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Karoon Brings Another Production Well Online at Patola field, Offshore Brazil

Mar 31, 2023

Australian oil company Karoon said this week that it had brought on stream the PAT-1 well at its Patola field, offshore Brazil.The PAT-1 is the second of two new production wells drilled into the Patola field in the BM-S-40 production license in Brazil…

Brazil: Karoon to Drill Second Neon Control Well, after First Well Shows Encouraging Results

Feb 21, 2023

Australian oil and gas company Karoon Energy has elected to drill the second control well at the Neon discovery offshore Brazil, after the first control well, Neon-1, confirmed the presence of 25 meters of net oil-bearing pay.Neon-1 and Neon…

As Harbour Energy Plans Job Cuts, OEUK Says Tax Hikes Make UK a Risky Place to Invest

Jan 19, 2023

Offshore Energies UK, a body representing the UK's offshore energy industry, has called for the government to help rebuild investment confidence following tax hikes that have forced the UK's biggest oil and gas producer in the North Sea, to start planning job cuts…

Westwood Names Director of Hydrogen

Nov 29, 2022

Energy market research and consultancy firm Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood) has appointed Joyce Grigorey as Director of Hydrogen.Grigorey has 15 years of analytical and project management experience in research and consulting, having…

Karoon Energy Says 2nd Patola Production Well a Success. First Oil in Q1 2023

Nov 23, 2022

Australian oil and gas company Karoon Energy has drilled the second of two new production wells at its Patola field offshore Brazil, and the company says the reservoir quality is better than predicted.The company said that the well - PAT-2-  has been successfully drilled to a total depth of 2…

Will the Future be Walls or Bridges? Equinor Releases "Energy Perpectives 2022"

Sep 19, 2022

Energy Perspectives 2022: Long-term development in the world’s energy markets and how politics, technologies, companies, and consumers can influence it, is an overarching theme of the energy transition.With inflation raging, geopolitical disruption and resultant energy security concerts…

Siemens Energy Launches $4.3B bid for Remaining Stake in Wind Turbine Maker Siemens Gamesa

May 23, 2022

Siemens Energy on Saturday launched a 4.05 billion euro ($4.28 billion) bid for minority holdings in struggling wind turbine unit Siemens Gamesa, hoping to remove a complex ownership structure that has weighed on its shares.The bid at 18.05 euros per share constitutes a premium of 27…

New Era: Lundin Energy Proposes Name Change as It Readies to Exit Oil & Gas Business

May 18, 2022

Swedish company Lundin Energy, which will exit the oil and gas business next month with the sale of oil and gas assets to Norway's Aker BP,  is set to change its name to Orrön Energy AB.Lundin Energy, which under the name Lundin Petroleum discovered…

Maersk Drilling Wins Contract Extension for Offshore Rig in Brazil

May 10, 2022

Australian oil and gas company Karoon Energy has extended the contract for the use of Maersk Drilling's Maersk Developer semi-submersible drilling rig offshore Brazil.Karoon Energy has exercised its option to add the drilling of up to two wells…

Aker BP, Lundin Energy Merger Gets All Necessary Approvals

May 02, 2022

All the necessary approvals have been granted for the proposed merger between the Norwegian oil firm Aker BP and Sweden-based Lundin Energy's oil and exploration and production business. Aker BP said in December 2021 it had agreed to acquire Lundin Energy's oil and gas business…

Brazil: Karoon Energy to Drill Two Control Wells at Neon Site, Ahead of Potential FID

Apr 04, 2022

Australian oil and gas company Karoon Energy plans to drill a control well and, subject to the results of that well, a second control well in the Neon oil discovery, offshore Brazil.  'This decision is based on extensive pre‐development studies…

Canada: NOIA Rebrands to Energy NL

Mar 25, 2022

The Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas Industries Association, founded in 1977 to represent the supply and service sector of the offshore oil & gas industry in the region, is now called Energy NL, as the company earlier this week announced changes to its 'vision…

Sakhalin Projects to Effectively 'freeze', Japan Holding Off Decision - Minister

Mar 08, 2022

Japanese industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said on Tuesday that the Sakhalin energy projects 'will effectively freeze' given the exit of Western stakeholders and that Japan would therefore wait to see how the situation plays out to make any decision…

Subsea 7, FLASC Get BEIS Grant for PowerBundle Offshore Energy Storage System

Feb 24, 2022

Offshore installation giant Subsea 7 and its technology partner FLASC have won  £471,760 (~$631,854) grant from the UK government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to further develop an innovative offshore energy storage system…

Israel's Delek Drilling Changes Name. Shares New Strategic Plan

Feb 22, 2022

Israel's Delek Drilling, a company that owns a stake in the giant Leviathan gas field offshore Israel, and in the undeveloped Aphrodite gas field offshore Cyprus, is changing its name to NewMed Energy. Apart from changing the name, the company…

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