Hat-trick for Valaris rigs with one new deal aimed at CO2 project

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has secured three new contracts for its drilling rigs. One of the contracts will involve operations on a carbon storage project in the Netherlands.   Valaris has been awarded a contract with TAQA offshore the Netherlands for Valaris JU-123, a heavy-duty…

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China Risks Winter Energy Crunch China is at risk of the same energy-crunch chaos seen in Europe, with a state-run newspaper warning that coal-fired power plants will struggle to keep the lights on this winter.   The nation’s coal-based power producers, which account for more…

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OGUK calls for action to sustain North Sea gas

Surging gas prices underline the need to maintain investment in the UK’s North Sea domestic production, according to OGUK.   Since August, wholesale prices for gas have risen 70%, the association said, due to a combination of lower European gas stocks, declining supplies from Russia,…

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Why Gas Desperate Europe Is Not Buying LNG

A record rally in natural gas prices in Europe doesn’t mean it’s become lucrative to send every available molecule to the region.   Even though European prices have more than tripled this year, they are yet to beat rates for the liquefied fuel delivered to Asia, the…

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Equinor to pump up gas supply for tight European market

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor and its partners have received permission to increase gas exports from two offshore fields in Norway to supply the tight European market.   Production permits for the Oseberg and Troll fields have each been increased by one billion cubic…

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