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22 Apr 24 |
Malaysia: TotalEnergies signs an agreement to acquire the remaining 50% of SapuraOMV, a significant Upstream Gas Operator in Malaysia TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Sapura Upstream Assets to acquire its 50% interest in Malaysian independent gas producer and operator SapuraOMV for a consideration of $530 million. |
22 Apr 24 |
Balticconnector’s commercial use has begun as planned Balticconnector’s commercial use has begun according to plans today, 22 April. According to the current forecast, market participants will transmit approximately 10 GWh of commercial gas from Estonia to Finland during this gas day, and approximately 70 GWh from Finland to Estonia. |
22 Apr 24 |
UK: RWE launches pre-application consultation for Pembroke Green Hydrogen To support the decarbonisation of local industry in South Wales, RWE is progressing proposals to develop a green hydrogen production facility on its land adjacent to Pembroke Power Station. Hydrogen can be used as a clean energy alternative for local industrial processes, displacing their current fossil fuel usage, and reducing their carbon emissions. |
22 Apr 24 |
Oman: Technip Energies awarded a substantial contract for TotalEnergies and OQ’s Marsa LNG Project in Oman Technip Energies has been awarded a substantial contract by TotalEnergies and OQ for the Marsa LNG bunkering project located in Sohar, Oman. The contract covers Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of a natural gas liquefaction train with an LNG production capacity of 1 Mtpa. |
22 Apr 24 |
Brazil: Seacrest Petroleo announces first quarter 2024 production and offtake update Seacrest Petroleo’s net production of oil and natural gas averaged 8,377 boepd in Q1 2024, 2% higher than the production in the Q4 of 2023, and 3.6 times the production in the Q1 of 2023. Production from the first two infill wells drilled at the Inhambu field has commenced. The Company is in the process of analysing the stabilised production performance and will apply the info to future wells as part of its 300-well infill drilling program, the largest such project onshore Brazil. |
22 Apr 24 |
Norway: Equinor completes an appraisal well (7324/7-4) on the Wisting discovery in the Barents Sea Equinor has completed an appraisal well (7324/7-4) on the Wisting discovery in the Barents Sea. The objective was to acquire data on the reservoir and cap rock, for use in ongoing evaluation and development of the discovery. |
22 Apr 24 |
Rystad Energy’s energy supply chain report shows potential prize for the UK A new report published by independent research and business intelligence company, Rystad Energy shows the oil and gas sector’s supply chain possesses between 60 to 80% of the capabilities required to develop the UK’s low carbon energies, but targeted investment is vital to capture the potential of an estimated £150 billion opportunity. The research commissioned by OEUK is in a new report called ‘UK oil and gas supply chain and opportunities in the energy transition’. |
22 Apr 24 |
Oman: TotalEnergies launches the Marsa LNG project and deploys its multi-energy strategy in the Sultanate of Oman TotalEnergies and the Oman National Oil Company have announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) of the Marsa LNG project. TotalEnergies had signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Oman LNG to offtake 0.8 Mtpa of LNG for ten years from 2025, making the Company one of the main offtakers of Oman LNG's production. |
22 Apr 24 |
Ireland: Europa Oil & Gas announces results of an updated Irish Licence Emissions Report Europa Oil & Gas has announced that it has published on the Company's website a third-party report that details the results of an updated study which calculated the expected emissions associated with the development of a future 1 TCF indigenous gas discovery on Europa's Irish offshore licence FEL 4/19. |
22 Apr 24 |
UK: Union Jack Oil announces Board changes Union Jack Oil, a UK and USA focused onshore hydrocarbon production, development and exploration company, has announced the appointment of Craig Howie as an independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 22 April 2024. |
22 Apr 24 |
Norway: AkerBP starts production at Hanz in the North Sea Aker BP has announced that production has started from Hanz in the North Sea. Hanz is operated by Aker BP, with Equinor and Sval Energy as partners. Hanz is a subsea field development tied into the Ivar Aasen platform about 15 kms further south. |
22 Apr 24 |
SLB announces first-quarter 2024 results SLB has announced results for the first-quarter 2024. Revenue of $8.71 billion increased 13% year on year. Adjusted EBITDA of $2.06 billion increased 15% year on year. |
