Saipem’s Castoro Sei has completed laying the 105-km (65-miles) long offshore section of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) across the Adriatic Sea. TAP is an 878-km (545-miles) long pipeline system that will transport gas from the Shah Deniz II field in the Azerbaijani sector…
GE Renewable Energy has announced that it has been selected by Naturgy to provide a five-year full-service agreement (FSA) for the La Rabia Wind Farm in Spain. The wind farm includes 13 Eco-80 turbines. GE will be providing full preventive and corrective maintenance tasks…
On the 11th June South Africa’s cabinet approved the merger of three state-owned oil and gas firms to form a single national oil company, as it tries to cut debt by reducing the number and increase the competitiveness of state-owned firms. PetroSA, which runs…
Global upstream spending is now forecasted to reach US$383 billion this year, the lowest level in 15 years and a staggering 29% decrease of US$156 billion compared with 2019, Rystad Energy analysis shows following publication of the industry’s first quarter results. With 2019’s upstream…
Kuwait will no longer hire expatriates for jobs in its oil sector as the OPEC member moves to reduce the number of foreigners in the country. Non-Kuwaiti nationals won’t be hired at Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, the main state-run energy producer, and its subsidiaries for…
Chinese oil and gas company CNOOC Limited has started production from the Qinhuangdao 33-1S oilfield phase I project, located offshore China. Qinhuangdao 33-1S oilfield is located in central and western Bohai with an average water depth of 21 metres. It is one of…
Petrofac’s Engineering and Production Services business will support Pale Blue Dot Energy on two projects in north-east Scotland involving carbon capture and storage (CCS) and conversion of North Sea gas to hydrogen. The company’s full work scope comprises provision of project management systems and…
A consortium led by Siemens Gas and Power (Siemens Energy) has been awarded a turnkey contract for two converter stations for the Greek high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) link which will connect Crete, Greece’s largest and most populous island, with the mainland of Greece. The project…
Europa Oil & Gas has announced the conditional acquisition of a 100% interest in Frontier Exploration Licence (‘FEL’) 3/19, offshore Ireland, from DNO. Acquiring FEL 3/19, which is located close to the ~1tcf producing Corrib gas field in the Slyne basin, will add the…
Senex Energy Ltd, Brisbane, has completed its 100%-owned Surat basin natural gas development. The onshore southeast Queensland project comprises 80 gas wells which is less than the 110 wells originally envisaged because of continuing outperformance. In conjunction with infrastructure partner Jemena, the group…
