In June 2017 Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain commenced a blockade on Qatar by land, air and sea. The decision to sever relationships with Qatar was seen as an attempt to force them to change a number of diplomatic policies, in…
PGNiG Upstream Norway has received formal approvals from the Norwegian petroleum authority to acquire interests in licences covering Equinor-operated Kvitebjørn and Valemon fields in the North Sea. Interests in four licences were acquired by the PGNiG SA subsidiary in September 2020 from Norske Shell….
Prosafe has signed a contract with an unnamed company to provide accommodation and construction support using the Safe Concordia in Trinidad and Tobago. The contract is expected to start in 2Q 2021. Source: Offshore Magazine
Vistra has announced that its Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility connected to the power grid and began operating on the 11th December 2020. At 300 megawatts/1,200 megawatt-hours, the lithium-ion battery storage system, located on-site at Vistra’s Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, California,…
Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB) has taken over operatorship of the E11 gas hub 130 km offshore Bintulu, Sarawak, effective the 1st January 2021. The hub, which has been producing since 1982 under the Malaysia LNG production sharing contract, had been operated by Sarawak…
Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has secured more work for the Deepsea Yantai drilling rig from Neptune Energy for operations offshore Norway. The Deepsea Yantai rig – formerly known as the Beacon Atlantic – is owned by China’s CIMC and managed by the Norwegian…
On the 6th January TC Energy Corporation kicked off an open season for binding commitments for crude oil transportation services on the Keystone Pipeline System from Harding, Alberta, to Patoka, Illinois, the Calgary-based company reported. The 2,687-mile (4,324-kilometre Keystone Pipeline System links Alberta crude…
Pars Oil and Gas Company has installed a second single point mooring at the South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf, according to news service Shana. The system, with a loading capacity of 7,000 cu m/hr (247,203 cf/hr) of gas condensate, was installed…
A Bahamian justice official has declined to grant orders requested by environmental groups that would impact the offshore Perseverance #1 well. According to operator Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC), this means that the present drilling operation will continue. However, an application against the government…
With reference to company announcement no. 47/2020 of 31 December 2020, Vestas has received a 504 MW order for an undisclosed project in Colombia. The contract includes the supply and installation of 90 V162-5.6 MW EnVentus wind turbines, as well as a 15-year Active…
