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22 Jan 20	Australia: Wilderness Society takes legal action against Equinor’s approval to drill the Bight The Wilderness Society South Australia has announced that it has commenced legal proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia to challenge the environmental approval recently granted by NOPSEMA to Norway's Equinor to commence oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight Marine Park.
22 Jan 20	Colombia: Fugro partners with Colombian Maritime Authority to complete seep hunting study Fugro and the Colombian Maritime Authority (Dirección General Maritima, DIMAR) have completed a joint environmental seep hunting study to help assess the country’s resource potential in the Caribbean Sea.
22 Jan 20	Malaysia: PGS data covers key block for Malaysia 2020 License Round Key areas for the 2020 Malaysia Licensing Round are covered by the PGS Sabah MC3D program. Data is available to evaluate the petroleum potential of the highly prospective offshore Sabah province.
22 Jan 20	UK: Ocean Installer awarded UK Central North Sea Triton Area Development contract with Dana Petroleum Dana Petroleum has awarded Ocean Installer a contract for work at the Triton Area Development, located in the Central North Sea.
22 Jan 20	Mexico: EMGS provides update on PEMEX multi-year acquisition contract EMGS has announced that it has received a call-off for additional acquisition work associated with the two-year acquisition contract signed with PEMEX last year. The call-off consists of deep-water acquisition work and has a total value of approx. USD 3.4 million, excluding associated processing.
22 Jan 20	Australia: DOF Subsea awarded contracts in Australia DOF Subsea has announced several contract-awards in the APAC region, securing further vessel and resource utilisation in Q1 and first part of Q2 2020. The contracts, for undisclosed clients in Australia, will see Skandi Singapore commence subsea project operations during Q1 2020 for two major operators in the region.
22 Jan 20	UK: TAQA secures Brae Area operatorship Following the announcement by RockRose Energy regarding the transfer of operatorship of the Brae Area to TAQA Bratani, TAQA Europe Managing Director Donald Taylor said the owners of the Brae Fields look forward to obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals and to discussing arrangements to transition operatorship of the Brae fields to TAQA.
22 Jan 20	US: Oil Search's Mitquq-1 exploration well in Alaska encounters hydrocarbons Oil Search reports that the Mitquq-1 exploration well, located 9 kms east of the proposed central processing facility for the Pikka Unit Nanushuk Development in Alaska, has intersected 60 metres of net hydrocarbon pay.
22 Jan 20	Gabon: VAALCO announces operational update including successfully restoring production at Etame 10H and Etame 4H wells VAALCO Energy has provided an operational update on its 2019/2020 drilling program offshore Gabon. The Company has successfully completed a planned workover on the Etame platform for the Etame 10H well and restored 600 gross BOPD. Stabilized production rates of 1,000 gross BOPD have been achieved from the Etame 4H well brought online in December 2019.
22 Jan 20	SDX Energy provides operations and financial update and guidance for 2020 AIM-listed SDX Energy, the MENA-focused oil and gas company, has provided a year end 31 December 2019 operations and financial update and set out production and capex guidance for 2020.
22 Jan 20	Egypt: United Oil & Gas provides update on Abu Sennan ASH-2 well and Rockhopper acquisition timetable AIM-listed United Oil & Gas has provided an update on the proposed acquisition of Rockhopper Egypt from Rockhopper Exploration, including further detail regarding the ASH-2 well which was recently drilled at Abu Sennan.
22 Jan 20	India: Shearwater GeoServices awarded Western Offshore India 3D campaign by ONGC Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a 3D broadband marine seismic acquisition campaign by ONGC in Western Offshore India. The project is scheduled to commence in Q1 2020.
22 Jan 20	Gabon: Panoro Energy announces completion of the second Tortue phase 2 development well, offshore Gabon Panoro Energy has announced the successful completion of the DTM-5H well, the second of the phase 2 Tortue development wells on Dussafu permit, offshore Gabon.
22 Jan 20	Canada: Questerre closes acquisition of Quebec assets Questerre Energy has received all approvals and has closed the acquisition of assets in Quebec pursuant to the purchase and sale agreement with a senior exploration and production company as set out in the Company’s press release dated March 7, 2019.
22 Jan 20	Senegal: FAR signs MoU with Glencore to market Sangomar field oil FAR Limited has signed a binding Memorandum of Understanding ('MoU') with Glencore Energy (UK) for the full allocation of the Company’s share of crude oil from the Sangomar field.
21 Jan 20	Santos announces 2019 Q4 activities report Santos delivered record annual production and revenues in 2019. The year was highlighted by highest ever free cash flow of more than $1.1 billion, record onshore drilling performance, lower unit production costs and significant progress on the Company's diversified portfolio of growth projects.
21 Jan 20	Saudi Arabia: Valaris provides update on ARO Drilling joint venture Valaris has announced that ARO Drilling, its 50/50 joint venture with Saudi Aramco, has ordered two newbuild jackup rigs from International Maritime Industries. Upon delivery, each rig is expected to commence an eight-year contract with Saudi Aramco and operate at a day rate determined by a six-year EBITDA payback.
21 Jan 20	McDermott announces comprehensive prepackaged restructuring transaction McDermott International has announced that it has the support of more than two-thirds of all its funded debt creditors for a restructuring transaction that will equitize nearly all the Company's funded debt, eliminating over $4.6 billion of debt.
21 Jan 20	US: Otto Energy provides production update for Lightning field onshore Matagorda County, TX Otto Energy has provided an update on the Green-1 production well at the Lightning field onshore Matagorda County, TX. Gross production from the Green-1 well increased to 14.3 MMscf/d gas and over 400 bbl/d of condensate with additional upside potential pending pressure stabilization.
21 Jan 20	UK: Egdon Resources completes P1929 and P2304 Farm-In Agreement with Shell U.K. Egdon Resources has announced the signature of a Farm-In Agreement with Shell U.K. in relation to UK offshore licences P1929 and P2304 which contain the Resolution and Endeavour gas discoveries respectively.
21 Jan 20	Saudi Arabia: Wood cements position as strategic partner to Saudi Aramco Wood has secured a two-year extension to its in-Kingdom and out-of Kingdom contracts with Saudi Aramco’s subsidiary, Aramco Overseas Company (AOC) for its unconventional gas programme, extending awards originally secured in 2014.
21 Jan 20	Iraq: Gulf Keystone announces operational and corporate update Gulf Keystone Petroleum has provided an operational and corporate update in advance of the Company's full year 2019 results. With the continued development of the Shaikan field, the Company expects to increase average production in 2020 by more than 30 percent year-on-year to 43,000-48,000 bopd.
21 Jan 20	Peru: PetroTal announces fully funded 2020 Capital Budget of US$99 million PetroTal, the Peruvian focused E&P company, has announced its 2020 capital program of US$99 million, expected to be fully funded with funds generated from operations and existing cash resources. The capital program will allow PetroTal to become a free cash-flowing company and reach 20,000 bopd from the Bretana oil field before year-end 2020.
21 Jan 20	BHP announces operational review for half year ended 31 December 2019 BHP has announced an operational review for the half year ended 31 December 2019. Total petroleum production decreased by nine per cent to 57MMboe. Guidance for the 2020 financial year remains unchanged at between 110 and 116 MMboe, with volumes expected to be towards the lower end of the guidance range.
21 Jan 20	UAE: SNC-Lavalin awarded contract for second phase of the Haliba field SNC-Lavalin has been awarded an engineering services contract from Al Dhafra Petroleum, a joint venture company between ADNOC and the Korea National Oil Corp and GS Energy. Under the nine-month agreement, SNC-Lavalin will provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for the second phase of the Haliba field.