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26 Aug 23	Westwood Insight - Nigeria’s oil and gas sector set to liven up with 140 new wells drilled year-on-year to 2030 Nigeria's newly elected president has made public his administration’s intent to boost crude production from the 1.3 mmbpd produced in 2022 to 2.6 mmbpd by 2027. While Westwood expects there to be growth, this target appears to be overly ambitious. Given the projects on the horizon, Westwood forecasts oil production output of 1.9 mmbpd by 2030.
26 Aug 23	Canada: Calima Energy sells Tommy Lakes and Montney acreage for A$12 million Calima Energy has announced the sale of its Montney Assets for C$10 million (A$11.4 million) including 33,643 net acres of Montney licenses/acreage and the Tommy Lakes facilities. The sale has now successfully closed and all cash proceeds have been received from a Canadian Montney natural gas producer.
26 Aug 23	US: Crescent Point Energy announces sale of its North Dakota assets Crescent Point Energy has entered into an agreement with a private operator to sell its North Dakota assets for US$500 million (approx. $675 million) in cash.
25 Aug 23	Norway: Equinor announces production start for Statfjord East project Equinor has announced production start for the Statfjord Øst project. Equinor and its partners expect to increase production by 26 million barrels of oil equivalents from Statfjord Øst.
25 Aug 23	Australia: Tamboran completes Falcon farm-in carry commitments for Beetaloo JV In accordance with the 2014 Falcon Oil and Gas farm-in agreement, Tamboran has given notice to Falcon that all farm-in commitments regarding the Beetaloo JV have been fully satisfied, having reached the associated cost carry commitment.
25 Aug 23	Israel: ROVOP secures new long term contract award from Energean ROVOP, a leading supplier of subsea Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) to the energy industry, has secured a new five-year contract with Energean, the leading independent, gas-focused E&P company in the Eastern Mediterranean.
25 Aug 23	Qatar: QatarEnergy awards Tecnicas Reunidas additional EPC off-plot facilities work for North Field South Project QatarEnergy has awarded Tecnicas Reunidas additional Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) work including the pipelines, interconnections, ancillary systems, and other supporting components for the LNG Offplot facilities for the North Field South Project.
25 Aug 23	US: TGS expands Carbon AXIOM coverage, encompassing over 62 million acres in southern U.S. TGS has announced the expansion of its Carbon AXIOM platform, an advanced CCS site screening and storage assessment tool. The extension now encompasses a vast 62 million acres across the southern United States.
25 Aug 23	Turkey: Nordex Group awarded contracts for three projects in Türkiye The Nordex Group has been awarded contracts for three projects by Heitkamp Industrial Solutions GmbH, a German-based construction subsidiary of Rönesans Holding. Heitkamp will act as EPC contractor in these projects on behalf of Rönesans Enerji. The three projects are part of the YEKA RES-3 tender.
25 Aug 23	China: Sinopec announces major gas field discovery in Sichuan Basin China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec') has received official certification for the 30.55-billion-cubic-meter proven geological reserve of natural gas discovered in phase-I of its Bazhong gas field, a significant breakthrough of Sinopec's Project Deep Earth-Sichuan and Chongqing natural gas base that further reveals favorable potential of the tight sandstone in northeast Sichuan, China.
25 Aug 23	US: ENGIE accelerates in battery storage through the acquisition of Broad Reach Power in the United States ENGIE has signed a binding agreement for the acquisition of 100% of Broad Reach Power, a company specialized in battery storage and based in Houston, from private equity funds EnCap and Apollo.
24 Aug 23	Aker Solutions and Mocean Energy to explore low-carbon solutions Aker Solutions Subsea and Mocean Energy will explore low-carbon solutions that increase the lifetime of brownfield energy infrastructure by using locally generated ocean power to tie-back stranded reservoirs. A pilot project in UK waters is being planned.
