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September 2023
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Talon Energy, Strike Energy begin production at Walyering gas field in Australia
CNOOC starts production at Lufeng 12-3 and Bozhong 28-2 projects
KUFPEC to purchase 40% stake in Shell’s offshore Block 3
DNO discovers gas condensate at Norma prospect in Norwegian North Sea
Norwegian seismic data companies TGS and PGS to merge in $864m deal
Woodside Energy announces start of production at Shenzi North project
Ithaca Energy to take full control of Cambo oil field in UK North Sea
Saipem wins new offshore contracts worth €850m in Côte d’Ivoire and Italy
Viper Energy Partners to acquire mineral and royalty interests in $1bn deal
Aker BP begins construction at Yggdrasil and Valhall PWP-Fenris developments
Maria Phase 2 project advances with installation of new subsea template
August 2023
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Aker BP, partners begin construction at Skarv Satellite project in Norway
BW Energy completes acquisition of Golfinho and Camarupim clusters from Petrobras
Equinor begins production from Statfjord Øst expansion project in North Sea
Cheiron makes new oil discovery in Gulf of Suez, offshore Egypt
TotalEnergies, INPEX to acquire AC-RL7 permit offshore Australia
Global, Jaguar awarded large oil and gas exploration block offshore Peru
Petrobras deploys FPSO Anita Garibaldi for production offshore Brazil
Carlyle to sell Gabon-focused Assala Energy to Maurel & Prom for $730m
Strike Energy signs scheme implementation deed to acquire Talon Energy
DNO Norge, OKEA agree on development concept for Brasse field offshore Norway
Chevron completes $7.6bn acquisition of Colorado-based PDC Energy
ADNOC to acquire 30% stake in Absheron gas field from SOCAR, TotalEnergies
Falcon Oil and Gas spuds SS1H well in Beetaloo Sub-Basin, Australia
Trillion Energy enters into farm-in deal for oil exploration in Turkiye
July 2023
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UK PM confirms hundreds of new oil and gas licences in North Sea
Beach Energy prepares to begin offshore drilling at Otway Basin, Australia
Eni to acquire Chevron’s assets in Kutei Basin, offshore Indonesia
Petronas, Pertamina to buy Shell's 35% stake in Masela Block offshore Indonesia
Transocean secures $518m ultra-deepwater drillship contract offshore Mexico
Petrofac to provide integrated services for CNRI’s FPSO offshore Côte d'Ivoire
Tullow, partners start production at Jubilee South-East project offshore Ghana
Cathedral acquires US oil field equipment supplier Rime Downhole Technologies
DNO, partners make significant gas and condensate discovery in Norwegian Continental Shelf
Trio Petroleum begins full field development at South Salinas Project
Jersey Oil and Gas finalises development solution for Buchan field
Challenger Energy secures exploration license offshore Uruguay
June 2023
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Equinor secures approval for $1.9bn Norwegian Sea projects
Saipem secures two new offshore drilling contracts worth $550m
Eni and Vår Energi agree to acquire Neptune Energy
Hartshead submits FDP for Anning and Somerville gas field development
Parkmead to give up on Greater Perth Area (GPA) project in UK North Sea
MinRes makes new natural gas discovery in Perth Basin, Western Australia
OMV Petrom makes new crude oil and natural gas discovery in Romania
NexTier, Patterson-UTI reportedly in talks over potential merger
Aker BP makes new oil discovery in Yggdrasil area offshore Norway
Harbour Energy in talks to merge with US-based Talos Energy
Challenger Energy to license AREA OFF-3 block offshore Uruguay
DNO decommissions production platform at Schooner field in UK North Sea
May 2023
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Woodside awards decommissioning contracts for oil and gas fields offshore Western Australia
Ecopetrol, Repsol make new discovery in CPO 9 block, Colombia
Aker BP selects Heerema Vlissingen to build Munin jacket in Yggdrasil area
Aquaterra wins subsea riser contract for BP's Cypre offshore gas project
Chord Energy to acquire Williston Basin assets for $375m
Aker Solutions wins contract for ExxonMobil’s Uaru Project in Guyana
Trio Petroleum confirms major oil and gas accumulation in South Salinas project
NOG, Vital Energy to jointly acquire Forge’s assets in Delaware Basin
Vital Energy to acquire Forge’s Delaware Basin assets for $540m
TotalEnergies to start offshore drilling operations in Lebanon this September
Petrobras’ new FPSO Anna Nery starts production in Campos Basin
Worley wins contract for Sparta floating development in US Gulf of Mexico
JAPEX to form JV with Longboat’s Norwegian subsidiary
ADNOC begins fresh tender process for Hail and Ghasha development
Tullow signs asset swap deal with Perenco to optimise assets in Gabon
April 2023
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Wintershall Dea, partners make oil discovery in Kan prospect offshore Mexico
Touchstone discovers light crude oil at Royston-1X well in Trinidad and Tobago
Grand Gulf confirms helium discovery at Jesse Field in Utah, US
Panoro Energy to acquire Beender Tunisia Petroleum’s stake in SPC
IGas Energy secures planning permission for Glentworth development
AFC Equity Investment to acquire Ghana-focused Aker Energy
Novatek to buy Shell’s stake in Sakhalin-2 LNG project for $1.16bn
Keppel selects GE Power Conversion for electrical modules on two Petrobras vessels
