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01 Jun 23	UK: CCS and hydrogen challenges to be tackled at SPE Offshore Europe 2023 Energy industry leaders are to set out how the sector can overcome challenges posed by the implementation of carbon capture storage (CCS) and the use of hydrogen at SPE Offshore Europe 2023 (OE23). A series of technical papers and panel sessions on the topics will be on offer to help the industry as it transitions towards net zero.
01 Jun 23	GoM: BOEM completes environmental review of offshore wind leasing in the Gulf of Mexico As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of permitting 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a final environmental assessment (EA) on potential impacts from offshore wind leasing on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, a key milestone towards the potential first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf.
01 Jun 23	Brazil: TotalEnergies signs Production Sharing Contract for the Agua Marinha offshore block TotalEnergies and its co-venturers Petrobras, QatarEnergy and PETRONAS Petróleo Brasil Ltda (PPBL) have signed the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the Agua Marinha block, which was awarded in the Open Acreage under Production Sharing Regime – 1st Cycle held by Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency (ANP) in December 2022.
01 Jun 23	UK: Neptune Energy awarded Young Person’s Guarantee status Neptune Energy has been awarded Young Person’s Guarantee employer status, in recognition of its support for local communities through the development of Scotland’s future workforce.
01 Jun 23	Trinidad: Challenger Energy provides update on sale of Cory Moruga to Predator Oil and Gas AIM-listed Challenger Energy has provided an update in relation to the sale of the Cory Moruga licence, onshore Trinidad, to Predator Oil and Gas.
01 Jun 23	US: Pantheon Resources announces update on last year's state lease awards Pantheon Resources has announced that it has formally accepted and paid for the award by the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources for the 39,540 acres that it was the successful bidder of in last year's state lease sale.
01 Jun 23	South Africa: Scatec closes transaction to divest Upington solar plants in South Africa Scatec, a renewable energy frontrunner in emerging markets, has closed the previously announced transaction to divest the Upington solar plants in South Africa. The proceeds will be recycled into new investments within renewable energy.
01 Jun 23	Norway: Equinor drills dry well near the Troll field in the North Sea - 31/2-23 S Equinor, operator of production licence PL 923, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 31/2-23 S. The well, which was drilled about 3 kms west of the Troll field in the North Sea, failed to encounter hydrocarbons and has been permanently plugged and abandoned.
01 Jun 23	Thailand: Valeura Energy announces extension of Jasmine oil field FPSO and operating contract Valeura Energy has announced an extension to two key contracts relating to the Jasmine oil field in Thailand. Valeura’s charter of the field’s floating production storage and offloading vessel ('FPSO'), and a contract for provision of operating and maintenance services for the vessel, have been extended by five years until the end of 2028.
01 Jun 23	Reabold Resources provides update on investment in LNEnergy Reabold Resources has announced that, further to the Company's announcement of 9 May 2023 regarding its initial investment in LNEnergy, Reabold and LNEnergy have agreed to extend the expiry date of the First Option and Shareholder Option by one week to 7 June 2023.
01 Jun 23	Clontarf Energy announces £350,000 fundraising and corporate update AIM-listed Clontarf Energy has raised £350,000 (before expenses) via the placing of new ordinary shares. The net proceeds of the Placing will be used to advance Clontarf's lithium projects in Bolivia, and neighbouring countries, as well as on petroleum projects in Ghana, Australia, and elsewhere.
01 Jun 23	Norway: Aker Horizons awarded up to NOK 135 million in financing from Innovation Norway for Rjukan green hydrogen project Aker Horizons, a developer of green energy and industry, has announced that Aker Horizons Asset Development, the company’s wholly-owned asset development arm dedicated to hydrogen projects, has been awarded up to NOK 135 million in grants and loans from Innovation Norway for the green hydrogen production facility at Rjukan, in Eastern Norway.
01 Jun 23	PGS awarded a 3D exploration acquisition contract in the Mediterranean PGS has been awarded a 3D exploration acquisition contract in the Mediterranean by a major international energy company. Ramform Hyperion is expected to mobilize for the survey late third quarter and the program has a total duration of approx. 70 days.