24 Aug 23	Germany: RWE builds further solar-storage plant in opencast mine RWE is continuing to progress full speed ahead on green electricity production in the Rhenish mining district. Construction of a photovoltaics plant with integrated battery storage system has commenced at the Hambach lignite opencast mine, where RWE will install some 22,000 solar modules, enough to supply more than 3,100 households with green electricity.
24 Aug 23	India: Fugro partners with Indian Institute of Technology Bombay to accelerate net zero initiatives Fugro has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, to advance the development of Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) projects in India.
24 Aug 23	Israel: Energean continues offshore Israel progress - takes new step towards production from Katlan Following the uniquely successful 5 well East Mediterranean exploration campaign, which discovered approx. 68 bcm of natural gas across the multi block (Katlan & Tanin) 'Olympus Area', offshore Israel, Energean has announced a new partnership with TechnipFMC that will take a new step towards the production of this regionally significant resource.
24 Aug 23	Seatrium New Energy successfully delivers second jackup rig novated by Borr Drilling to ADNOC Drilling Seatrium New Energy has announced the successful delivery of its second jackup rig, named 'AlSila', to ADNOC Drilling. The jackup rig is part of a series of five rigs that Seatrium New Energy (formerly Keppel FELS) had been building for Borr Drilling.
24 Aug 23	Angola: TechnipFMC awarded significant installation contract by TotalEnergies for Girassol Life Extension Project TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant(1) contract to install flexible pipe and associated subsea structures for the Girassol Life Extension project (GIR LIFEX) by TotalEnergies EP Angola and its Block 17 Partners.
24 Aug 23	Coro Energy announces sale of interest in ion Ventures Holdings Coro Energy has agreed to sell its 18.76% shareholding in ion Ventures Holdings to SLT1 LLC, a privately owned entity based in the USA for a cash consideration of £1.25 million. The proceeds will be used to further progress Coro's renewable portfolio in South East Asia, Duyung and for working capital.
24 Aug 23	PGS announces contract award and Ramform Victory scheduling update PGS has been awarded a 3D exploration acquisition contract offshore Africa. A Ramform Titan Class vessel is expected to mobilize for the survey in the fourth quarter, subject to final approvals, and the program has a total duration of 4-5 months.
24 Aug 23	Trinidad: Touchstone announces Ortoire operational update Touchstone Exploration has provided an update on Royston-1X well production testing, commissioning of the Cascadura natural gas and liquids facility, and operations at Coho.
24 Aug 23	Harbour Energy announces half-year results for the six months to 30 June 2023 Harbour Energy has announced its unaudited half-year results for the six months ended 30 June 2023. The Company reports EBITDAX of $1.4 billion (H1 2022: $2.0 billion), profit before tax of $0.4 billion (H1 2022: $1.5 billion); loss after tax of $8 million (H1 2022: profit of $1.0 billion) driven by a higher UK tax rate and one-off tax charges.
24 Aug 23	Panoro Energy announces 2023 half year results Panoro Energy reports that financial and operational performance for the first half of 2023 is in line with its expectations. Revenue for the first half of 2023 was USD 66.3 million (up 206 percent year-on-year) while EBITDA for the period was USD 38.9 million (up 87 percent year-on-year).
24 Aug 23	Norway: Horisont Energi and ammonia specialist Fertiberia strengthen Barents Blue partnership with signing of joint development agreement Horisont Energi has signed a joint development agreement with the European ammonia specialist Fertiberia as the new partner in the clean ammonia project Barents Blue, a best-in-class blue ammonia plant underpinning Europe’s transition towards carbon neutrality securing local use of natural resources and significant value creation.
23 Aug 23	Norway: Norwegian gas production increases on start-up of Dvalin field Wintershall Dea has started production from the operated Dvalin gas field in the Norwegian Sea together with the partners Petoro and Sval Energi, providing significant new gas volumes to the European market.
23 Aug 23	Trillion Energy announces second quarter - June 30 2023 results Trillion Energy International has announced its financial results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2023 and an operational update on efforts to increase production from the six SASB gas wells.