Chevron subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company(CABGOC) has contracted the jack-up Shelf Drilling Tenacious for operations offshore Angola. The contract will likely start next January and includes extension options. David Mullen, CEO of Shelf Drilling, said: “The rig will be highly customised for Chevron’s operations…
Vestas has secured an order for the second phase of the DTEK Tiligul project, a wind farm which totals 500 MW in capacity, from DTEK Renewables. This order, which covers the remaining 372 MW of the project, being developed as the second phase of…
US Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said on the 16th June that her department was reviewing a federal court’s decision that it must resume auctioning oil and gas leases on federal acreage but did not say when those auctions might restart. The administration of President…
Equinor Energy AS has been given consent to drill exploration wells 6407/1-U-1 and 6407/1-1-9 in the Norwegian Sea by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA). The Egyptian Vulture prospect will be drilled in production licence (PL) 939 by the West Hercules semisubmersible drilling rig…
A unit of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) has awarded Saipem an AE$1.87 billion (US$510 million) contract to expand the capacity of its Shah Sour Gas Plant, ADNOC reported on the 15th June. Saipem’s receipt of the engineering, procurement, and construction contract from…
Oil and gas company Lundin Energy has sold first-ever certified carbon neutrally produced oil from the Johan Sverdrup field offshore Norway. Lundin said on the 16th June that all its future barrels of oil sold from the Johan Sverdrup field would be certified as…
T.D. Williamson (TDW) has completed its first SmartPlug isolation job offshore Nigeria. The company was working for a major operator through its local partner, Strides Energy & Maritime. According to TDW, isolating the 267-km (165-mile) natural gas pipeline enabled safe change-out and leak testing of platform valves…
Vestas has received an order to supply EnVentus turbines to the 102 MW Närpiö Norrskogen project, being developed by EPV Energy Ltd in western Finland. Vestas will supply, install and commission 17 V162-6.0MW turbines at the project, which is located in Närpiö, near Vaasa…
The Israeli National Infrastructure Committee plans to exempt the Europe Asia Pipeline Company (EAPC) from considering an environmental impact survey for its installation in Ashkelon, Israeli newspaper Haaretz has reported. EAPC, formerly the Eilar-Ashkelon Pipeline, operates three crude oil pipelines and one pipeline for…
The Bacton hub could provide low carbon energy for London and south-east England for decades to come and help in the drive to net zero greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study commissioned by the UK Oil and Gas Authority (UKOGA). The study suggests…