BW Energy produces first oil from Hibiscus/Ruche development offshore Gabon
Hartshead Resources to farm-out 60% of Southern Gas Basin licence to Viaro Energy
Saipem secures new offshore EPCI, FEED contracts worth $650m
Wintershall Dea acquires 37% stake in Hokchi block offshore Mexico
March 2023
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BP, ADNOC to jointly acquire 50% stake in NewMed Energy
Aker Solutions to tie back Berling gas fields to Åsgard B platform
Equinor discovers dry well near Visund field in Norwegian North Sea
Eco Atlantic and partners to seek environmental permit for works at Block 3B/4B
OKEA to acquire stake in Equinor’s Statfjord area for $220m
Maha Energy starts production test on onshore Block 70 in Oman
Aker BP starts operations at Frosk field in Central North Sea, Norway
US DOI issues ROD for reduced Willow oil project in Alaska
ADX secures license to develop Anshof oil field offshore Austria
Chariot completes FEED for Anchois gas development project offshore Morocco
Lukoil secures regulatory approval to develop Eridu oilfield in Iraq
Equinor agrees to acquire Suncor Energy UK for $850m
Azule awards contracts worth $7.8bn for Agogo west hub project
February 2023
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Canada’s Baytex Energy to acquire US-based Ranger Oil for $2.5bn
Foothills Exploration to start works on 545 wells acquired in Kansas and Oklahoma
INEOS Energy buys Chesapeake’s Eagle Ford assets for $1.4bn
Africa Oil, Panoro Energy awarded production blocks in Equatorial Guinea
Multiconsult Wins Contract for grid connection at Snøhvit Future project
Drilling Tools to go public through SPAC merger with ROC
Talos Energy wraps up $1.1bn acquisition of EnVen Energy
Buru to acquire Origin’s JV interests in Canning basin permits
DORIS secures key subsea study contract from Repsol in Mexico
IPC to acquire Southern Alberta-based Cor4 for $62m
Sunrise Joint Venture to select plan for development of Greater Sunrise fields
January 2023
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Libya’s oil ministry rejects Eni’s $8bn gas projects deal with NOC
Eni signs agreement with Libya’s NOC to develop Structures A&E project
Petrobras completes sale of Albacora Leste field for up to $2.2bn
CGX-Frontera JV starts drilling Wei-1 well in Corentyne block offshore Guyana
Netherlands to proceed with closing of Groningen gas field in October
UK’s 33rd offshore licensing round draws 115 bids across 258 blocks
TotalEnergies reaches FID on Lapa South-West project in Brazil
Eni, Chevron announce significant new gas discovery offshore Egypt
Shell to start testing at Pensacola exploration well in North Sea
Norway offers 47 new offshore production licences to 25 oil companies
Neptune Energy starts production at Rӧmerberg 6 well offshore Germany
Conrad signs agreement for two new production blocks offshore Indonesia
Transocean wins contracts and extensions worth $488m for five drilling rigs
December 2022
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Serica Energy to acquire Tailwind Energy Investments for £644m
QatarEnergy and partners win Agua Marinha exploration block
Beacon Energy to acquire Rhein Petroleum from Tulip and Deutsche Rohstoff
Shell to sell stakes in two offshore PSCs in Baram Delta, Malaysia to PSEP
Equinor starts production at Askeladd gas field in Barents Sea
Crescent Point to acquire additional Kaybob Duvernay assets worth $275m
BP, Equinor and Ithaca to explore electrifying oil and gas fields in West of Shetland
Yinson signs preliminary works agreement for Agogo project in Angola
Neptune Energy announces new oil and gas discovery offshore Norway
November 2022
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Perenco discovers oil at PNGF Sud licence offshore Congo Brazzaville
Woodside completes construction phase for Sangomar field FPSO
Sinopec makes major shale gas discovery in Sichuan Basin, China
Jadestone Energy acquires remaining stake in Lemang project
NFE, Pemex partner for Lakach offshore gas field development
HSM wins contract to build N05-A gas production platform in North Sea
Saipem secures five new offshore drilling contracts worth $800m
Russia allows SODECO and ONGC to participate in Sakhalin-1 project
Beach Energy signs agreement to acquire Warrego Energy for $167m
Indonesia approves updated plan of development for Mako gas project
ExxonMobil makes new discovery in Block 15 offshore Angola
Aker Solutions to provide subsea production systems to Petrobras
ADNOC awards $4bn IDFS contracts to enhance production capacity
Shell completes sale of Malampaya gas field, assets in Philippines
October 2022
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Saipem completes initial phase of sale of onshore drilling business to KCA Deutag
ExxonMobil makes two new discoveries in Stabroek Block offshore Guyana
Bar LNG terminal to bring affordable LNG to Balkan countries, LNG Alliance says
Sinopec announces major shale gas discovery in Sichuan Basin, China
Nord Stream damages caused by powerful explosions, Danish police says
BP to acquire US biogas company Archaea Energy for $4.1bn
VAALCO Energy wraps up $307m acquisition of TransGlobe Energy
Diamondback Energy to acquire FireBird Energy in $1.6bn deal
ADNOC Drilling wins $1.53bn contract to boost ADNOC’s offshore operations
Russia to fully control Exxon-operated Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project
Canada issues draft guidance on oil and gas projects’ GHG emissions performance
