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17 Dec 20	Schlumberger and OMV announce enterprise deployment of AI and digital solutions Schlumberger and OMV Upstream have announced an enterprise-wide deployment of AI and digital solutions enabled by the cloud-based DELFI cognitive E&P environment, across OMV’s global operations. The five-year agreement will see the two companies collaborate to enhance efficiencies across OMV’s operations and position the company as a digital front-runner in the energy industry.
17 Dec 20	Energean completes the acquisition of Edison Energean has completed its acquisition of Edison Exploration & Production from Edison. The gross consideration for the transaction, as at the locked box date of 1 January 2019, is $284 million and the final net consideration (net of cash acquired), as of today, is $203million.
17 Dec 20	UK: Support for the supply chain vital throughout Just Transition says OGUK OGUK, the leading representative body for the UK offshore oil and gas industry has responded to the Scottish Government’s updated Climate Change Plan, which recognises the value the oil and gas industry can make in stepping up the transition to net-zero.
17 Dec 20	Australia: Falcon Oil and Gas comments on Australian Government's Beetaloo Basin strategic plan Falcon Oil & Gas notes the announcement by the Australian Government that it plans to provide up to A$50 million to accelerate exploration activity in the Beetaloo sub-basin. Falcon holds a 22.5% interest in 4.6 million gross acres in exploration permits (EP76, EP98 and EP117) covering the most prospective core area of the Beetaloo sub-basin.
17 Dec 20	Australian Government plans to provide up to AUD50 million to accelerate exploration activity in the Beetaloo sub-basin Australia's Coalition Government plans to accelerate gas exploration and development in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo sub-basin to create thousands of jobs, provide significant economic benefits to the region and ensure Australia remains a world leader in the production of natural gas.
17 Dec 20	UK: Glacier Energy secures significant PBS contract Glacier Energy, a leading international provider of specialist products, services and engineering solutions for energy infrastructure, has been awarded a contract worth circa £1 million by PBS for the provision of export gas coolers for Total Exploration and Production UK’s (TEPUK) North Alwyn Platform, in the North Sea.
17 Dec 20	Norway: Maersk Drilling’s first low-emission rig shows very promising emission reduction levels after entering operations in Norway After successfully being converted to a hybrid, low-emission rig, Maersk Intrepid has entered operations as the first Maersk Drilling rig to feature this set of upgrades. Maersk Intrepid is currently working for Equinor on the Martin Linge field.
17 Dec 20	FAR imited receives non-binding indicative proposal from Remus Horizons FAR Limited has received a conditional non-binding indicative proposal from Remus Horizons, a private investment fund, to engage in further discussions and further investigations for the purpose of evaluating its capacity to make an offer or announce an intention to make an offer to acquire 100% of the shares of FAR.
17 Dec 20	Argentina: Echo Energy secures new gas sales agreement for its Santa Cruz Sur assets, onshore Argentina Echo Energy has secured a new contract at a premium to prevailing spot market rates with a key gas customer for gas sales from its Santa Cruz Sur assets, onshore Argentina.
17 Dec 20	Cairn returns USD250 million to shareholders following sale of Senegal assets Cairn has announced that, following the approval of the sale of all of its interests in Senegal to Woodside, the Company will pay a special dividend of 32 pence per eligible ordinary share amounting to a return of approx. US$250m or £188m to shareholders.
17 Dec 20	Norway: Equinor awards Northern Lights contracts Equinor has awarded two key contracts, to Kvaerner and Aker Solutions, worth NOK 1.3 billion in connection with the Northern Lights project. The Northern Lights project is the transport and storage part of Longship, the Norwegian Government’s full-scale carbon capture and storage project.
17 Dec 20	Solstad Offshore awarded contracts for three PSVs Solstad Offshore has anounced the award of contacts for the PSV Normand Surfer and PSV Far Spica offshore UK, and for the PSV Normand Supra offshore Suriname.
