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Germany Secures Link to Planned Baltic Sea Renewable Energy Island

Aug 29, 2022

Germany has secured a power link to a planned offshore wind hub in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea that will help reduce energy dependence on Russia, Denmark's energy ministry said on Monday.The planned energy hub on the island of Bornholm…

Guanabara FPSO Mooring System Installed with Just One Vessel

Sep 02, 2022

Heavy lift shipping and offshore transport and installation contractor Jumbo Offshore reports it has executed the transport and installation of a torpedo pile mooring system, including mooring for flexible risers, umbilical for the Libra Consortium's…

Pipeline Outage Halts Output at Three Gulf of Mexico Platforms

Aug 11, 2022

Oil major Shell said it had halted production at three of its U.S. Gulf of Mexico deep-water platforms after pipelines connecting the three were shut.Shell, the leading operator in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, said Mars, Ursa, and Olympus platforms have been shut-in…

Exxon, Chevron Post Blowout Earnings, Oil Majors Bet on Buybacks

Aug 01, 2022

The two largest U.S. oil companies, Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp, posted record revenue on Friday, bolstered by surging crude oil and natural gas prices and following similar results for European majors a day earlier.The U.S. pair, along with UK-based Shell and France's TotalEnergies…

Repair to Oil Pipe that Shut U.S. Offshore Output Due by End of Day

Aug 12, 2022

Crews were expected to replace a damaged oil pipeline piece by the end of the day on Friday, a Louisiana port official said, allowing for the resumption of production at seven offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil platforms.A failed flange connecting…

How Industry is Depending on Carbon Capture Tech for Climate Goals

Aug 29, 2022

Norwegian carbon dioxide (CO2) storage company Northern Lights and its owners have agreed to store emissions captured at fertiliser-maker Yara's Dutch operation from 2025 in what they say is a commercial breakthrough for the business.The joint venture founded by oil firms Equinor…

Gazprom Boosts Gas Flows to Hungary via Turkstream Pipeline, Official says

Aug 15, 2022

Russia's Gazprom has ramped up flows to Hungary via the Turkstream pipeline that brings gas to Hungary via Serbia, a Hungarian foreign ministry official said on Saturday.European Union member Hungary has maintained what it calls pragmatic relations with Moscow since Russia's invasion of Ukraine…

Asia LNG Price Hits Record High Ahead of Nord Stream Pipeline Outage

Aug 29, 2022

Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) hit a fresh record high [last week] as South Korean and Japanese buyers restocked for the winter and a planned outage at the Nord Stream 1 pipeline next week pushed up European demand.The average LNG price…

Shell Hires Maersk Supply Service to Fix FPSO Mooring Lines in Brazil

Aug 11, 2022

Danish offshore vessel owner, Maersk Supply Service has won a contract with Shell in Brazil for the mooring line remediation of the FPSO Fluminense, located off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.The scope of the project includes remediation work on two of the Fluminense FPSO's mooring lines…

Heavy Norwegian Gas Maintenance Adds to Energy Price Pressure

Aug 26, 2022

Norway, which has overtaken Russia as the biggest gas supplier to Europe in the wake of the war in Ukraine, will curtail its gas exports significantly next month due to heavy maintenance activity, with some work deferred from earlier this year…

Saudi Aramco Profit Soars

Aug 15, 2022

State oil giant Saudi Aramco on Sunday reported its highest quarterly profit since the company went public in 2019, boosted by higher oil prices and refining margins.Aramco joins oil majors such as Exxon Mobil Corp and BP  that have reported…

Oil Likely to Chalk Up Weekly Loss, Recession Fears Loom

Aug 19, 2022

Oil prices slipped on Friday after two days of gains and are heading for weekly losses as a strong dollar and worries about a global economic slowdown weigh.Brent crude futures were down 97 cents, or 1%, at $95.62 a barrel by 0826 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $89…

Shell Smashes Record Again with $11.5 Billion Profit

Jul 28, 2022

Shell on Thursday reported a second quarter profit of $11.5 billion, smashing its previous record just three months earlier, lifted by a tripling of refining profits and strong gas trading.The company also announced a share buyback program of $6 billion for the current quarter…

CNOOC's Profit More Than Doubles to Record $10.5B

Aug 25, 2022

China's CNOOC Ltd more than doubled its first-half profit helped by higher oil and gas prices, the offshore oil and gas producer reported on Thursday.Interim net income rose 116% to 71.89 billion yuan ($10.50 billion) while revenue rose 75.6% to 176…

Norway's July Gas Exports Hit Record High

Aug 15, 2022

Norwegian natural gas exports hit a record high of 128.4 billion crowns ($13.26 billion) in July as prices and demand in Europe surged amid the disruption of Russian supplies, official data showed on Monday.Natural gas revenues were four times higher than for July last year…

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