22 Apr 24 |
Namibia: Galp provides update on Namibia exploration Galp (80%, operator), together with its partners NAMCOR and Custos, has successfully completed the first phase of the Mopane exploration campaign with the conclusion of the Mopane-1X Well Testing operations. In the Mopane complex alone and, before drilling additional exploration and appraisal wells, hydrocarbon in-place estimates are 10 billion barrels of oil equivalent, or higher. |
22 Apr 24 |
Transocean issues quarterly Fleet Status Report Transocean has issued a quarterly Fleet Status Report that provides the current status of, and contract information for, the company’s fleet of offshore drilling rigs. |
22 Apr 24 |
Prosafe annouces operational update - April 2024 Prosafe, a leading owner and operator of semi-submersible accommodation vessels, has announced an operational update. Fleet utilization for Q1 2024 was 56 percent. |
22 Apr 24 |
World's first ammonia dual-fuel Aframaxes to be developed by MISC MISC has entered into Time Charter Party Contracts (TCP) with PETCO Trading Labuan Company Ltd (PTLCL) via its petroleum arm, AET for the world’s first two ammonia dual-fuel Aframaxes. Through these vessels, PTLCL will be able to transport its products to customers around the world while contributing to the industry decarbonisation by utilising ammonia as the cleaner alternative to conventional fuel. |
22 Apr 24 |
Romania: ABL to provide marine warranty survey services for Neptun Deep project in the Black Sea OMV Petrom have appointed global energy and marine consultancy ABL to provide Marine Warranty Survey (MWS) services for the construction of Romania’s Neptun Deep Gas Field Project in the Black Sea. |
22 Apr 24 |
US: Biden-Harris Administration takes critical action to protect Alaska Native Subsistence, Lands and Wildlife The Department of the Interior has taken two actions to help ensure millions of acres in Alaska are appropriately managed to protect the subsistence economy important to Alaska Native people and rural communities; conserve important fish and wildlife habitat; and balance extractive activities on public lands. |
19 Apr 24 |
UK: Scottish Government stepping up action to net zero The Scottish Government is stepping up action to tackle climate change with a suite of new policies on transport, including increasing the number of electric vehicle chargers, and land use. |
19 Apr 24 |
UK/Denmark: National Grid launches Viking Link, the next step towards a North Sea super-grid Delivering a major milestone in the UK energy transition and the next step in creating a North Sea grid, National Grid has today formally launched Viking Link, a record-breaking 475-mile-long land and subsea cable connecting British and Danish energy grids for the first time. |
19 Apr 24 |
Stena Bulk completes sale of Stena Blue Sky Leading tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has announced the successful sale of Stena Blue Sky to an undisclosed Asian buyer. The sale of Stena Blue Sky follows the recent announcement that Stena Bulk had sold two LNG carriers to BW LNG. |
19 Apr 24 |
Petrobras and bp sign memorandum of intent for business and research Petrobras and bp have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of promoting discussions and collaboration between the companies. This non-binding agreement focuses on topics such as: business opportunities in Sustainable Fuels, Carbon Credits, Refining and Exploration and Production. The companies will also work together on research, development, and innovation projects. |
19 Apr 24 |
Egypt: SDX Energy announces sale of West Gharib asset in Egypt SDX has executed a binding sale and purchase agreement ('SPA') for the disposal of the Company's West Gharib interests in Egypt. The Company also continues to progress the binding documentation for the sale of its South Disouq assets. |
19 Apr 24 |
US: 88 Energy announces further information on Hickory-1 flow test results 88 Energy has provided a further update and information in relation to the successful flow test results announced on 2 April and 15 April 2024, from the Company's Hickory-1 discovery well, located in Project Phoenix on the North Slope of Alaska. |
19 Apr 24 |
Woodside announces first quarter report for period ended 31 March 2024 Woodside has announced its first quarter report for period ended 31 March 2024. Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill said production in the first quarter totalled 44.9 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) and guidance for the full year remained at 185-195 million boe. |