Offshore drilling companies Noble, Maersk Drilling complete merger
Shell, partners make FID on GKGJE Phase 4 project offshore Malaysia
September 2022
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TotalEnergies plans to spin off oil sands assets in Canada
Hammerhead to go public through $1bn SPAC merger with DCRD
Petronas, Hess achieve first gas production at Phase 3 NMB project
Australia court rules against Santos’ $3.6bn Barossa gas project
Gulf of Mexico operator QuarterNorth Energy explores potential sale
Oldelval unveils $750m plan to boost pipeline capacity from Vaca Muerta
November 2020
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CNX Resources installs first string of voestalpine Tubulars’ VAtitan®-TC connection in the Utica
Skarpenord secures important upgrade agreement with Rosenberg Worley
September 2020
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Clariant’s O2 remover solution helps Norwegian offshore team win prestigious “Hero Award”
ELA Premium Plus Container Accommodations available from stock!
August 2020
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At the forefront of high pressure, hydraulic tool technology
JDR to conduct array cable termination and testing on Moray East offshore wind farm
June 2020
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Heavy lift crane HLC 295000 reaches next milestone
AXON signs agreement with Performance Wellhead and Frac
Jumbo Shipping secures contract with DEME Offshore on Hornsea Two offshore wind farm project
February 2020
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ENGIE Fabricom Secures Major Contracts in Offshore Wind
GTT receives orders to design the tanks of three new LNG carriers
JDR wins contract for first floating offshore wind project to power oil and gas platforms
October 2019
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Liebherr celebrates the inauguration of the new TCC 78000
CIMC Raffles Yantai ordered Liebherr Board Offshore Crane for oil and gas activity in Africa
July 2019
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Survitec inks deal for global distribution rights to pioneering evacuator system
ENGIE Fabricom Upgrades its Largest Facilities
El Hamra project completion - Jumbo successfully installs another mooring system in Egypt!
June 2019
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Combining compact design and high lifting capacities
Seahaven one of two Survitec products shortlisted for safety at Sea Awards
May 2019
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Texo Engineering appoint new directors and open port of Blyth office
Jumbo wins offshore subsea decommissioning project in North Sea
BP CEO encourages dialogue between oil industry and Green New Deal
February 2019
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M2M Gekko Successfully Qualified by the EPRI
Klaw appoints Norwegian distributor to enable local support
Iran Looks To Boost Oil, Gas Production Capacity With $1 billion Deals
December 2018
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Oil markets tremble as Chinese stocks crash
Iran reports 46% drop in condensate exports
September 2018
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The biggest risk in today’s oil markets
Petrobras aims to cut debt further, boost oil production In 2019
Can India afford to cut Iranian imports to zero?
August 2018
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Oil rallies on flurry of bullish news
The Permian could soon have too much pipeline capacity
All-time low spare capacity could send oil to $150
Delays in Mexico cap record US natural gas pipeline exports
Why is big oil so excited about Alaskan crude?
Shell sees gas as answer in Nigeria after decades of oil strife
July 2018
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Oxifree Global unveils new Polymelt 50 applicator for use with TM198
Oil basins offshore Brazil among best prospects in the world
March 2018
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Apache makes another North Sea oil discovery
Statoil invests in offshore digital technology
AOM plant obtains FSSC 22000 certification
February 2018
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Crashing cushing inventories boost oil prices
Oil prices: collapse now, spike later
January 2018
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Chevron announces major oil discovery in deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Aramco IPO delay fears are all hype
Texas set for another oil boom
Rex Energy appoints new chief financial officer
Chalmit re-introduces the HDL106 LED floodlight
New importers keep LNG markets tight
Shell’s Penguins redevelopment a step forward in North Sea revival
New importers keep LNG markets tight
The biggest oil collapse in history
Norway grants record 75 new offshore exploration leases
Shell oks first UK North Sea project in six years
Crude oil demand will grow for next ten years
Geopolitical wildcards could push oil beyond $70
Shale restraint could lift oil to $80
PetroChina’s biggest refinery doubles Russian pipeline oil intake
A rare high-profile utility takeover
Petrofac awarded rotating equipment management services contract by Chrysaor
August 2016
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Cairn Energy, ConocoPhillips sign deal for Senegal exploration blocks
Keppel secures jack-up rig contract from Parden in Mexico
Dana Petroleum replaces mooring chains on Triton FPSO vessel