Potential leasing and drilling bans threaten the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) oil and natural gas industry’s contribution to US energy production, employment, gross domestic product (GDP) and government revenues, according to a new National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) study. Citing calls for no offshore…
Who needs a loss-making, inflexible oil refinery in a world where demand for petroleum has been obliterated? We’re about to find out. When consumption of transport fuels collapsed this year because of coronavirus, much of the industry moved into survival mode, cutting processing rates…
Norwegian energy giant Equinor plans to bring back online its Hammerfest liquefied natural gas export plant on the 18th June following planned maintenance. The LNG operator said earlier this month it would close the export facility for scheduled maintenance for two weeks starting on…
Petrofac’s Engineering & Production Services division has started a well decommissioning contract for the Rubie and Renee fields in the UK central North Sea, 200 km (124 miles) north-east of Aberdeen. Over the next three months, the company will provide well operator, engineering and…
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Hai Long Offshore Wind (Hai Long) have announced that the new SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine is intended to be used at the upcoming 300 MW Hai Long 2 project in Taiwan. The deployment of the turbine…
On 23 April 2020, Tullow announced that it had agreed the sale of its assets in Uganda to Total and that CNOOC had rights of pre-emption to acquire 50% of these assets on the same terms and conditions as Total. CNOOC has now informed…
Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) has begun site preparation at two drilling locations in the Kavango sedimentary basin in northeast Namibia and plans to drill its first well in this year’s fourth quarter. The main objectives of the wells are to confirm organic rich shales…
On the 26th May, Chief executive officers of leading global oil and gas companies issued an open letter reiterating their commitment to addressing climate change and facilitating actions that lower the energy industry’s carbon intensity. Under the auspices of a group called the Oil…
UK authorities have approved the plan for the removal of the Petrojarl Banff FPSO and Apollo Spirit FSO from Canadian Natural Resources’ Banff and Kyle fields in the UK sector of the Central North Sea. The Banff field is located in blocks 29/2a and…
DEME Offshore’s installation vessel Living Stone has completed the inter-array cable laying works at the SeaMade offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. The company was responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of the 64 inter-array cables, with a total length…
