and gas company Chariot said Wednesday it had completed the Front-End Engineering and Design ('FEED') on the key components of its flagship Anchois gas development project ('Anchois'), offshore Morocco. The Anchois gas field is located within the Lixus Offshore license area…

Germany Raids Suspected Ship in Nord Stream Pipeline Blast Probe

Mar 08, 2023

Western allies on Wednesday warned against reaching premature conclusions on who was responsible for blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines, with Germany suggesting the attack could also have been a 'false flag' operation to blame Ukraine.A New York Times report…

Project Greensand: First CO2 Injected in Depleted Oil Field in Danish North Sea

Mar 08, 2023

Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik inaugurated on Wednesday what has been described as 'a world first' with the injection of carbon dioxide into a depleted oil field in the Danish North Sea as part of Project Greensand.The CO2 was captured at an INEOS Oxide site in Belgium…

Tullow Keeps 2023 Outlook for Lower Cash Flow, Shares Dip

Mar 08, 2023

Tullow Oil on Wednesday kept its forecasts for steady output and lower cash flow for this year, sending its shares lower, even as it reported higher free cash flows for 2022. The company plans to invest $400 million this year, mainly on its flagship fields in Ghana…

Kremlin Says Nord Stream Attack Reports are 'Coordinated', Demands Open Investigation

Mar 08, 2023

Western media reports on the blowing-up of the Nord Stream gas pipelines are a coordinated bid to divert attention, and Russia is perplexed that U.S. officials can assume anything about the attacks without an investigation, the Kremlin said on Wednesday…

Alaska's Qilak LNG Targets Asia with $5B Project to Compete with Russia

Mar 08, 2023

Qilak LNG plans to invest $5 billion in a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Alaska's North Slope to compete with Russia's Yamal project for Asian customers towards the end of this decade, its chief executive said. Major LNG importers such as Japan…

US Plans No Wider Easing of Sanctions on Venezuela, Official Says

Mar 08, 2023

The U.S. government is not planning a systematic easing of sanctions on Venezuela after an initial round allowed partners of state-run oil firm PDVSA to resume taking oil for past debts, a State Department official said.In November, Washington issued a six-month license allowing Chevron Corp…

Europe Gas Supplies to Stay Tight Two More Winters, Equinor CEO Says

Mar 08, 2023

Europe will struggle over the next two winters to replace Russian natural gas supplies as China's appetite for the fuel recovers, the chief executive of Norwegian energy giant Equinor told Reuters on Tuesday.Equinor became Europe's top natural…

Chevron, Jera in CCS MoU

Mar 08, 2023

Chevron New Energies, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., and JERA Co. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for collaboration on carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects located in the United States and Australia. 'This MOU has the…

Seadrill's Ultra-deepwater Drillship to Remain Busy in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Mar 08, 2023

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill said Tuesday it had secured a contract extension for its West Neptune drillship.The extension, about six months long, is with the U.S. Gulf of Mexico-focused oil company LLOG Exploration Offshore.The contract extension for the 228-meter-long…

Shearwater GeoServices Wins 3D Survey Contract Offshore South Korea

Mar 08, 2023

Marine seismic survey contractor Shearwater GeoServices has secured a 3D streamer survey offshore South Korea.The contract, of an undisclosed value, was awarded by Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC).The award of the 1,200 sq. km survey marks…

Woodside on Track for Decision on Deepwater Trion Field in Mexico in 2023

Mar 08, 2023

Australia's Woodside Energy is on track to make a final investment decision this year on the Trion offshore oil project, which would inaugurate production in the deep waters of the country's Gulf of Mexico.[BHP Petroleum, now part of Woodside] partnered in 2017 with state-oil company Pemex…

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