In 2021 Turkmenistan will begin construction of the 1,125-mile, 33-billion cu m/year Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline in Afghanistan. Turkmenistan plans to complete TAPI’s construction inside its territory this year and then begin work on the line’s Afghanistan segment, according to Foreign Minister Rashid…
The Tasmania government has declared that it has become the first Australian state, and one of just a handful of jurisdictions worldwide, to be powered entirely by renewable electricity. In a statement released on the 27th November, Tasmanian energy minister Guy Barnett said that…
CGG and Magseis Fairfield have completed acquisition of what they claim is the largest ocean bottom node (OBN) survey ever acquired in the North Sea. The OBN Cornerstone 2020 multi-client survey, in the UK central sector, got under way in March. In total,…
Van Oord’s jack-up vessel Aeolus has installed all 77 MHI Vestas V164-9.5-MW turbines at Blauwwind’s Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. As the Balance of Plant contractor, Van Oord was responsible for the design, engineering, procurement, construction, and…
Rockhopper Exploration and Premier Oil have agreed to extend the exclusivity period for Navitas Petroleum’s farm-in to the Sea Lion project located offshore the Falkland Islands. Rockhopper said on the 30th November that the three companies agreed to extend the exclusivity period farm-in to…
Russia can probably get around the latest US sanctions against Nord Stream 2 and complete the controversial pipeline, according to industry executives and analysts. Pipelaying on the project, which is owned by Gazprom PJSC and will bring natural gas from Russia to Germany, will…
“Equinor is committed to being a leading company in the energy transition and to helping the UK Government deliver on its ten-point plan for a green industrial future. Through the sheer scale of the project we have delivered record-low contract prices for the UK market,…
Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) has re-started operations at the South Pars Phase 16 gas production platform in the Persian Gulf. Production had to be shut down following damage to part of the offshore export pipeline in November 2019. Following reconstruction and…
DNV GL has confirmed the feasibility of converting the Nini West reservoir in the Danish North Sea to serve as a CO2 store. According to Maersk Drilling, following certification of feasibility to DNV GL’s Carbon Capture and Storage certification regime and the international standard,…
BP Plc has said it will invest more money in Middle Eastern oil and natural-gas fields even as it transitions to renewable energy and tries to lower emissions. The company is a major producer in countries such as Iraq, where it operates the world’s…
