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    Miller hires Aon exec to develop offshore wind farms portfolio Broker Miller has hired facultative reinsurance broker and producer Andrew Green from Aon Re.   He will produce and place facultative reinsurance for the construction and operation of offshore wind farms, with an initial focus…

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  • Var Energi Closes Exxon Deal

    Var Energi has confirmed that its acquisition of ExxonMobil’s upstream business in Norway has been completed.   The company revealed that it has doubled its production from the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) with the closing of the deal. The acquired fields were said to represent…

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  • Petrofac bags two new North Sea deals

    Oilfield services provider Petrofac has secured two new framework agreements for the provision of engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) services in the North Sea.   The first one, a three-year framework agreement awarded by EnQuest as part of a multi-contractor framework, covers EPCC services…

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  • Balticconnector pipeline close to start-up

    Officials and government representatives have attended simultaneous ceremonies in Finland and Estonia to mark commissioning of the two countries’ Balticconnector gas pipeline.   The final phase of commissioning finished late last month when the offshore section of the pipeline through the Baltic Sea was filled…

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  • Zenith Energy provides operational update on Azerbaijan

    Zenith Energy has provided an update on the C-37 well in the Jafarli oil field.   The Company can confirm that, in order to optimise future production from well C-37, it will install a custom-built bridge plug to isolate the Upper Cretaceous formation and enhance…

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  • Fluor Unit Wins Rotterdam Terminal Contract

    Stork, a unit of Fluor Corporation’s Diversified Services segment, has won a construction contract for a new liquid bulk storage terminal in the Netherlands, Fluor reported on the 11th December.   Under the contract from HES Hartel Tank Terminal, Stork will act as lead piping,…

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  • Springfield reveals Ghana discovery volumes

    Ghanaian company Springfield and its partners, GNPC and GNPC EXPLORCO, have officially announced significant oil discovery following its maiden Afina-1 well drilling campaign in the West Cape Three Points (WCTP) Block 2, offshore Ghana.   Offshore Energy Today reported in November that Springfield was set…

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