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UOG scoops Tullow's stake in Jamaican offshore licence

Oil and gas company United Oil & Gas (UOG) has been assigned Tullow Oil’s stake in the Wal...

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ConocoPhillips gets drilling permit for Norwegian Sea well

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted ConocoPhillips a drilling permit for a well lo...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Equinor to use Maersk rig on Martin Linge

Norwegian oil major Equinor has received safety consent from the country’s offshore safety wat...

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Equinor comes up dry in Barents Sea well

Equinor has drilled a dry well near the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. ...

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UK sees improved production efficiency for 7 years in a row

Production efficiency on the UK Continental Shelf has improved for the seventh consecutive year and ...

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Equinor gains drilling permit for Norwegian Sea wildcats

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for wells located in the N...

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  • Exploration & Production
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OMV delineates Hades discovery in Norwegian Sea

OMV is the process of concluding the drilling of an appraisal well on the Hades gas/condensate disco...

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  • Exploration & Production
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TAQA files decommissioning plans for North Sea platforms

TAQA Bratani has filed its decommissioning programs for the Tern and North Cormorant platform topsid...

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Shell gets green light for Brent Alpha jacket decom plan

UK authorities have approved Shell’s decommissioning plan for the Brent Alpha jacket, located ...

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Aker BP cleared for production drilling on two fields

Aker BP has received safety consents from the Norwegian offshore safety watchdog to use two rigs for...

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Eni calls Nigeria bribery case 'completely groundless'

Eni considers that the Public Prosecutor’s requests for conviction of the company and its executives...

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Masirah gets green light for Yumna field development plan

Oman’s Ministry of Oil and Gas has approved Masirah Oil’s field development plan (FDP) for the offsh...

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Chevron to buy Noble Energy in deal valued at $5 billion

Chevron has entered into a definitive agreement with Noble Energy to acquire all of the outstanding ...

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BOEM proposes 78.8 million-acre Gulf of Mexico lease sale

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer over 78 million acres for a region-wide...

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Norwegian oil output in June again below NPD's prediction

Norwegian oil production has dropped below predictions made by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (...

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Former Pemex CEO returns to Mexico to face corruption charges

A former chief executive officer (CEO) of Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) arri...

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BP to drill Ironbark well in October

BP’s environment plan for the Ironbark-1 exploration well has been approved by the Australian ...

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  • Environment
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Vår Energi resumes offshore drilling activities

Vår Energi is resuming its drilling activities in the Barents Sea and the North Sea, which were post...

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  • Business Developments & Projects
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G20 gov'ts back fossil fuels with $151B in recovery policies

A total commitment of at least $151 billion from G20 governments in support of fossil fuels has been...

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Santos plans to leave Tern wellhead on site

Santos has filed its environment plan for the abandonment of the Tern-1 wellhead to the Australian o...

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  • Environment
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Equinor hits minor oil discovery near Vigdis

Equinor has made a minor oil discovery near the Vigdis field in the North Sea offshore Norway. ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Beach and Bridgeport get new gas exploration permits

Australian oil and gas companies Beach Energy and Bridgeport Energy have been awarded two new gas ex...

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  • Exploration & Production
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ExxonMobil preparing for P&A campaign in Australia

ExxonMobil’s environment plan for the plug and abandonment of Seahorse/Tarwhine wells offshore...

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  • Environment
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Eni hands in decommissioning plan for 6 North Sea platforms

Italian oil and gas company Eni has submitted its plans for decommissioning of six platforms on the ...

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UK oil industry welcomes gov’t measures to save jobs

The UK’s offshore oil and gas industry’s representative body Oil and Gas UK has welcomed the i...

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