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  • Tailwind Energy confirms first oil from Gannet E field

    Tailwind Energy has announced first oil from the 100% owned Gannet E redevelopment to the Triton FPSO.   The subsea tieback project was completed in September 2018 with first oil delivered on budget and on schedule. All three wells are producing higher than expectation providing…

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  • Vestas Receives 106 MW Order in Greece

    Vestas has won a 106 MW order by utilising its versatile product portfolio to develop the optimal solutions for several sites in Greece.   The order includes the supply and installation of 14 V136-4.2 MW, five V136-3.6 MW and eight V117-3.6 MW turbines.   To…

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  • Premier completes Babbage Area sale to Verus

    Premier Oil has completed the previously announced sale of its stake in Babbage Area in the UK North Sea to Verus.   Premier said on the 7th December it had received £30.3 million (US$38.7 million), after adjustments for Babbage cash flows collected by Premier since…

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  • Louisiana LNG Contract Goes to Kiewit

    Kiewit has won the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for Venture Global LNG, Inc’s Calcasieu Pass LNG export project under development in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.   According to the companies, Kiewit Louisiana Company will design, engineer, construct, commission, test and guarantee the LNG export…

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  • OPEC, non-OPEC producers agree to 1.2 million-b/d cut

    The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries concluded a two-day meeting in Vienna on the 7th December with an agreement to cut 800,000 b/d of production, while ten non-OPEC countries agreed to cut 400,000 b/d.   The countries of Iran, Libya, and Venezuela were exempted from…

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  • Chevron Announces US$20 Billion Capital and Exploratory Budget for 2019

    Chevron Corporation has announced a 2019 organic capital and exploratory spending programme of US$20 billion.   “Our 2019 budget supports a robust portfolio of upstream and downstream investments, highlighted by our world-class Permian Basin position, additional shale and tight development in other basins and our…

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  • Insurance Jottings

    London Market needs EU equivalence regime change in Brexit deal: LMG The UK government has recognised that the London Market does need to see significant changes to the EU equivalence regime but there are no equivalence frameworks for insurers under Solvency II or for brokers…

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  • Well-Centric Buys Simmons Edeco Europe

    Well-Centric, a FrontRow Energy Technology Group company, has announced the acquisition of Simmons Edeco Europe.   The deal will create the UK’s largest independent supplier of well integrity services, Well-Centric highlighted in a statement posted on the company’s website on the 5th December.   The…

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