National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Erik Milito issued a statement on Friday in support of the House Natural Resources Committee reconciliation package. “Chairman Westerman’s bill is a game-changer for offshore energy,” Milito said. SourceContinue Reading
Equinor has entered into agreements with Brazilian company PRIO to sell its 60% operated interest in the Peregrino field in Brazil for $3.5 billion USD. Peregrino is a heavy oil field consisting of a FPSO platform supported by three fixed platforms. Equinor has been operating the field since 2009, with around 300 million barrels of...Continue Reading
Shell Offshore Inc. and Shell Pipeline Company (SPLC), subsidiaries of Shell plc (Shell), have completed the previously announced agreement to increase their stake in the Ursa platform in the Gulf of America/Gulf of Mexico from 45.39% to 61.35%. SourceContinue Reading
TotalEnergies and OQ Exploration and Production have broken ground on the Marsa LNG plant in Oman, one year after reaching FID on the project. The 1 MMtpa liquefaction plant is being built by Marsa LNG LLC, a joint company between TotalEnergies (80%) and OQEP (20%). SourceContinue Reading
The dedicated CO₂ carrier currently under construction at Royal Niestern Sander shipyard in the Netherlands is a cornerstone in Project Greensand’s mission to deliver EU’s first full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain. SourceContinue Reading
The Trump administration sued Michigan and Hawaii seeking to block the states from suing oil companies for damage caused by climate change, less than two months after the U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed a Republican bid to derail such legal efforts. SourceContinue Reading
The Railroad Commission of Texas assessed $1,372,720 in enforcement docket fines against operators and businesses at the Commissioners’ open meeting on Tuesday. The Commission has primary oversight and enforcement of the state’s oil and gas industry and intrastate pipeline safety. SourceContinue Reading
Cairn Oil & Gas is partnering with Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS), to acquire a 3D Controlled Source Electro-magnetic (CSEM) survey for its exploration campaign in the deepwater Krishna-Godavari block off India’s East coast. SourceContinue Reading
In partnership with ExxonMobil, Lindsayca and Enerflex, CH4 Systems announced Wednesday that it has received the prestigious Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) “Deal of the Year Award” for its pioneering gas-to-energy project in Guyana. SourceContinue Reading
DNV has published its annual Energy Industry Insights survey, with the report finding that political risk is seen as the leading barrier to energy sector growth for the year ahead, and the perceived momentum of the energy transition will slow. SourceContinue Reading