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16 Apr 24	UK/Netherlands: ONE-Dyas contracts Borr rig for North Sea wells ONE-Dyas has signed an agreement with Borr Drilling for a minimum of 150 days, with 15 March 2024 as commencement date, for drilling and decommissioning activities. The contract covers activities in the Dutch and UK continental shelf.
16 Apr 24	Colombia/Argentina: Interoil announces production report for March 2024 Interoil has announced March 2024 production figures for its assets in Colombia and Argentina. Interoil’s total daily average operated production in March increased by 135 boepd compared with February. The increase is mainly coming from fields in Argentina whereas Colombia reduced its operated production.
16 Apr 24	Guyana: Strohm wins third and largest ever TCP ‘Jumpers On Demand’ contract from ExxonMobil Guyana ExxonMobil Guyana has awarded Strohm a TCP 'Jumper On Demand' contract for the supply of TCP for the Whiptail project. This brings the project count for the Netherlands-based manufacturer to three for ExxonMobil Guyana, following previous awards for the Yellowtail and Uaru projects. This latest award marks the largest commercial award for pipe supply in the company’s 16-year history.
16 Apr 24	Five northern European countries conclude international arrangements on transport and storage of carbon across borders A European infrastructure for carbon capture and storage is underway. Today, arrangements between Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden allow cross-border transport and geological storage of captured CO2.
16 Apr 24	UK: OEUK strengthens board with three new appointments The leading trade body, Offshore Energies UK has announced the appointment of three senior industry leaders to its Board. Phil Milton, Chief Executive Officer at Well-Safe Solutions, Steve Nicol, Executive President of Operations at Wood and Steve Bowyer, General Manager, North Sea at EnQuest have all been appointed with immediate effect.
16 Apr 24	Egypt: United Oil & Gas announces receipt of Egyptian receivables of $1 million in USD AIM-listed United Oil & Gas has announced an update in relation to Egyptian receivables. United has received a payment from Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation ('EGPC') for USD $1 million. The funds will be used to extinguish the debt and leave the Company debt free while the paperwork to withdraw from Abu Sennan concession is finalised.
16 Apr 24	Timor Leste: Baron Oil provides update on Chuditch PSC operations AIM-listed Baron Oil has provided an update on operational activities and plans on the TL-SO-19-16 PSC ('Chuditch'), offshore Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. All operational work related to the Site Survey has now been successfully completed and discussions with a number of potential funding partners are ongoing.
16 Apr 24	Germany: Beacon Energy announces Erfelden operational update AIM-listed Beacon Energy, the full-cycle oil and gas company with a portfolio of onshore German assets through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Rhein Petroleum, has announced that mobilisation of the drilling rig for the SCHB2 side track, which had originally been scheduled for mid-April, has been delayed by approximately two weeks.
16 Apr 24	Nordex Group starts with order intake of 2.1 GW in the first quarter of 2024 The Nordex Group recorded an order intake of 338 turbines with a total capacity of 2,086 MW in the first quarter of 2024 (Q1/2023: 1,021 MW). The average sales price in euros per megawatt of capacity (ASP) amounted to EUR 0.85 million/MW (Q1/2023: EUR 0.90 million/MW).
16 Apr 24	KBR and GeoLith enter into an exclusive alliance to offer advanced, zero-emission lithium technology globally KBR has signed an alliance agreement with GeoLith SAS to offer its advanced Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology, Li-Capt. This technology enables zero-emission lithium extraction from untapped sources like geothermal and oil well brines.
15 Apr 24	Brazil: SLB awarded three contracts for Petrobras’ Buzios field SLB has been awarded three contracts by Petrobras for completion hardware and services for up to 35 subsea wells in the development of Petrobras’ offshore Buzios Wave II oilfield.
15 Apr 24	Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners completes acquisition of New York onshore wind development portfolio Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), acting on behalf of its flagship fund, CI V, has announced the successful acquisition of Liberty Renewables, a 1.3 GW portfolio of onshore wind projects in New York.
