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  • ExxonMobil spuds second well on Canje block offshore Guyana

    The drillship Stena DrillMAX has spudded the ExxonMobil-operated Sapote-1 exploration well on the Canje block offshore Guyana.   According to Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas, which has an indirect interest via partner JHI Associates, Sapote-1 will test Upper Cretaceous reservoirs in a stratigraphic trap, with…

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  • Australia Bucks Climate Trend with Plan to Subsidise Natural Gas and Coal

    Australia’s federal government is proposing what amounts to a subsidy to coal- and natural gas-fired power generation, in a bid to solve a problem the country’s energy market operator says doesn’t exist.   The conservative Liberal-National coalition government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison is backing…

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  • PGNiG, ERU to begin joint exploration operations in Ukraine

    Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG) signed an agreement with ERU Management Services to acquire 85% of the shares of Karpatgazvydobuvannya LLC, the sole holder of the Byblivska licence in Western Ukraine.   Karpatgazvydobuvannya holds a licence to explore for and produce hydrocarbons in the…

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  • ADNOC partners with Pakistani companies for the first time

    As part of Abu Dhabi’s second competitive block bid round, ADNOC has signed a historic exploration concession agreement, awarding the exploration rights for Abu Dhabi’s Offshore Block 5 to a consortium of four Pakistani companies.   Led by Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), the consortium also…

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  • Enbridge Pipeline Moves Step Closer

    Enbridge Inc’s Line 3 oil pipeline, expected to be the first new cross-border oil-sands conduit built between Canada and the US in years, received a boost after a Minnesota appeals court rejected a challenge to a water permit.   The ruling removes one more hurdle…

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  • Sleipnir preparing to install Tyra topsides offshore Denmark

    The three Tyra East wellhead and riser topsides have arrived at the Tyra field in the Danish North Sea, according to partner Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco).   Earlier this summer, the heavy transport vessel BigRoll Beaufort sailed from the Sembcorp Marine construction yard in…

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  • Summit to hold public meetings about proposed Midwest CCS pipeline

    Summit Carbon Solutions, a division of Summit Agricultural Group, plans to hold meetings with landowners in Iowa over the next two months regarding its proposed 710-mile Midwest Carbon Express carbon dioxide pipeline.   The pipeline, part of a planned carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) system,…

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