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Beach Energy Awards Thylacine Field Deal to DOF Subsea

Dec 17, 2021

Offshore vessel owner DOF Subsea Australia has secured a contract with oil and gas company Beach Energy for the Otway Offshore Phase 5 - transport and installation project in Australia.'After collecting all permanent equipment from vendors and transportation to the offshore site…

FPSO for Greater Tortue Gas Project Due in Senegal by end-2022

Dec 17, 2021

BP's floating, production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO) for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim gas project offshore West Africa is expected in Senegal waters for commissioning and testing by the end of 2022, a company executive said on Friday…

OMV Exits Barents Sea Oil Field With $320M Sale to Lundin Energy

Dec 17, 2021

Austrian oil and gas company OMV has completed the sale of its stake in the Wisting oil field in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway, to Lundin Energy.The two companies had signed the sale and purchase agreement in October 2021, and after obtaining the necessary approvals from Norwegian authorities…

Woodside Taps Schlumberger, Subsea 7 for Scarborough Pipelines, Production Systems

Dec 17, 2021

Subsea Integration Alliance, a partnership between Schlumberger and Subsea 7, has secured a contract with Australia's Woodside for the delivery of subsea pipelines and production systems for the Scarborough gas project offshore Australia.The multi-billion-dollar Scarborough gas field development…

Russia's Lukoil Expects OPEC+ Oil Output Rollover in January

Dec 17, 2021

Leonid Fedun, a vice president of Russian oil major Lukoil, said on Friday he expected OPEC+ to stick to its decision to raise oil production by 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) each month at its meeting in January.OPEC and allies including Russia…

Report: Exxon Prepares to Bid for Deepwater Oil Blocks in Brazil

Dec 17, 2021

Exxon Mobil Corp is prepared to bid on Friday for new blocks in Brazil's deepwater oil fields, a focus area for its oil and gas production growth, people familiar with the matter said.Any bid would mark its first big investment since it decided to resume spending after a historic…

CGX's Kawa-1 Well in Guyana Encounters Oil, but Drilling Costs Rise

Dec 16, 2021

Canadian-based firm Frontera Energy, the majority owner of CGX Energy and its partner in the Corentyne Block offshore Guyana, has informed that the Kawa-1 exploration well, spudded in the block in August, has encountered hydrocarbon presence…

Latin American Oil Auctions Kick Off after Two-year Lull

Dec 16, 2021

Latin America's oil frontiers are back in the spotlight with auctions coming up in Brazil, Guyana, and the Andean region that are expected to attract bids from major oil firms despite a global call to end fossil fuel development.Brazil is set…

Senegal's President Calls on Africa to Harmonize Oil Legislation

Dec 16, 2021

Africa needs harmonized oil legislation to avoid ruinous competition among its oil-producing nations as they vie for investors, Senegal's President Macky Sall told an oil conference on Thursday.Sall said that as some developed nations push for an end to investments in fossil fuels…

Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Offshore Gas Project Making Good Headway, Mauritania Oil Minister Says

Dec 16, 2021

Greater Tortue Ahmeyim, the Kosmos and BP-backed gas project straddling Mauritania and Senegal, has resumed activities and is making 'good headway,' Mauritania's oil minister told an oil conference in Senegal on Thursday.'We have resumed our activities…

Competition Regulator OKs Woodside's Merger with BHP's Oil & Gas Business

Dec 16, 2021

Australia's competition regulator approved Woodside Petroleum's agreed $28 billion merger with BHP Group's petroleum arm on Thursday, saying it would not reduce competition in the domestic gas market.The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission…

Lime Petroleum Gets Approval to Buy Repsol's Brage Field Stake (Norway)

Dec 16, 2021

Oil and gas company Lime Petroleum received approval from the Norwegian authorities to acquire Repsol’s 33.8434 stake in the Brage field in the North Sea, offshore Norway.'With this approval, the acquisition is expected to be completed by December 31…

Viaro Energy Sells Foinaven Field Stake to BP

Dec 16, 2021

Viaro Energy's subsidiary Rockrose UKCS 10 Ltd has struck a deal to sell its 28% non-operated stake in the Foinaven offshore oil field, west of Shetland, to BP.The Foinaven oil field sits 190 kilometers west of Shetland in water depths of between 350 and 520 meters and is operated by BP…

Eni to Bring Online Giant Offshore Discovery in Ivory Coast in 2023

Dec 15, 2021

An offshore oil block in Ivory Coast controlled by Eni is expected to enter production in the second quarter of 2023 with daily output of 12,000 barrels of oil and 17.5 million cubic feet of gas, the Ivorian government said on Wednesday.Production will then ramp up in 2026 to between 75…

Aker BP to Tie Back Hanz Discovery to Ivar Aasen Platform

Dec 15, 2021

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has sanctioned the development of the Hanz discovery in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. 'The project has matured a solution involving reuse of existing infrastructure, which both strengthens project economics and minimizes the environmental footprint…

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