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31 Dec 18	Christmas Break The energy-pedia news service will be taking a festive break from Monday 24th December 2018 until Tuesday 1st January 2019, resuming on Wednesday 2nd January 2019. We wish all our subscribers a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
21 Dec 18	UK: ConocoPhillips closes sale of 16.5 percent interest in Clair field to BP ConocoPhillips has completed its previously announced sale to BP of a ConocoPhillips subsidiary that holds a 16.5 percent interest in the BP-operated Clair Field for an undisclosed price. ConocoPhillips retains a 7.5 percent interest in the field.
21 Dec 18	Saipem awarded new onshore and offshore drilling contracts worth USD255 million Saipem has been awarded new onshore and offshore drilling contracts worth approx. 255 million USD in total. In onshore drilling the new contracts have been obtained in Argentina, Ecuador and Peru. Offshore contracts have been obtained in Mexico, Norway, the Middle East, Pakistan and Indonesia.
21 Dec 18	Oranje-Nassau Energie and Dyas to merge upstream energy businesses Oranje-Nassau Energie (ONE) and SHV Holdings have announced that agreement has been reached on the merger of their upstream energy businesses, in a combined entity called ONE-Dyas. ONE-Dyas will be a prominent North Sea focused independent operator, with 2019 gas and oil production of some 35,000 boe/day.
21 Dec 18	GoM: Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore US Gulf of Mexico Subsea 7 has announced the award of a sizeable SURF contract by BP for the Manuel project in the US Gulf of Mexico. Project execution will be delivered by Subsea Integration Alliance (SIA), which is a partnership between Subsea 7 and OneSubsea Schlumberger.
21 Dec 18	Nigeria/Niger: Savannah Petroleum provides update on Seven Energy Transaction and Niger operations Savannah Petroleum, the British independent oil and gas company focused around oil and gas activities in Niger and Nigeria, has announced an update on the Seven Energy Transaction.
21 Dec 18	UK: InfraStrata issues Invitation to Tender for the Islandmagee gas storage project InfraStrata, the UK quoted company focused on the development of natural gas storage capacity, has issued an ITT (Invitation to Tender) package for its Islandmagee gas storage project in order to appoint an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contractor for construction of the Project.
21 Dec 18	Petrel Energy completes reverse takeover of Warrego Energy Australia's Petrel Energy has completed the reverse takeover of private UK company Warrego Energy. Upon completion the combined entity will hold a 50 percent interest in North Perth Basin EP469 containing the West Erregulla Prospect.
20 Dec 18	Venezuela: Maurel & Prom completes the acquisition of Shell’s stake in the Urdaneta West field in Venezuela Maurel & Prom has completed the acquisition of Shell's 40 percent interest in the Urdaneta West field in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. The field is a producing asset with large reserves and significant upside potential.
20 Dec 18	Africa Oil announces additional investment in Impact Oil and Gas Africa Oil Corp has announced that it has made further investments of US$20.5 million in Impact Oil and Gas, a private UK company with exploration assets in South and West Africa.
20 Dec 18	World Oil and Gas Council names ExxonMobil 2018 Large Cap Company of the Year and Explorer of the Year ExxonMobil has been named 2018 Large Cap Company of the Year and Explorer of the Year by the World Oil and Gas Council in recognition of excellence and innovation in the global energy industry.
20 Dec 18	Husky Energy announces 2019 budget and production update Husky Energy plans to spend approx. $3.4 billion on its capital expenditure program in 2019 as it continues to invest in a deep portfolio of higher-margin, longer-life projects. This is about $300 million less than forecast at the Company’s Investor Day in May 2018.
20 Dec 18	Turkey: SOCAR and BP explore the creation of a new petrochemicals joint venture in Turkey BP and SOCAR Turkey have signed a heads of agreement (HoA) to evaluate the creation of a joint venture that would build and operate a world-scale petrochemicals complex in Turkey.
20 Dec 18	Poland: Equinor acquires interest in Polish offshore wind development project Equinor has exercised an option to acquire a 50 percent interest in the offshore wind development project Baltyk I in Poland from Polenergia.
20 Dec 18	Egypt: Saipem awarded LOI for new Zohr field contract Saipem and Petrobel have negotiated an offshore contract addendum worth more than 1.2 billion USD for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) activities in relation to the 'Ramp Up to Plateau' phase of the 'supergiant' Zohr Field Development Project situated in the Mediterranean Sea off the Egyptian coast.
20 Dec 18	US: EDF Renewables and Shell invest in New Jersey offshore wind EDF Renewables North America and Shell New Energies US have formed a 50/50 joint venture, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, to co-develop OCS-0499 lease area within the New Jersey Wind Energy Area (WEA).
20 Dec 18	US Gulf of Mexico poised for historic year in 2019 - Wood Mackenzie Next year is shaping up to be a good one in the US Gulf of Mexico, with the first increase in drilling in four years, first-ever production from a Jurassic play, key new project sanctions and an uptick in M&A all in the cards, global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie said.
20 Dec 18	Indonesia: Bass Oil withdraws from North Madura PSC deal with AziPac following due diligence process Bass Oil has announced that it has elected to withdraw from the acquisition of a 100 percent participating interest in the North Madura Production Sharing Contract from AziPac, following the results of its due diligence.
20 Dec 18	Norway: Var Energi awards Jotun FEED contract to Aker Solutions Var Energi is progressing the redevelopment of the Balder and Ringhorne area, and a FEED contract for the Jotun FPSO life extension has now been signed. The contract, with an estimated value of more than 100 million NOK, was won by Aker Solutions.
20 Dec 18	Norway: Lundin's Silfari exploration well 6307/1-1S disappoints Lundin Petroleum has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway has completed the drilling of the Silfari exploration well 6307/1-1S located in PL830 in the Norwegian Sea. The well was dry.
20 Dec 18	UK: i3 Energy provides Liberator update i3 Energy has announced that it continues to progress the necessary documentation with the UK's Oil & Gas Authority ('OGA') to achieve Field Development Plan ('FDP') approval in early 2019 for the Company's 100 percent owned and operated Liberator development.
20 Dec 18	US: 88 Energy provides update on Alaska North Slope operations 88 Energy has provided an update on its oil and gas operations on the North Slope of Alaska. The level of interest and the quality of parties in the Project Icewine Conventional farm-out dataroom remains highly encouraging. The Winx-1 exploration well on the Company's Western Leases is on schedule for February 2019 spud.
20 Dec 18	Argentina: President Energy provides update on new concessions in Rio Negro Province, Argentina President Energy has provided an update relating to the new Puesto Prado and Las Bases Concessions in Rio Negro Province, Argentina.
20 Dec 18	US: BP launches $3 billion sale of U.S. onshore assets to fund BHP deal BP has launched the sale of U.S. oil and gas onshore assets that could raise more than $3 billion to help pay for other fields in the United States it bought in October from BHP, according to industry and banking sources.
19 Dec 18	UK: Industry demonstrates cost leadership in developing first offshore decommissioning standard contract Oil & Gas UK’s subsidiary LOGIC (Leading Oil & Gas Industry Competitiveness), has published a new standard contract aimed at helping companies committed to delivering offshore decommissioning excellence.