BHP has begun producing oil from the Ruby Project offshore Trinidad and Tobago, the company has reported. Located in shallow water in Block 3(a) within the Greater Angostura Field, Ruby is projected to be capable of producing up to 16,000 gross barrels of oil…
Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has reopened bidding for its Golfinho offshore oilfield cluster, two sources told Reuters, following a rise in crude prices over the last several months. Golfinho is one of dozens of legacy production assets which Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the…
CNOOC has produced first gas from the deep-water Liuhua 29-2 field in the eastern South China Sea. The field is in 750 metres (2,460 feet) water depth, 300 km (186 miles) south-east of Hong Kong. It produces via one well with a subsea wellhead,…
Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd (ReconAfrica) has spudded well 6-1, the second Kavango basin well in the Kalahari Desert in north-east Namibia. The well is designed to evaluate the petroleum systems in an area of maximum thickness discovered in the first well (6-2). These…
Hawaiian regulators have approved the proposed 185MW/565MWh Kapolei Energy Storage battery energy storage project on the island of Oahu, paving the way for San Francisco-based developer Plus Power to begin construction on behalf of Hawaiian Electric Company. The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission approved the…
HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis were among the participants during the virtual business delegation from Norway to California. Co-organisers of the business delegation, the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) and the Norwegian government’s…
It’s the postponed weddings and family reunions. It’s meeting new-born grandchildren and attending memorial services for loved ones lost to the pandemic. It’s the rebooked trips to Maui and adventures in new cities. All that travel demand has been piling up for more than…
Australia is expected to witness the start of 118 oil and gas projects’ operations from 2021 to 2025, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. The analytics firm said that this number accounts for 6 per cent of the total project starts in the…
Aker BP has issued an update on the impact of bismuth alloy to plug the top section of old oil wells at the Valhall field in the southern Norwegian North Sea. The technology is now in use for permanent plugging of 30 wells on…
Poland’s Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) has announced Equinor and Polenergia’s Baltyk II and Baltyk III projects were awarded contracts for difference (CfD) under the first phase of Poland’s offshore wind development scheme. The projects, with a combined potential capacity of 1440 MW, are among…
