Russia will seek sanctions relief on green investment projects for state-run energy giants such as Gazprom at next month’s COP26 climate summit (COP26 means the annual UN Conference of the Parties), as it comes under growing pressure to join a commitment to slash methane emissions….
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Equinor for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea. The well 6407/9-13 will be drilled from the West Hercules semi-submersible drilling rig, the NPD said on the 22nd October. The drilling programme…
GE Renewable Energy has received an order from JSW Energy, one of India’s leading power companies, to supply 810 MW of onshore wind turbines for their upcoming wind farms in Tamil Nadu province. The turbines will produce enough green energy to meet the annual…
An oil-data start-up backed by Palantir Technologies Inc co-founder Joe Lonsdale plans to help energy explorers, bankers and investors figure out how much crude and natural gas reserves trapped underground are really worth. Zeno Technologies wants to replace the “patchwork of tools” oil executives…
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline will increase threats to the security of gas supplies to the European Union, Polish gas giant PGNiG said in a submission as part of the certification procedure for the pipeline’s operator. Poland, which has taken steps to reduce its reliance on Russian gas supplies, has on many occasions…
Woodside Energy has issued progress reports on its development projects in West Africa and Australia. Offshore Senegal, the first development well for the Sangomar field development Phase 1 has been drilled and completed, including installation of the xmas tree. It was also the first…
Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDCL) discovered gas in the Mughalkot formation at the Jandran West X-1 exploration well in District Kohlu, Balochistan province of Pakistan. The well was spudded on the 19th May and was drilled to a depth of 1,627 metres…
Oil supermajor Shell has revealed that production started from the Arran gas and condensate field in the UK North Sea, one of the fields linked to the Shearwater hub. The start of production from Arran, which is connected to Scottish petrochemical facilities, is intended…
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has endorsed the World Bank’s Zero Routine Flaring by 2030 initiative. As explained by Neptune on the 21st October, the initiative brings together governments, companies, and development institutions to eliminate routine gas flaring in oil production no later…
TotalEnergies E&P UK has awarded the Vroon Offshore Services BV platform supply vessel VOS Passion a one-year contract. The vessel recently completed a three-year charter with the same company. During the short break between charters the VOS Passion underwent her first special survey…
