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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.
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.