Shell is exploring options to divest its non-operated interests in the Amended 2011 Baram Delta enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and SK307 production sharing contracts (PSCs) offshore Sarawak. The (Amended) 2011 Baram Delta EOR PSC comprises Bokor, Baronia, Fairley Baram, Bakau, and Siwa oil fields…
The EU’s “Hydrogen Strategy for a Climate-Neutral Europe” of July 2020 is only the latest in a series of programmes designed to foster the use of hydrogen to decarbonise and integrate the energy system. The G20, Germany and Japan have also indicated interest in…
Westinghouse Electric Company has announced intentions to invest in nuclear technologies in Poland, following a meeting between Westinghouse Chief Executive Officer Patrick Fragman and Poland’s Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure Piotr Naimski in Warsaw….
Qatargas has completed its offshore North Field Bravo (NFB) living quarters expansion project. This involved construction and installation of a new five-deck, 90-person accommodation platform supported by a four-legged jacket and piles – total weight around 5,000 metric tons (5,511 tons) – with a…
Excelerate Energy LP has reported that it, along with ExxonMobil LNG Market Development Inc, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the 12th March with Albania’s government to conduct a study assessing and evaluating the potential of developing an LNG project in the Balkan country….
UK’s petroleum regulator, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), has outlined how the oil and gas industry should work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its new net-zero report. The OGA has launched its ‘Stewardship Expectation 11 – Net Zero’, setting out how the…
PJSC Gazprom Neft subsidiary JSC Gazpromneft-MNPZ has let a preliminary contract to DL E&C Company Ltd of South Korea and its subsidiary Daelim RUS LLC to deliver a suite of services on construction of a new hydrocracking plant to be built as part of the…
Pipeline operator Kinder Morgan said on the 12th March that it has formed a new Energy Transition Ventures group to focus on low-carbon energy initiatives, as oil and gas companies work to meet climate targets. The initiative comes as the energy industry responds to demands from investors…
The technology group Wärtsilä has expanded its partnership with the Dutch marine contractor Van Oord with the signing of a nine-year renewal and extension to its Optimised Maintenance agreement. The new agreement also expands on the original by adding Wärtsilä’s Expert Insight and Data…
The drillship Maersk Venturer has sailed to Ghana and will start a four-year, multi-well programme next month for Tullow Oil and its partners. It had been working on Tullow’s previous drilling campaign, but the company terminated the contract last year in response to COVID-19’s…
