INEOS FPS has rescheduled the planned summer shutdown of the Forties Pipeline System in the UK central North Sea to spring 2021. Originally, this had been due to take place from June 16, 2020. Initially, INEOS could not specify a new date, but the majority…
The technology group Wärtsilä will deliver engineering and equipment (EEQ) to a 23 MW power plant to the island of Bantayan, located in Cebu in the Visayas Region of the Philippines. The power plant will supply electricity to the entire island, which currently undergoes…
Aker BP has awarded Allseas a call-off for removal and disposal of multiple installations in the Valhall area in the North Sea in the period from 2021 to 2026. The work under the call-off comprises the removal and disposal of the Valhall DP- PCP- and…
88 Energy Ltd, Perth, has plugged the Charlie-1 appraisal well in Area A on the North Slope of Alaska. While the well proved the presence of mobile hydrocarbons in the form of condensate gas in the Torok formation, other target reservoirs were found to…
Nord Stream AG is monitoring the development of the COVID-19 outbreak for any potential impact on the Nord Stream gas pipeline system in the Baltic Sea. The company said it was implementing the recommendations of the World Health Organisation and other relevant authorities, such…
The world’s largest crane vessel has successfully lifted a newly constructed module for Equinor’s Snorre A platform at service company Aibel’s yard in Haugesund, Norway, Aibel reported on the 6th April. On the 4th April Heerema Marine Contractors’ Sleipnir vessel – measuring 722 feet…
Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea Norge has made an oil discovery near the Maria field in the Norwegian Sea. The well 6406/3-10 is located on the Bergknapp prospect in production licence 836 S where Wintershall Dea is the operator. The company was cleared to…
Biofuels are an important part of the broader strategy to replace petroleum-based gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels that we use today. However, biofuels have so far not reached cost parity with conventional petroleum fuels. One strategy to make biofuels more competitive is to make…
Global Petroleum has announced that it has come to an agreement to license pre-existing 3D seismic data in its offshore Namibia Block, 2011A (PEL0094). This key data, acquired by previous licensees in 2010, covers the Company’s Welwitschia Deep prospect and Marula lead, and will…
Valeura Energy Inc will appraise the deep unconventional gas play in the Thrace basin and has increased working interest in Banarli and West Thrace exploration licences in north-western Turkey. The deep play is at an early phase and will require more drilling and testing….