01 Jun 23	Nigeria: PGS releases PSDM Data for Nigeria Library rejuvenation The PGS Deepwater Niger Delta Depth 2023 project provides unparalleled imaging of complex structure and delivers over 5,000 sq km of reprocessed PSDM MultiClient 3D data. The depth reprocessing focuses on the northwestern Nigerian offshore, rejuvenating two datasets: the Nigeria MegaSurveyPlus and OPL 314/315/321/323 MC3D.
01 Jun 23	Norway: Odfjell Drilling agrees contract with DNO Norge for the Deepsea Yantai Odfjell Drilling has announced that on behalf of CIMC OFFSHORE, the Company has agreed a contract with DNO Norge for the use of the drilling rig Deepsea Yantai. The contract includes the drilling of one firm well, in PL 1182 in the North Sea.
31 May 23	Trillion Energy announces first quarter results and operational update Trillion Energy International has announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and an operational update. Full quarter production from the AKK-3 and AKK-South wells resulted in record revenues.
31 May 23	BW Offshore signs short-term contract extension for Abo FPSO BW Offshore has signed a short-term extension for the Abo FPSO with Nigerian Agip Exploration, a subsidiary of ENI, until 30 June 2023.
31 May 23	Reach Subsea charters subsea vessel Olympic Triton Reach Subsea continues to build long-term capacity to serve the growing market for subsea services. Following a six-month charter of the multifunctional subsea support and construction vessel Olympic Triton, announced 6 February 2023, Reach Subsea has exercised the option to charter the vessel for 3 years plus 2 yearly options.
31 May 23	Zimbabwe: Invictus Energy raises $12.7 million through oversubscribed SPP Invictus Energy has provided an update on the capital raising activities to assist with the funding of its 80 per cent owned and operated Cabora Bassa Project in Zimbabwe. The funds will help support the drilling of the upcoming Mukuyu-2 appraisal well, which will build on the success of the play opening Mukuyu-1/ST1 exploration well.
31 May 23	Norway: Halliburton upgrades Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's National Data Repository Halliburton has announced it has launched the Diskos 2.0 National Data Repository (NDR) for the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Diskos 2.0 is the industry’s first fully cloud-native NDR implementation. Diskos 2.0 stores critical exploration and production data and is vital to drive investments in Norway’s oil and gas industry.
31 May 23	Halliburton Landmark Decisionspace Geosciences selected as Equinor's standard subsurface data interpretation tool Halliburton has announced that Equinor has selected Halliburton Landmark DecisionSpace® Geosciences as its standard geoscience toolbox and OpenWorks® with Open Subsurface Data Universe (OSDU™) as its corporate database for interpretations for its subsurface data.
31 May 23	India: TGS announces Facies Map Browser for East Coast India TGS, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, has announced the development of a Facies Map Browser (FMB) for East Coast India. The East Coast India FMB will provide extensive access to well-based stratigraphic interpretation and sequence-constrained facies maps.
31 May 23	NewMed Energy reports further progress towards development of Aphrodite discovery in Cyprus NewMed Energy reports that the partners in the Aphrodite reservoir (NewMed Energy, Chevron, Shell) have submitted an updated plan for development of the reservoir for the Cypriot government’s approval. Production and processing of the natural gas from the reservoir will be carried out via a subsea pipeline which will be connected to an existing processing and production facility in Egypt.
31 May 23	Nigeria: Savannah Energy signs new Natural Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement Savannah Energy has announced that the Company's 80% indirectly owned subsidiary, Accugas, has entered into a Natural Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement (the 'NGSPA') with Amalgamated Oil Company Nigeria ('AMOCON') for gas produced in the OML 156 sole risk petroleum lease area, for onward sale to its customers.
31 May 23	US: United States: TotalEnergies and TES join forces to develop a large-scale e-NG production unit TotalEnergies is joining forces with Tree Energy Solutions (TES) to study and develop a large-scale production unit in the United States for e-natural gas (e-NG), a synthetic gas produced from renewable hydrogen and CO2.