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18 Apr 24	Cuba: Melbana Energy announces Alameda-3 drilling update Melbana reports that sections of elevated formation gas have been encountered indicative of hydrocarbons in the reservoir, consistent with the exploration well Alameda-1.
18 Apr 24	Brazil: Petrobras sells its stake in the Cherne and Bagre fields, located in shallow waters in the Campos Basin, to Perenco Petrobras has sold its entire stake in the Cherne and Bagre fields, located in shallow waters in the Campos Basin, to Perenco. Production from the two fields was interrupted in March 2020 and the respective platforms have been mothballed ever since.
18 Apr 24	Colombia: Canacol Energy announces new gas discovery at Chontaduro-1 Canacol Energy has announced a new gas discovery at the Chontaduro-1 exploration well located on the 100 percent operated VIM21 Exploration and Production contract. Canacol is currently skidding the rig to drill the Chontaduro-2 appraisal well, targeting the CDO sandstone reservoir in the southern part of the Chontaduro discovery.
18 Apr 24	Shearwater and Mondaic enter strategic collaboration on full waveform inversion Shearwater Geoservices, the world’s leading marine seismic acquisition company, and Mondaic, a provider of proprietary software and services for high-resolution 3D imaging, have entered a strategic collaboration for development and use of full waveform inversion solutions to enhance high-resolution subsurface imaging and optimize seismic acquisition surveys.
18 Apr 24	Denmark: BlueNord provides update on Tyra Redevelopment Project BlueNord has been informed by the operator TotalEnergies that an operational occurrence related to the IP compressor is temporarily impacting the commissioning of the new Tyra facilities during the ramp-up and testing period, and the teams are working to resolve the issue
18 Apr 24	Namibia: ReconAfrica announces an operations update and joint venture update Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) has announced an operations update with respect to activity relating to Petroleum Exploration Licence 73 ('PEL 73'), onshore northeast Namibia, and an update with respect to the ongoing joint venture process. The Company expects to begin drilling the first Damara Fold Belt exploration well, Naingopo (Prospect L), in June 2024.
18 Apr 24	bp simplifies organisational structure and announces executive team changes bp is simplifying its organisational structure, supporting delivery of the priorities it set out in February 2024 to grow the value of bp. bp will continue to have three businesses - production & operations, gas & low carbon energy and customers & products – enabled by trading & shipping.
18 Apr 24	UK: DNV acts as technical advisor in deal to secure £100 million funding platform to accelerate the UK's transition to a zero-emission bus network DNV has acted as technical advisor to Rock Road as it secured a £100 million funding platform to finance up to 250 zero-emission buses and associated infrastructure across the UK.
18 Apr 24	UK: Deltic Energy announces final results for the year ended 31 December 2023 Deltic Energy, the AIM-quoted natural resources investing company with a high impact exploration and appraisal portfolio focused on the Southern North Sea has announced its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2023 and has released an updated corporate presentation. The Company is planning an appraisal well on Pensacola in 2024, and an exploration well on Selene following the farmout to Dana.
18 Apr 24	UK: NEO fined £100,000 for breaching its vent consent NEO Energy Production UK has been fined £100,000 for breaching its combined vent consent for the Donan, Lochranza and Balloch fields, around 200km northeast of Aberdeen.
18 Apr 24	Equatorial Guinea: Petrofac awarded contract supporting the National Oil Company of Equatorial Guinea Petrofac has been awarded a Technical Services Contract by Companía Nacional de Petróleos de Guinea Ecuatorial (GEPetrol), the National Oil Company of Equatorial Guinea, to support the operation of the region’s Block B asset.
18 Apr 24	88 Energy provides activities report for the quarter ended 31 March 2024 88 Energy has provided an activities report for the quarter ended 31 March 2024, including an update on the successful Hickory-1 discovery well flow test and stimulation program at Project Phoenix on the Alaskan North Slope and an update on its farm-in agreement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Monitor Exploration to earn up to a 45% non-operated working interest in onshore PEL 93, located in the Owambo Basin of Namibia.
