Shell considered shutting its flagship Prelude FLNG facility off Australia for a year to fix issues that have plagued its operations, but instead opted for shorter maintenance period to allow it to capture strong gas demand, three industry sources said…
Greenhouse gas emissions from UK offshore oil and gas production were cut for the third consecutive year in 2022, the UK North Sea Transition Authority said Tuesday.'Last year’s estimated 3% reduction contributed to a 23% drop in greenhouse gas emissions between 2018 and 2022…
German oil and gas producer Wintershall Dea on Wednesday tried to assuage fears that the hit from its planned Russian exit could be too painful, saying its remaining operations were strong and stable. Chief Executive Mario Mehren told Reuters that the company considered its Germany…
Natural gas will play a key role in Indonesia's energy transition, thanks to discoveries in past years as oil production declines, energy official Tutuka Ariadji said on Tuesday.The southeast Asian nation, which is stepping up development of gas projects such as Masela…
Oil prices spiked more than 1% on Tuesday after Saudi Arabia and Russia announced a fresh extension to their voluntary supply cuts, stretching a combined 1.3 million barrel per day (bpd) reduction for another three months through December.Brent crude futures for November were up $1…
British North Sea-focused oil producer EnQuest reported a loss after tax for the first half of this year on Tuesday, hit by the UK's windfall tax on the sector.The company, which has operations in the UK and Malaysia, reported loss after tax of $21…
Norwegian oil and gas firm Aker BP on Monday celebrated the first official steel cut for its two major developments, Yggdrasil and Valhall PWP-Fenris on the Norwegian shelf. The event at Stord marks the start of three years of high activity…
Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea and its partners Petoro and Sval Energi have installed an additional subsea template on the seabed at Haltenbanken on the west coast of Norway, as part of the second phase of the Wintershall Dea-operated Maria field development…
Shares in European oil producers, miners and other companies with large exposures to Gabon plummeted on Wednesday after a military coup raised concerns over their operations in the resource-rich African country.London-listed oil producer Tullow Oil fell as much as 12% in afternoon trading…
An official inauguration ceremony was held this week for the Absheron gas field, located in the Caspian Sea, offshore Azerbaijan.To remind, the first development phase of the field, owned by TotalEnergies and Socar and, as of recently, ADNOC…
Norway's BW Energy is now able to move forward with its acquisition of the FPSO Cidade de Vitória on the Golfinho field in Brazil, more than a year after it reached a deal with the FPSO's Italian owner Saipem.The two companies had signed a memorandum…
U.S. oil producer Chevron on Tuesday said it evacuated staff from three U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil production platforms ahead of hurricane Idalia.Idalia was expected to become a major hurricane on Wednesday with sustained winds topping at least…
Equinor is set to trial the use of autonomous robots for subsea leak detection services in the North Sea.The Norway-based energy company has tapped Houston's Nauticus Robotics and its Norwegian technology partner Stinger Technology for the pilot project…
Eni has started production of oil and gas from the Baleine Field, located in the waters offshore Côte d’Ivoire.The milestone comes less than two years after the discovery in September 2021 and less than a year and a half after final investment decision…
Singapore-based Seatrium Oil and Gas International has signed a Letter of Intent with Shell Offshore for construction work relating to Shell’s Sparta project in the Gulf of Mexico.Sparta is a deepwater development approximately 170 miles off the Louisiana coast…