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  • Resan licence partners start appraisal well programme

    Partners in the Resan licence, south-west Turkey, have started construction of the Basur-3 appraisal well drilling pad and access road.   This is the beginning of a five-well oil appraisal and step-out exploration programme.   Basur-3, the first modern appraisal well designed to confirm extent…

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  • Ampelmann nets Asian offshore access orders

    Offshore access provider Ampelmann has won contracts for eight projects in various countries in the Asia/Pacific (APAC) region.   Among these will be the first application in the region of the Ampelmann E1000 system, providing offshore access for personnel and cargo for the construction of…

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  • Vestas Adds Double EnVentus Order in Finland

    Vestas will supply EnVentus turbines to the Keso and Kaukanen projects in the Northern Ostrobothnia region in Finland, both being developed by long-time partner Puhuri Oy.   The two orders will cover a total volume of 90 MW, and after the Parha and Hankila orders…

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  • Premier Oil and Chrysaor formally become Harbour Energy

    The completion of the all-share merger of Chrysaor and Premier Oil has formally been completed and the company, named Harbour Energy, will be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange from the 1st April.   All the regulatory conditions relating to Premier Oil’s merger…

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  • Biden Plan Pushes EV Charging Network

    The US auto industry sees President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package as accelerating a global shift toward electric vehicles, thanks to the US$174 billion proposed for charging stations, planned consumer rebates for American-made EVs and a pledge to electrify the government’s fleet.   The proposal, which…

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  • PGNiG, Naftogaz sign MoU for potential gas production in Ukraine

    Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (PGNiG) and the Naftogaz Group, Ukraine’s national oil and gas company, have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding cooperation in exploration of hydrocarbon resources and gas production in Ukraine.   PGNiG’s contribution to a potential cooperation will include, among…

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  • New Poll Shows Widespread US Support for Pipelines

    The Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL) has released new polling data measuring the sentiment of the American public toward pipelines, climate change and the energy transition.   By wide margins across key audiences, Americans support pipelines to move their energy and want to avoid…

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  • North Sea wind farm, hydrogen production proposed for SeaH2Land project

    Ørsted is looking to develop the offshore wind farm and electrolyser for the SeaH2Land project for the Dutch-Flemish North Sea Port cluster.   This envisages construction of a regional cross-border pipeline transporting green electricity from renewable hydrogen produced offshore to large industrial companies in the…

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  • Insurance Jottings

    Standard Club Article: MV EVER GIVEN – Suez Canal Grounding – Member Alert This Standard Club member alert is intended to give members some topical guidance on some of the many issues that the shipping world faces as a result of the grounding of the…

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