18 Apr 24	Challenger Energy announces strategic investment by Charlestown Energy AIM-listed Challenger Energy, the Atlantic margin focused energy company, has entered into a legally binding term sheet for an investment by Charlestown Energy Partners. Charlestown will invest £1.5m in the Company, initially in the form of a loan.
18 Apr 24	SBM Offshore signs a US$250 million short-term corporate facility SBM Offshore has secured a US$250 million term loan facility. The facility will be fully drawn in the coming days to finance Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) construction activities. Repayment is expected from first drawdown of the construction financing of FPSO Jaguar.
18 Apr 24	UK: Management buyout starts new chapter for Crondall Energy A management buyout at Crondall Energy has seen a large proportion of members of its team take an ownership stake in the independent offshore energy consultancy.
18 Apr 24	Santos announces 2024 first quarter report Strong underlying business performance, combined with a disciplined focus on operational excellence, delivered a robust first quarter for 2024. Santos reports strong free cash flow from operations of US$692 million, sales revenue of US$1.4 billion and production of 21.8 mmboe despite severe weather events and planned maintenance activities.
18 Apr 24	US/Canada: CO280 and Aker Carbon Capture collaborate with Microsoft to scale-up permanent, affordable carbon removal in US and Canada CO280 and Aker Carbon Capture have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement with Microsoft to explore opportunities for scaling the full physical and digital value chain of carbon removal in the US and Canada.
17 Apr 24	Denmark: Danish Energy Agency has awarded contracts to three companies for new CCS projects The fund for negative CO2 emissions (NECCS fund) has been completed, and the Danish Energy Agency has awarded contracts to three companies for new CCS projects. Together, the projects will ensure the capture and storage of 160,350 tonnes of CO2 annually during the period 2026 to 2032. This corresponds to the annual CO2 absorption from approximately 16,000 hectares of forest.
17 Apr 24	Europa Oil & Gas announces interim results Europa Oil & Gas, the AIM quoted UK, Ireland and West Africa focused oil and gas exploration, development and production company, has announced its unaudited interim results for the six-month period ended 31 January 2024.
17 Apr 24	Norwegian Offshore Directorate publishes new deep sea data In June 2022, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate published data collected up to 2022. The Directorate is now releasing deep sea data gathered from 2022 to 2024.
17 Apr 24	TGS and PGS receive Norwegian competition clearance for merger Following the joint stock exchange announcement on 18 September 2023 by TGS and PGS regarding the combination of the two companies to establish the premier energy data company, TGS and PGS have confirmed that the Norwegian Competition Authority has provided its clearance of the Merger.
17 Apr 24	Australia: Progress continues on Greater Sunrise development The Sunrise Joint Venture (SJV) participants, comprising TIMOR GAP (56.56%), Operator Woodside Energy (33.44%), and Osaka Gas Australia (10.00%), following a global contract procurement process has awarded the Greater Sunrise Concept Study ontract to Wood Australia.
17 Apr 24	UK: Q ENERGY to construct a 33 MWp solar PV farm in the UK Q ENERGY has announced that it is advancing with the construction on a 33 MWp solar PV farm ('Whinfield Solar') near Darlington in the Northeast of England. Whinfield Solar will be equipped with nearly 60,000 ground-mounted solar modules and is expected to produce enough emission-free electricity to satisfy the average demand of more than 8,700 households.
17 Apr 24	Norway: The future in the Barents Sea is here now - Norwegian Offshore Directorate The Johan Castberg ship will soon be heading north. With the ship in place, the plan is to have three producing fields in the Barents Sea by the end of the year. We now have the opportunity to lay a good foundation for further development of this part of the Norwegian shelf, said Torgeir Stordal, Director General of the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, in his keynote address at the Barents Sea Conference.
17 Apr 24	UK: Offshore wind industry unveils Industrial Growth Plan to triple supply chain manufacturing RenewableUK, the Offshore Wind Industry Council, The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland have published a detailed Industrial Growth Plan, setting out how to triple offshore wind manufacturing capacity over the next ten years, firmly establishing the UK as a leader in a surging global market.