Aqualis Offshore has completed the float-over installation of the REGAS topsides offshore Bahrain. GS E&C contracted the company to provide engineering and supervision services related to the loadout, transport, and float-over of the topsides for the Bahrain LNG import terminal project. The 7,000-metric…
The Norwegian authorities have given approval to Equinor for continued use of the Snorre A and Snorre B platforms through 2040. “The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate believes there is a basis for continuing operations on Snorre A and B to produce remaining resources in the field.”…
Offshore driller Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract for the semi-submersible rig Mærsk Deliverer with Eni for exploration well offshore Timor-Leste. Maersk Drilling and Eni JDPA 11-106 B.V. (Eni) as operator of the JPDA 11-106 Joint Venture have signed a one-well contract for the…
Irving Oil has announced that a “major incident” has occurred at its Saint John refinery in Canada. “We can confirm that a major incident has occurred at our Saint John refinery this morning (8th October). We are actively assessing the situation at this time…
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC), BP and Eni have signed an agreement which is expected to lead to Eni and BP working together to resume exploration activities on a major exploration and production contract in Libya. The parties agreed to work towards Eni acquiring…
On the 9th October, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Kjell-Børge Freiberg, officially opened the power-from-shore solution, which will provide the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea with electricity for more than 50 years. Power from shore makes Johan Sverdrup one of the…
Hibiscus Petroleum has announced that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Anasuria Hibiscus UK (‘AHUK’), has entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement with Caldera Petroleum (UK) to acquire a 50% participating interest in Block 15/13a and Block 15/13b under the Production Licence P198, for a…
DNO ASA, Oslo, is preparing to spud the first well on its Baeshiqa license east of Mosul in Iraqi Kurdistan after having raised production at Peshkabir oil field to the northwest to 50,000 b/d. The first Baeshiqa well will target Cretaceous strata. A second…
Serica Energy Plc and BP Plc have received a conditional license and assurance from the US Office of Foreign Assets Control allowing work to continue at Rhum gas field in the UK North Sea although National Iranian Oil Company holds a 50% interest through a…
Following up on its commitment last spring to invest in American manufacturing, SunPower has announced that it has completed its acquisition of certain assets of SolarWorld Americas, including its Hillsboro, Oregon facilities and its predominantly manufacturing workforce of more than 200 employees. SunPower has…