15 Apr 24	Turkey: Nordex Group receives 80 MW order from Borusan EnBW Enerji in Türkiye The Nordex Group received an order to supply 14 N163/5.X turbines from Borusan EnBW Enerji, a leading developer and operator of wind energy projects in Türkiye. The Delta4000 series turbines are projected for the 80 MW Pelit wind farm in the Sivas Province.
15 Apr 24	Guyana: TechnipFMC awarded large subsea contract for ExxonMobil Guyana’s Whiptail project TechnipFMC has been awarded a large contract in Guyana’s Stabroek Block by Exxon Mobil affiliate ExxonMobil Guyana to supply subsea production systems for the Whiptail project.
15 Apr 24	Angola: Corcel announces update on Tobias field reactivation activities in Block KON-11 in the Kwanza Basin, onshore Angola AIM-listed Corcel, the Angolan focused exploration and production company, has announced an update on Tobias field reactivation activities in Block KON-11 in the Kwanza Basin, onshore Angola, where the Company has a 20% working interest (18% net). The Operator is Sonangol.
15 Apr 24	US: Equinor swaps onshore assets in the US with EQT Corporation Equinor and EQT Corporation have agreed to swap Equinor’s operated position in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in Ohio for a stake in EQT’s non-operated interest in the Northern Marcellus formation.
15 Apr 24	DOF Group announces sale of Skandi Gamma DOF Rederi AS has sold the 2011 built PSV, Skandi Gamma. The vessel will be delivered to the new owners in April and DOF will continue as technical and commercial manager for the vessel.
15 Apr 24	Australia: 3D Energi receives approval for Sauropod 3D Environmental Plan 3D Energi has announced regulatory approval of the Sauropod 3D seismic Environmental Plan by NOPSEMA, covering 3447km2 of petroleum exploration permit WA-527-P, offshore Western Australia. The Company continues discussions with interested farm-in parties and is collaborating with CGG around vessel availability.
15 Apr 24	Getech announces three separate natural hydrogen exploration contract wins Getech, a world-leading locator of subsurface resources, has announced three separate contract wins related to the exploration of natural hydrogen (also known as ‘geologic’ or ‘white’ hydrogen). The first is a strategic joint venture exploration agreement with a new customer partner, while two additional contracts have been secured with existing exploration clients.
15 Apr 24	UK: 19 North East of Scotland businesses selected for offshore renewables supply chain programme Nineteen businesses in the North East of Scotland have been selected for the successful Fit 4 Offshore Renewables (F4OR) supply chain support programme – ready to accelerate companies into the offshore renewable energy market.
15 Apr 24	Petrofac relationship with bp continues with North Sea contract extension Petrofac, a leading provider of services to the global energy industry, has been awarded a contract extension by bp, continuing support across its North Sea portfolio. Maintenance and engineering services will be provided under the terms of the three-year, multi-million-dollar contract.
15 Apr 24	Seatrium and Shell sign MoU to further collaborate on Floating Production Systems Seatrium has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with energy company Shell Global Solutions International to explore and strengthen collaboration opportunities in Floating Production Systems through leveraging both parties’ deep engineering capabilities and technologies.
15 Apr 24	US: 88 Energy announces second light oil discovery at Hickory-1 88 Energy has announced dual reservoir success at Hickory-1 with the second light oil discovery at the SMD-B reservoir. Hickory-1 has now delivered two successful oil flows and three independent discoveries. Well testing results from the current field season confirm long-held views of the producibility of multiple reservoirs at Project Pheonix.
15 Apr 24	Sudan/South Sudan: Wildcat Petroleum provides update on the Republic of Sudan and South Sudan Wildcat Petroleum has provided an update on its plans in Sudan and the Republic of Sudan. The Company reports that due to a change in policy in the Republic of Sudan Wildcat won't yet be awarded a service contract over the Bamboo field. Wildcat will now concentrate on South Sudan.
15 Apr 24	Thailand: Valeura Energy announces three oil discoveries in the Gulf of Thailand Valeura Energy, the upstream oil and gas company with assets in the Gulf of Thailand and the Thrace Basin of Türkiye, has announced three oil discoveries on its assets in the offshore Gulf of Thailand - one in the Nong Yao D area, and two in the north-east portion of the Wassana concession.