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Small Island Nations Want Big Oil to Pay Up for Climate Damage

Nov 08, 2022

Small island nations suffering the brunt of climate change want Big Oil to pay for mounting damage from ocean storms and sea-level rise, Antigua's prime minister told delegates at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt on Tuesday. The comments by…

Ithaca Energy's London IPO Priced at Bottom of Range

Nov 08, 2022

North Sea oil and gas producer Ithaca Energy's planned initial public offering (IPO) in London is set to be priced at the bottom of the range at 250 pence per share, a bookrunner on the deal said on Tuesday.Ithaca's market debut will be watched…

Reuters: India's ONGC Applies to Retain 20% in Russia's Sakhalin-1

Nov 08, 2022

India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp has applied to the new Russian operator of the Sakhalin-1 to retain its stake in the oil and gas project in the Far East, a person familiar with the development said. Russia has established a new entity, managed by a Rosneft subsidiary…

Equinor, Hitachi Energy in Collab to Accelerate Energy Transition

Nov 08, 2022

Norway's Equinor and Japan's Hitachi Energy have signed a deal to collaborate within electrification, renewable power generation and low-carbon initiatives globally.One of the first things the two companies will work on together is creating…

ExxonMobil to Start Gas Reserve Seismic Surveys in Greece

Nov 08, 2022

ExxonMobil will start conducting seismic surveys in two blocks southwest of Greece's Peloponnese peninsula and the island of Crete in the coming days, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday.Greece, an entry point for natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean…

Conrad Asia Energy Wins Two Offshore Blocks in Indonesia

Nov 08, 2022

Indonesia awarded two oil and gas exploration blocks located off northern Sumatra, to Conrad Asia Energy on Tuesday, a senior energy ministry official said, the first awarded this year. The two blocks have total estimated resources of 2.2 billion barrels of oil (BBO) and 13…

Massachusetts Denies Motion to Delay Offshore Wind Contracts

Nov 08, 2022

Massachusetts utility regulators denied offshore wind power company Commonwealth Wind's motion to suspend its power purchase agreement with state electric utilities, raising questions about the future of Commonwealth's proposed offshore wind project…

COP27 - UAE Says Will Keep Pumping Oil as Long as the World Needs It

Nov 07, 2022

The United Arab Emirates will be a responsible supplier of oil and gas for as long as the world needs, its President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan said on Monday at the start of two weeks of climate talks in Egypt.He added the Gulf nation…

Offshore Engineer's ADIPEC Q&A with Kelvin CEO Peter Harding

Nov 07, 2022

Offshore Engineer's Gary Lewis was at ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi last week, where he interviewed Peter Harding, the founder and CEO of Kelvin, a collaborative control software company that says it helps its clients reduce their carbon emissions significantly…

Enauta Says Production from Atlanta Field Interrupted

Nov 07, 2022

Brazilian oil company Enauta said Monday that production from its Atlanta offshore field in Brazil had been interrupted.'The initial assessment is that this is an operational problem on the surface. The current production of the field is 7,500 bbl/day…

Sandbrook Acquires Majority Stake in Havfram

Nov 07, 2022

Sandbrook Capital has acquired a majority stake in the the Norwegian offshore installation services company Havfram and has committed $250 million to fund the company's future growth.The new capital will be used to build a fleet of vessels for…

Mexico's Pemex Had a Plan to Fix Its Flaring Problem, but Abandoned It

Nov 07, 2022

In late 2016, to avoid racking up fines for burning too much natural gas, Mexico's state oil company Pemex struck a deal with the regulator to invest over $3 billion to fix its flaring problem at its most productive set of oil fields.But five years on…

Equinor Looks to Celtic Sea for Floating Wind Development

Nov 07, 2022

Norwegian oil and gas major Equinor  on Monday said it was interested in developing a 'gigawatt scale' floating offshore wind project off the coast of Britain in the Celtic Sea in connection with an upcoming seabed leasing round. The project…

Ithaca Energy IPO Set to Price at Lower End of Range - Bookrunner

Nov 07, 2022

A planned initial public offering of North Sea oil and gas producer Ithaca Energy IPO is set to price at the lower end of the previously guided range, bookrunners on the deal said on Monday.The revised price guidance is for between 250 and 270 pence per share…

Aker Solutions, Petrobras in Frame Agreement for Supply of Subsea Production Systems

Nov 07, 2022

Norway's Aker Solutions has been awarded a frame agreement from Brazil's Petrobras and partners to provide subsea production systems (SPS) and subsea lifecycle services (SLS) for Petrobras-operated oil and gas fields offshore Brazil.The frame agreement has a fixed period of five years…

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