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  • Eni finds more light oil off Angola

    Eni has said the fourth oil discovery in the exploration programme it started with partners in mid-2018 on Block 15/06 offshore Angola has production capacity exceeding 10,000 b/d of light oil.   The Ndungu-1 NFW well cut 65 metres of Oligocene sandstone with 45 metres…

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  • First Turbine Completed at Tasmania’s Cattle Hill Wind Farm

    Construction of Goldwind Australia’s 144MW Cattle Hill wind farm in Tasmania’s Central Highlands has reached a new milestone, with the unveiling of the project’s first fully completed turbine.   The first of the wind farm’s 48 turbines was officially unveiled by Tasmania Premier Will Hodgman…

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  • Shell Set to Have Biggest UK Decom Costs

    Royal Dutch Shell Plc is set to have the largest abandonment and decommissioning expenditure (ABEX) liability of UK operators in producing UK oil and gas developments, according to GlobalData.   The company is estimated to have over US$3 billion in ABEX liability to abandon producing…

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  • Aqualis merging with Braemar

    Aqualis has agreed to acquire the majority of the Braemar Technical Services division.   The combined company, to be renamed AqualisBraemar, will be an offshore, marine, adjusting, and renewables consultancy with operating across all major basins.   Existing and potential clients will be able to…

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  • Chinese Firm to recover Gas at Halfaya

    The China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation (CPECC) has been awarded a contract to recover natural gas from the Halfaya oilfield.   Planned production is put at 300 million standard cubic feet of gas per day, according to a statement from Iraq’s Ministry of Oil….

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  • Hurricane Energy announces introduction of hydrocarbons to Aoka Mizu FPSO

    Hurricane Energy, the UK based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, has provided an operational update in relation to the Early Production System development of the Lancaster field (‘Lancaster EPS’).   On 11 May 2019 hydrocarbons were introduced…

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  • People in the News

    Former JLT marine CEO Longley to leave MMC; linked with newly launched McGill & Partners Gordon Longley – the former UK CEO of marine and cargo at JLT – is the latest executive to resign from their role at new parent MMC, understood to be…

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  • ADNOC Awards Offshore Contract

    Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded McDermott International, Inc a front end engineering design (FEED) contract for phase one of the Umm Shaif Gas Cap Condensate Development Project in Abu Dhabi.   McDermott stated that it will provide FEED services on a design-competition…

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