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Halliburton, Aker BP to Develop 'Next-gen' Field Development Software

May 23, 2022

Oilfield services giant Halliburton has partnered up with the Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP to co-develop what it says will be next-generation field development planning software. 'The collaboration delivers a new cloud application – Field Development Planning (FDP) – from Halliburton…

Gerhard Schroeder Steps Down from Rosneft Board after EU Sanctions Threat

May 23, 2022

Russia's state-owned oil company Rosneft said on Friday that former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and German businessman Matthias Warnig were stepping down from its board of directors.The European Parliament had urged on Thursday that Schroeder…

BW Ideol Inks Deal with EDF, Maple Power for Floating Wind Project in Mediterranean

May 23, 2022

BW Ideol, a company that builds foundations for floating wind farms, has signed an agreement with the EDF Renouvelables and Maple Power consortium to cooperate on the design of floating foundations for the AO6 floating offshore wind tender in the French section of the Mediterranean Sea…

Iran, Oman Eye Joint Development of Hengam Offshore Oil Field

May 23, 2022

Iran and Oman have agreed to form a committee to jointly develop the Hengam oil field, which straddles both countries' sea border, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported its oil minister Javad Owji as saying on Monday.In 2005, both countries…

Wintershall DEA Sells Stakes in Three Offshore Fields in Norway to OKEA

May 23, 2022

German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has agreed to sell a 35.2% share in the Brage field and a 6.46% share in the Ivar Aasen field, as well as 6% of the Nova development, all offshore Norway, to the Norwegian oil firm OKEA.OKEA will pay a fixed consideration of USD 117…

Enauta Gets Nod for New Atlanta Field Plan. Concession Extension Granted, Too

May 20, 2022

Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has received approval from the Brazilian authorities for the new development plan for its Atlanta field in the Santos Basin. The authorities have also approved an 11-year extension of the Atlanta Field concession term…

UK Picks Offshore Wind Champion. Opens $200M Floating Wind Fund for Expressions of Interest

May 20, 2022

The UK government on Friday appointed Tim Pick as the UK's first Offshore Wind Champion, as a £160 million (around $199,6 million) floating offshore wind fund opens for expressions of interest.'Ambitious plans to expand offshore wind around…

Trillion Books Uranus Jack-up Rig for Drilling in Turkish Black Sea

May 20, 2022

Black Sea-focused oil and gas company Trillion Energy International has signed a definitive offshore drilling services contract with Romanian drilling company GSP Offshore to secure a jack-up rig for its 2022 – 2023 drilling program on its South…

Norway's April Oil Output Lags Forecasts by 10.6%

May 20, 2022

Norway's crude oil output in April missed the official forecast by 10.6%, while its gas output was in line with expectations, preliminary data from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) showed on Friday.Crude oil output fell to 1.66 million barrels per day (bpd) in April from 1…

EU Leaders to Approve Plan to Quit Russian Gas

May 20, 2022

Leaders from European Union countries are set to endorse the bloc's plan to wean itself off Russian energy and spend the bloc's COVID-19 recovery fund to do this, according to draft conclusions for a leaders' summit later this month.The European…

Ten Year Deal: Finland Charters Excelerate Energy's FSRU

May 20, 2022

U.S.-based LNG company Excelerate Energy and a subsidiary of Gasgrid Finland, a Finnish state-owned natural gas transmission system operator, on Friday signed a ten-year deal in Helsinki for the charter of a floating storage and regasification vessel (FSRU) that they said would provide 'flexible…

U.S. Preparing New Five-year Plan for Offshore Oil and Gas Auctions

May 20, 2022

The Biden administration will propose a new five-year plan for offshore oil and gas development by June 30, the date when the current plan expires, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said on Thursday.The announcement comes as the administration…

CIP Proposes to Build Hydrogen Island in Danish Dogger Bank Area

May 20, 2022

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has proposed to construct an artificial island dedicated to large-scale production of green hydrogen from offshore wind – called 'BrintØ' - in the Danish part of the North Sea. According to CIP, one of…

Inpex Plans Maintenance at Australia's Ichthys LNG from July 1 to Aug. 5

May 20, 2022

Japan's Inpex Corp plans to conduct scheduled maintenance at its Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Darwin, Australia, from around July 1 to Aug. 5, a company spokesperson said on Friday.The company declined to comment on shipment plans during the maintenance period…

Rosneft Faces Foreign Managers' Departures as Sanctions Push Out EU Citizens

May 20, 2022

Five foreign vice-presidents of Russia's Rosneft have resigned because of European Union sanctions forbidding European citizens or Russians living in the EU to work at the Kremlin oil major, six sources familiar with the matter said.They said the five - Didier Casimiro…

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