UK oil and gas company EnQuest has been awarded the Block PM409 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) located offshore Malaysia in partnership with Petronas Carigali by Petronas. Under the terms of the PSC, awarded as part of the 2019 Malaysia Bidding Round, EnQuest will operate…
Woodside Energy reported on the 3rd December that the development and exploitation plan for the Sangomar field offshore Senegal has been submitted to the West African country’s government. According to Woodside CEO Peter Coleman, whose company operates the Sangomar Field Development joint venture (JV)…
Equinor Energy AS has been granted a drilling permit by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to prove sandstone and storage potential for CO2 in the Cook and Johansen formations covered by exploitation licence 001 (Aurora) in the Norwegian North Sea. Sealing properties of the overlying…
Ithaca Energy has issued an update on its UK North Sea operations, which include the recently acquired operatorship of various fields from Chevron. The latest drilling campaign on the Captain field, which recently finished, involved drilling of five infill wells and two well workovers….
The technology group Wärtsilä will optimise the energy system of the Fekola Mine, located in a remote region in south-west Mali. This is needed to improve the mine’s operations, reduce fuel consumption, and lessen the carbon emissions. Wärtsilä has been contracted to design and…
Premier Oil Plc has reported the start of natural gas production from its operated Bison, Iguana, and Gajah Puteri (BIG-P) project on Natuna Sea Block A offshore Indonesia. The 2-year project was delivered on schedule and under budget. Premier expects BIG-P’s recoverable reserves…
The world’s biggest natural gas exporter and one of the globe’s top consumers of the fuel cemented their energy cooperation on the 2nd December with the launch of Russia’s giant Power of Siberia pipeline to northern China. Gas started flowing towards China through the…
Greek oil company Energean has pledged to become a net-zero emissions company by 2050. The London/Tel Aviv-listed, Mediterranean focused, oil and gas explorer and producer said on the 2nd December that it was supporting and is committed to the pledges of the United Nations…
Jan De Nul Group has contracted the CMHI Haimen shipyard in China to build a floating installation crane vessel. The Les Alizés is specifically designed for loading, transporting, lifting, and installing offshore wind turbine foundations. The main features are a main crane of 5,000…
Following the implementation of Project CO2MENT, Lafarge Canada has moved to the second stage of carbon capture at the Richmond Cement Plant. LafargeHolcim Head of North America, Rene Thibault, visited the facility as Phase II of the project begins. Flue gas from the…
