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Equinor Wins 26 Production Licenses Off Norway. Plans to Drill 25 Exploration Wells in 2022

Jan 18, 2022

Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor has been awarded 26 new production licenses by Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy Award in Predefined Areas. In total, Norway has offered 28 companies ownership interests in a total of 53 offshore oil…

APA 2021: Norway Offers Offshore Acreage to 28 Oil Firms

Jan 18, 2022

Norway has offered 28 companies ownership interests in a total of 53 offshore oil and gas production licences on the Norwegian Shelf in the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2021.Awards in predefined areas (APA) is an annual exploration round in the most mature areas on the Norwegian shelf…

Fred. Olsen, Vattenfall to Build 798MW Floating Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland

Jan 18, 2022

Fred. Olsen Seawind and Vattenfall 50/50 partnership was successful as bidder in the Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind offshore wind leasing round.The partnership has been awarded the rights to develop a floating offshore wind farm site located 67km off the east coast…

Wintershall Dea Ends Operations in Brazil

Jan 18, 2022

German oil company Wintershall Dea said Monday it had decided to terminate all its operations in Brazil and to close the current office in Rio de Janeiro after the execution of all required measures. 'This decision is the result of a very thorough…

High Gas Prices Push Norway's Dec Trade Surplus to Record

Jan 17, 2022

Norway's trade surplus rose to a new record in December, boosted by soaring prices for its natural gas exports, national statistics agency data showed on Monday.The December surplus hit 106 billion Norwegian crowns ($12.09 billion), beating a previous record of 84…

TotalEnergies, Inpex Sell Angolan Subsidiary Angola Block 14 B.V.

Jan 17, 2022

TotalEnergies and Inpex have agreed to sell their Angola Block 14 B.V. subsidiary to the Angolan Company Somoil for an undisclosed price.Angola Block 14 B.V., owned by TotalEnergies Holdings International B.V. (50.01%) and Inpex Angola Block 14 Ltd (49…

Norway to Raise Oil Fund Spending

Jan 14, 2022

The Norwegian government said on Friday it has raised its projected fiscal spending for 2022 as it seeks to compensate businesses affected by coronavirus lockdown measures and subsidize households hit by a surge in electricity prices.The center-left minority coalition now plans to spend 355…

TechnipFMC to Deliver Subsea Production System for Equinor's Norwegian Sea Project

Jan 14, 2022

Oilfield services firm TechnipFMC has secured a contract to build and install a subsea production system at Equinor’s Smørbukk Nord development, offshore Norway.The contract covers a high-pressure, high-temperature subsea production system and…

BP Files Petrojarl Foinaven FPSO Removal Plan

Jan 14, 2022

British oil major BP has filed a decommissioning plan for the removal of the Petrojarl Foinaven FPSO and the recovery of associated mooring systems, the risers and dynamic umbilicals from the Foinaven Field, located 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of Shetland in water depths of up to 600 meters…

Chevron Orders $553M Offshore Facility from DSME for Australian Gas Project

Jan 13, 2022

South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has said it has secured an order worth 656.1 billion KRW ($553,4 million) from Chevron to build an offshore facility for the Jansz-Io gas field development offshore Australia…

Aker BP to Drill Pilot Well at Hanz Field

Jan 13, 2022

Norwegian oil company Aker BP has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway to drill a pilot well in the North Sea, off Norway.Using Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible drilling rig, Aker BP will the pilot well 25/10-U-8…

Norway's Oil and Gas Output to Rise 9% by 2024

Jan 13, 2022

Norway's total petroleum output is expected to grow over the next three years as oil and gas output expand, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Thursday.The combined volume is expected to rise to 4.33 million barrels of oil equivalent in 2024…

Australia: Gas Production Starts from Beach Energy's Geographe Offshore Wells

Jan 13, 2022

Australian oil and gas company Beach Energy has informed that gas production has started from the first two wells of its offshore Otway Basin campaign - Geographe 4 and 5.The wells have been connected to the Otway Gas Plant and are now delivering…

Indonesia Oil and Gas Lifting Falls for 5th Year Amid Failure to Tap New Sources

Jan 12, 2022

Indonesia's oil lifting, or ready-to-sell production, narrowly missed its target and fell for a fifth straight year in 2021, after a failure to tap new sources and as older fields matured, energy minister Arifin Tasrif said on Wednesday.The Southeast Asian country's oil lifting came in at 660…

Equinor Warns of $1.8B Impairment Charge for UK North Sea Mariner Oil Field

Jan 12, 2022

Norwegian energy major Equinor said on Wednesday it had cut the resource estimates for its Mariner oilfield in the British North Sea, triggering an impairment charge of around $1.8 billion.Total recoverable reserves from the field, which is operated by Equinor with a 65…

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