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Turkey Slams Cyprus Over Exploration License for Exxon, Qatar Petroleum in Mediterranean

Dec 03, 2021

Turkey on Thursday accused Cyprus of violating its continental shelf by awarding an exploration license in the Mediterranean to Exxon Mobil and Qatar Petroleum, adding it will not allow unauthorized exploration in its jurisdiction.For decades…

Unite: Around 300 UK North Sea Workers Set to Go on Strike from Dec 6

Dec 03, 2021

Some 300 UK North Sea workers working for Ponticelli UK and Semco Maritime, serving TotalEnergies' UK North Sea platforms, will take industrial action starting Monday, December 6, following a dispute over cuts to terms & conditions, workers' union Unite said…

DNV Grants Statement of Feasibility for GustoMSC's Tri-Floater

Dec 03, 2021

Classification society DNV has completed a concept verification and technical & commercial assessment of GustoMSC’s floating offshore wind turbine foundation Tri-Floater, confirming the technical feasibility and compliance with the relevant design standards…

Vår Energi CEO Joins Norwegian Oil and Gas Association Board

Dec 03, 2021

Norwegian oil firm Vår Energi's CEO Torger Rød has been appointed a new board member of the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association (NOROG).Norwegian Oil and Gas Association is an employer and interest organization for companies that operate or are suppliers to oil and gas activities…

Australian LNG Hit by Shell, Chevron Outages at Prelude, Gorgon

Dec 03, 2021

Royal Dutch Shell Plc shut production at its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) site and Chevron Corp shut one of three processing units at its Gorgon LNG plant, both off northwestern Australia, the companies said on Friday.The Gorgon…

Shipping Firm MOL Teams Up with Flotation Energy to Build Floating Wind Farms in Japan

Dec 03, 2021

Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has partnered up with Scotland-based floating wind specialist Flotation Energy to jointly evaluate offshore wind development opportunities in Japan. The agreement builds on the 2GW portfolio…

Shell Wins Court Case to Kick Off Seismic Surveys Offshore South Africa

Dec 03, 2021

A South African high court on Friday struck down an urgent application brought by environmentalists to stop oil major Royal Dutch Shell from starting seismic surveys to explore for petroleum systems off the eastern seaboard's popular Wild Coast…

Oil Rises on OPEC+ Plan to Meet if Omicron Hits Demand

Dec 03, 2021

Oil prices climbed on Friday, extending gains after OPEC+ said it would review supply additions ahead of its next scheduled meeting if the Omicron variant dents demand, but prices were still on course for the sixth week of declines.Brent crude futures rose $1…

Petrobras Hires PGS for 'Significant' 4D Survey Offshore Brazil

Dec 03, 2021

Norwegian marine seismic data acquisition company PGS said Friday it was scheduled to start a significant 4D acquisition survey for Petrobras over the Roncador and Albacora Leste fields offshore Brazil in Q2 2022. The acquisition is expected to complete in Q3 2022…

Large Offshore Wind Tower Manufacturing Plant to be Built at Port of Nigg, UK

Dec 03, 2021

Global Energy Group (“GEG”), the Scottish-based energy services company has agreed on terms with offshore wind tower manufacturing specialist, Haizea Wind Group (“Haizea”), to build a £110m-plus (~$146 million) offshore wind tubular rolling facility at Port of Nigg…

TotalEnergies Starts Production from CLOV Phase 2, Offshore Angola

Dec 03, 2021

French oil major TotalEnergies said Friday it had started production from the CLOV Phase 2 in Angola, a project connected to the existing CLOV FPSO.Sitting approximately 140 kilometers from the Angolan coast, in water depths from 1,100 to 1…

OMV Hires Maersk Drilling Jack-up for HPHT Well Offshore Norway

Dec 03, 2021

Danish drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has won a one-well contract for its jack-up drilling rig Maersk Intrepid with OMV in Norway.OMV will use the rig to drill a high pressure, high-temperature exploration well in the Oswig prospect in…

UK North Sea: Shell Scraps Plans to Develop Cambo Oil Field

Dec 03, 2021

Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday it had scrapped plans to develop the Cambo oil field in the British North Sea, which became a lightning rod for climate activists seeking to halt the development of new oil and gas resources.Following 'comprehensive screening' of the Cambo field…

Samsung Heavy Industries Finds Buyer for Drillship Ordered in 2014

Dec 02, 2021

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries said Wednesday it had found a buyer for a drillship originally ordered in 2014.The company said the drillship had been sold to a European drilling company, without sharing the identity of the buyer…

Petronas Awards FEED Contracts for Third LNG Floater

Dec 02, 2021

Malaysian oil and gas giant Petronas has awarded two Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contracts to a JGC Corporation-Samsung Heavy Industries consortium and to Saipem as part of an international dual FEED design competition for a nearshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Sabah…

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