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Seabed Pump Replaced: Well at Enauta's Atlanta Field Back in Production

Feb 17, 2022

Brazilian oil company Enauta said Thursday that it has successfully replaced the seabed pump and returned to production a well at its Atlanta field, offshore Brazil.With the well, named well 7-ATL-4HB-RJS, online, the field returned to producing around 12…

Repsol Beats Forecasts Thanks to High Oil and Gas Prices

Feb 17, 2022

High oil and gas prices helped Spain's Repsol REP.MC to post earnings above market expectations on Thursday, giving it more financial firepower to spend on low-carbon operations investors are increasingly demanding of energy companies.Benchmark…

Oil and Gas Firms in Norway Raise Investment Forecasts

Feb 17, 2022

Oil and gas firms in Norway have raised this year's investment forecasts as they seek to benefit from pandemic-era tax incentives intended to boost activity, a national statistics office (SSB) survey showed on Thursday.The biggest business sector in Norway now expects to invest 159…

Israel OKs Gas Flow to Egypt through Jordan

Feb 16, 2022

More Israeli natural gas will flow to Egypt via a new route through Jordan by the end of February, Israel's Energy Ministry said on Wednesday.The ministry said the new route was approved because of growing demand in Egypt, which produces its…

Non-binding Phase Starts for Petrobras U.S. Gulf of Mexico Asset Sale

Feb 16, 2022

Brazilian oil company Petrobras has started the non-binding phase regarding the sale of its assets in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.Petrobras is selling its entire 20% stake held in the company MP Gulf of Mexico, LLC. (MPGoM), located in Texas, USA…

Guyana Pledges to Balance Oil Investment with Residents' Economic Welfare

Feb 16, 2022

Guyana's President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday defended his country's right to develop its oil industry for its residents while insisting local goods and services requirements are not meant to block foreign investments.A string of discoveries off…

Vår Energi Shares Drop after $7.9B Eni Spin-off

Feb 16, 2022

Shares of Vår Energi, the largest pure-play oil exploration and production (E&P) company to list globally in almost a decade, fell 4.9% as it made its Oslo stock market debut on Wednesday.A spin-off from Italy's Eni, Vår Energi declined to 26…

IEA's Birol Urges OPEC+ to Narrow Gap Between Oil Targets and Production

Feb 16, 2022

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and their allies, known as OPEC+, needed to narrow the gap between their oil production targets and actual output, the International Energy Agency's (IEA) head Fatih Birol said on Wednesday…

Report: Shell to Launch Sale of Southern North Sea Fields

Feb 15, 2022

Shell is preparing to launch the sale of its stakes in two clusters of gas fields in the southern British North Sea, part of an ongoing retreat of long-time producers from the aging basin, industry sources told Reuters.Shell is planning to offer…

MacGregor to Deliver Offloading Systems for China's First Cylindrical FPSO

Feb 15, 2022

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won a contract to supply two FPSO offloading systems for the Liuhua 11-1/4-1 redevelopment project located in the east part of the South China Sea. The contract has been awarded following the successful cooperation…

Report: European Banks Fund Oil and Gas Expansion Despite IEA Warning

Feb 14, 2022

European banks are providing billions of dollars of funding to expand oil and gas production, a report on Monday showed, despite International Energy Agency guidance against new facilities in order to slow global warming.Last year, 25 of the…

Bilfinger's North Sea Deal with TotalEnergies Creates 300 Fixed-term Jobs

Feb 14, 2022

UK-based offshore engineering and maintenance contractor Bilfinger UK has secured a major contract with TotalEnergies that will create 300 fixed-term positions.The contract is for the delivery of fabric maintenance campaign services on TotalEnergies’…

Brazil Has Oil. Exxon Can't Seem to Find It

Feb 14, 2022

Exxon Mobil Corp has bet billions of dollars on offshore drilling in Brazil, an area it once abandoned and now sees as key to its future.But five years into its comeback, the U.S. oil giant has yet to make a major oil discovery as an operator…

BW Offshore Records Impairment on 6 FPSOs Book Value as Prospects Bleak for Extensions, Redeployment

Feb 14, 2022

FPSO leasing company BW Offshore has decided to record an impairment to the book value of the FPSOs BW Athena, Espoir Ivoirien, Sendje Berge, Petróleo Nautipa and Umuroa amounting to $66.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 as well as $23…

Siem, Solstad Offshore Vessels Net Deals in Canada, Brazil

Feb 14, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel owners Solstad Offshore and Siem Offshore said Monday in separate statements they'd secured a contract for their offshore vessels.Solstad Offshore won a contract for its construction support vessel Normand Valiant with Brazil's Petrobras…

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