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15 Jan 21	US: Nostra Terra completes Pine Mills well Nostra Terra, the oil and gas exploration and production company with a portfolio of development and production assets in Texas, USA, has announced the completion of the Cypress farm-out well at the Company's Pine Mills oil field.
15 Jan 21	Turkey: UKOG receives formal government consent for Turkish Resan Licence acquisition AIM-listed UK Oil & Gas (UKOG) has announced that the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, UKOG Turkey, has received notice that formal government consent for the Company's acquisition of a 50% interest in the 305 sq km Basur-Resan oil appraisal and exploration licence has now been granted via official decree.
15 Jan 21	US: Chevron invests in carbon capture and utilisation startup Chevron has announced a Series C investment in San Jose-based Blue Planet Systems Corporation, a startup that manufactures and develops carbonate aggregates and carbon capture technology intended to reduce the carbon intensity of industrial operations.
15 Jan 21	Denmark: Dana cancels drilling contract with Maersk Drilling Maersk Drilling has received notice of early termination for convenience of a one-well contract with Dana Petroleum Denmark.
14 Jan 21	Indonesia: Cue Energy commences oil production from the PB field in the Mahato PSC in Indonesia Cue Energy reports that commercial production of oil has commenced from the PB field in the Mahato PSC in Indonesia and the dispute between Cue and the Joint Venture partners has been settled. Cue Energy Resources holds a 12.5% participating interest in the Mahato PSC.
14 Jan 21	UK: OGUK CEO says Energy White Paper must be opportunity for jobs and communities OGUK chief executive Deirdre Michie OBE has appeared before the House of Commons Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee to give evidence on the Energy White Paper (EWP), published in December.
14 Jan 21	US: Orsted signs long-term power purchase agreements with PepsiCo for Nebraska and Texas wind farms PepsiCo has signed two agreements with Ørsted to purchase a portion of energy from the 298 MW Haystack wind project in Nebraska and the 367 MW Western Trail wind project in Texas.
14 Jan 21	Talos Energy completes comprehensive refinancing and liquidity enhancing activities Talos Energy has completed a series of capital markets activities to refinance the Company's near-term bond maturities, significantly enhance liquidity and provide the Company with greater strategic flexibility entering 2021.
14 Jan 21	Norway: Equinor to explore the opportunities within offshore solar power Equinor is already an offshore wind major. Now the company will explore the opportunities within offshore solar power. Together with Moss Maritime the company wants to start testing off the island of Frøya.
14 Jan 21	US: Total and 174 Power Global to jointly develop 1.6 GW of solar and energy storage projects in the U.S. Total and 174 Power Global, a wholly owned Hanwha Group affiliate, have signed an agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture (JV) to develop 12 utility-scale solar and energy storage projects of 1.6 gigawatts (GW) cumulative capacity in the United States, transferred from 174 Power Global’s development pipeline.
14 Jan 21	Argentina: Equinor and YPF partner with Shell in the CAN 100 block offshore Argentina Equinor and YPF have today entered into an agreement with Shell to jointly farm-down 30% non-operated interests in the CAN 100 block, located in the North Argentinian Basin, offshore Argentina.
14 Jan 21	Australia: Woodside given approval for Greater Western Flank-3 Development and the Lambert Deep Development Australia's National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has given Woodside approval for the Greater Western Flank-3 (GWF-3) Development and the Lambert Deep (LD) Development, subsea tie-backs to the GWA and Angel facilities respectively.
14 Jan 21	Israel: Energean announces Karish North Final Investment Decision and new term loan Energean has announced that it has taken Final Investment Decision ('FID') on the Karish North gas development, offshore Israel, 21-months after the announcement of the discovery.
14 Jan 21	Norway: The Shelf 2020 - high activity and significant investments Activity on the Norwegian continental shelf last year remained at a high level, despite the ongoing pandemic. The year has been characterised by high production and significant investments in developments and projects on the fields.
14 Jan 21	Peru: Searcher announces Onshore Peru Multi-Client Campaign Searcher has announced a new Onshore Peru Campaign, in collaboration with PeruPetro. 2D & 3D Seismic Rectification and a Well Atlas including post-drill analysis will provide a renewed and enhanced dataset to support future bid rounds, regional evaluations and due diligence of existing commercial opportunities.
14 Jan 21	UK: Hurricane Energy provides trading and operational update Hurricane Energy has provided a trading and operational update ahead of its results for the year ended 31 December 2020. Hurricane reports production in line with expectations, a December lifting from Lancaster, and higher oil prices combined to deliver a $19 million increase in net free cash at year-end compared to end November 2020.
14 Jan 21	US: Pantheon Resources spuds Talitha-A well, North Slope of Alaska AIM-listed Pantheon Resources has spudded the Talitha-A well, North Slope of Alaska. The Company estimates the Talitha-A well will target in the region of a billion barrels of recoverable oil potential across the multiple stacked (primary and secondary) objectives.
14 Jan 21	US: Pantheon Resources acquires new acreage in Alaska's North Slope Areawide Lease Sale AIM-listed Pantheon Resources has announced the successful acquisition of a 100% interest in approx. 66,000 acres in the State of Alaska's North Slope Areawide Lease Sale. The new leases are strategically positioned in two areas contiguous to the Company's current acreage.
14 Jan 21	Suriname: Total, new operator of Block 58 offshore Suriname, announces a fourth discovery Total and Apache Corporation have made a new significant oil and gas discovery at the Keskesi East-1 well, in Block 58 off the coast of Suriname. This follows previous discoveries at Maka Central, Sapakara West and Kwaskwasi.
14 Jan 21	Australia: Beach Energy given approval to drill Artisan-1 well in Otway Basin Australia's National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has given Beach Energy approval to drill the Artisan-1 exploration well in the Otway Basin.
14 Jan 21	Namibia: BW Energy signs Kudu farm-in agreement BW Energy and the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR) have signed a Farm-In and Carry Agreement. The agreement increases BW Kudu’s working interest in the Kudu license offshore Namibia from 56% to 95%. NAMCOR will retain the remaining 5% working interest.
14 Jan 21	Germany: Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy to unlock a new era of offshore green hydrogen production To reach the Paris Agreement goals, the world will need vast amounts of green hydrogen and wind will provide a large portion of the power needed for its production. Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy have announced that they are joining forces combining their ongoing wind-to-hydrogen developments to address one of the major challenges of our decade - decarbonizing the economy to solve the climate crisis.