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December 20, 2023
Wood has been awarded a contract by Dragados Offshore to deliver engineering design and provide regulatory support for the development of three 2GW converter stations that will transfer offshore wind power to Germany's power grid.
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December 19, 2023
Subsea7 will provide an IRM, survey and light construction vessel, complete with work class and observation class remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROV), capable of performing inspection, survey, intervention, subsea construction and emergency response services.
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December 18, 2023
The downtime resulted from a malfunction in new equipment installed during maintenance activities in the previous quarter, causing a deferral of approximately one month in production from the Alvheim area.
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December 18, 2023
Petrofac has secured an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) framework agreement with TotalEnergies.
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December 15, 2023
Odfjell Drilling Ltd. has announced an extension of the firm contract with Aker BP for the Deepsea Nordkapp.
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December 14, 2023
Linnorm is estimated to contain around 25-30 Bcm of recoverable gas resources. As a comparison, this is more gas than remaining reserves in each of the producing fields Aasta Hansteen, Martin Linge, and Gina Krog.
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December 13, 2023
The updated recoverable resource estimate for the oil discovery in the Garn, Ile and Tilje formations is between 44 and 75 MMboe, while estimates for the underlying Åre Formation discovery are between 6 and 25 MMboe.
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December 12, 2023
Located 23 km north of the Gjøa platform, Ofelia Agat and Kyrre will be considered for development as tie-backs to Gjøa.
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December 12, 2023
With these latest commitments, OMV Petrom and ROMGAZ are on track to safely deliver the first gas from Neptun Deep in 2027.
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December 05, 2023
About 65% of the overall natural gas resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf have not yet been produced. Some of the remaining gas resources face a variety of challenges that could complicate production.
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December 01, 2023
Tommeliten A is a development with two subsea templates in the North Sea tied back to the Ekofisk Complex. The total resource potential is estimated in the range of 120-180 MMboe, mainly comprising of natural gas (approx. 70%) and condensate (approx. 30%).
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November 30, 2023
As part of a strategic review, Waldorf has “spoken to most of the independents in the UK about how we can get a better risk-adjusted return on our business,” he said during an investor update Thursday.
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November 24, 2023
A new report shows that deliveries to exploration, operation and modification of Equinor-operated oil and gas fields and onshore plants in Norway exceeded $8.69 billion in 2022, an increase of approximately 13% from the previous year. Over 90% went to Norwegian suppliers.
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November 23, 2023
The state-owned Middle Eastern company has been studying a possible bid as it seeks to boost its global footprint, people familiar with the matter said. Any deal could value Wintershall Dea at more than €10 billion ($11 billion), the people said.
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November 22, 2023
(WO) — Enteq Technologies, the energy services technology supplier, has opened its new office in Aberdeen. The move to the U.K.’s energy capital builds on its existing presence in Cheltenham and Houston and supports Enteq’s ongoing strategic expansion.
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November 21, 2023
(WO) — TechnipFMC has announced an agreement to sell the company’s Measurement Solutions business to One Equity Partners for $205 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments at the closing of the transaction.
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November 20, 2023
(WO) — Ukraine's state-owned Naftogaz’s subsidiary Ukrgasvydobuvannya has uncovered a highly promising gas deposit in the Carpathians, previously believed to be exhausted, the company announced on Nov. 20.
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November 08, 2023
Munin, which is situated in the northern part of Yggdrasil, is an unmanned gas production platform. This installation is the first of its kind on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. 
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November 07, 2023
The proposed annual licensing rounds will only take place if two key tests are met that support the transition to net zero.
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November 06, 2023
The recoverable volumes are estimated to be between 5 and 16 MMboe. The well was drilled by the Noble Lloyd Noble rig.
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November 06, 2023
Legislation to be set out in the King’s Speech on Tuesday would require the North Sea Transition Authority regulator to invite applications to drill for fossil fuels in the North Sea each year, according to a statement issued by Sunak’s office.
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