Natural Gas to Drive 40 Percent of 2020 US Electricity

Since 2008, the shale revolution has boomed US natural gas production 60 percent to 95 Bcf/d.   Long high and volatile, gas prices have become low and stable in the “shale-era.” Further, gas emits some 50 percent less CO2 than coal and has very few…

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Ocean Infinity forms new unit to operate marine robot fleet

Ocean Infinity, a seabed survey and ocean exploration company, has launched of a new pioneering marine technology and data company named Armada.   Ocean Infinity said that Armada, with a focus on combining technology and sustainability, would initially add fifteen bespoke designed marine robots to…

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Northern Endeavour FPSO now an unmanned idle vessel in Timor Sea

Northern Endeavour, a floating production, storage, and offtake vessel (FPSO) formerly operated by Northern Oil and Gas Australia (NOGA) for production of Laminaria and Corallina oil fields in the Timor Sea, is now unmanned and idle following the exit of the last of its crew…

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Offshore oil transforming Guyana’s economy

With oil production estimated at 1.2 MMb/d by 2030, Guyana’s total annual oil revenues could approach US$30 billion within ten years, according to new research from Rystad Energy.   The economic fortunes of Guyana, with a population of about 800,000, are poised for a major…

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Solo Oil provides update on proposed transaction with ONE Dyas

Solo Oil, the AIM investing company, targeting attractive production and development opportunities within the European gas market, has announced that, further to the update provided by the Company on the 20th December 2019, the Company remains in discussion with ONE Dyas with a view to…

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Europa Oil & Gas lets go of licence offshore Ireland

Exploration and production company Europa Oil & Gas has elected to relinquish its interest in Licensing Option (LO) 16/19 in the South Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland.   This follows the completion of the agreed work programme, including a full technical assessment, which concluded that the…

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Trudeau’s Oil Pipeline Gets a Win in Court

The Canadian government’s plan to expand a major oil pipeline cleared a key legal hurdle, providing optimism that the project may proceed and sending a lifeline to the country’s ailing energy industry.   The Federal Court of Appeals in Ottawa ruled that Prime Minister Justin…

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German government plans to exit coal industry by 2038

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on the 28th January that the government is backing plans to stop using coal as an energy source by 2038. The move is part of the ruling coalition’s efforts to protect the climate and move towards renewable energy sources.  …

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Equinor to withdraw Thrace basin deep gas participation

Valeura Energy Inc, Calgary, expects to continue the deep gas appraisal programme of the Thrace basin onshore north-west Turkey following notification from joint partner Equinor of its intent to withdraw.   Discussions have commenced around the commercial mechanism by which Equinor is to exit the…

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