17 Dec 20	Israel: Energean signs additional Karish gas sales agreements Energean has announced that Energean Israel has entered into a new set of agreements and amendments to existing agreements with Rapac Energy and its related companies to supply additional gas from the Karish gas development project.
17 Dec 20	Norway: Magseis Fairfield awarded multiyear OBN and seismic services contracts offshore Norway Magseis Fairfield has been awarded a contract for the provision of Reservoir Monitoring Source Services and OBN services by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia on the Norwegian continental shelf.
17 Dec 20	Timor Leste: Carnarvon farms out Buffalo field redevelopment Carnarvon Petroleum has entered into a binding agreement with AIM-listed Advance Energy to enable the redevelopment of the Buffalo oil field, located offshore Timor Leste.
17 Dec 20	Shearwater GeoServices signs USD 437 million refinancing of main debt facilities Shearwater GeoServices has signed new debt and guarantee facilities totalling USD 437 million, as part of the planned refinancing of the company’s maturing debt. The new facilities include the refinancing of the USD 325 million bridge facility originating from the acquisition of the marine seismic acquisition assets and operations of WesternGeco in November 2018.
17 Dec 20	Norway: Aker Solutions wins contracts for Northern Lights CO2 storage Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Equinor for delivering the new CO2 receiving facilities Northern Lights outside Bergen, Norway. The company has also won a contract from Equinor to deliver the subsea equipment for injecting captured CO2 into a reservoir for permanent storage.
16 Dec 20	Shell and Equinor combine digital forces to optimise inventory Royal Dutch Shell and Equinor will develop the next generation of Shell Inventory Optimiser, a solution that leverages advanced analytics on historical data to optimise operational spare part inventory levels. Building on news of the recent Strategic Alliance with Shell, Microsoft will be supporting Shell and Equinor with the co-development of the tool, which runs on Microsoft Azure.
16 Dec 20	UK: New net zero requirement for UK oil and gas industry A revised Strategy from the Oil & Gas Authority has been submitted for laying in the UK parliament, featuring for the first time an obligation on the oil and gas industry to support the UK’s net zero target.
16 Dec 20	Mexico: BHP selects DNV GL as Verification Body and Classification Society for Trion FPU DNV GL will verify that the new infrastructure built for the BHP Trion project is compliant with local and global safety, as well as other requirements. The Verification Body and Classification contract specifies DNV GL to participate in design review activities and site surveillance during construction, commissioning, and installation of the floating production unit (FPU).
16 Dec 20	China to be top market for onshore seismic in the next two years; global recovery to wait until 2022 The global onshore seismic market has had a devastating 2020 with a 27% slump in purchase value. Next year is set to be even more painful year as operators’ budget cuts will continue to strain the services sector, before a projected recovery in 2022, a Rystad Energy report shows, but China will be a bright exemption to the trend as it will lead global purchases in the next two years.
16 Dec 20	Eni and partners join forces to build a new open digital platform for companies committed to the energy transition Eni, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Google Cloud are building a new open digital platform supporting sustainability in the industrial supply chain. Starting from the energy world, the platform will progressively extend to all industrial sectors.
16 Dec 20	UK: RWE Renewables signs Power Purchase Agreement for Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm RWE Renewables has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with E.ON UK under which the company will offtake 100% of the electricity produced by the Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm from 2022 until 2035.
16 Dec 20	Norway: NPD announces award of Diskos 2.0 contracts The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has announced that Landmark and Kadme are the proposed winners of the contracts for Diskos 2.0. The procurement consists of two contracts - a database for subsurface data, awarded to Landmark, and a trade solution (data swap/geodata trading, managed by Norwegian Oil and Gas), awarded to Kadme.
16 Dec 20	Vietnam: KrisEnergy provides update on farm-out agreement for Vietnam Block 115/09 KrisEnergy has provided an update on the farm-out agreement with a major international oil and gas company for the transfer of its entire 100% working interest in the Block 115/09 production sharing contract, offshore Vietnam for a nominal cash consideration.