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February 17, 2023
EnBW is among today’s leaders in offshore wind in Germany. In partnership with Equinor, a global offshore wind major, we will continue to significantly contribute to a climate-friendly energy future in Germany and Europe”, said Michael Class, Head of Portfolio Development Renewables at EnBW.
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February 16, 2023
TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant contract for subsea production systems by Equinor for its Irpa oil and gas development on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract covers the supply and installation support of subsea trees, control systems, structures, and connections, as well as tooling.
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February 16, 2023
Produced by ADNOC Gas at Das Island, Abu Dhabi, the shipment of 137,000 m3 of LNG is the commissioning cargo for the new floating LNG terminal in Brunsbüttel and the first-ever LNG cargo to be shipped to Germany from the Middle East.
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February 14, 2023
Norway has become the continent’s largest supplier of natural gas, pumping a record 122 Bcm in 2022 through over 8,000 km of subsea pipes. Johan Sverdrup, which began oil production in late 2019, is estimated to hold 2.7 Bboe, making it the continent’s biggest oil field.
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February 14, 2023
Aibel won an EPCI contract that involves engineering, procurement, construction and installation of two new processing modules related to the onshore compression and electrification of the Melkøya plant.
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February 13, 2023
The Noble Innovator offshore rig arrived at the new $483.91 million Aberdeen South Harbour for a 60 - 90 day period of maintenance by Noble Corporation.
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February 13, 2023
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded two contracts by Equinor for the Irpa and Verdande field developments, located in the Norwegian Sea. The two projects will be executed in a consortium between DeepOcean and Subsea7.
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February 09, 2023
The Heimdal Terrace OBN survey will span an additional 500 square kilometer area under receivers (AUR) to increase the contiguous multi-client OBN coverage in the region to 3,778 square kilometers AUR.
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February 09, 2023
According to preliminary estimates, the size of the discovery is between 17 and 47 MMboe, of which the majority is oil. The two exploration wells of the discovery were drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen rig.
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February 09, 2023
The discovery occurred in the operated 7122/8-1S Countach well in PL229 (Goliat), north-west of Hammerfest.
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February 07, 2023
Multiple sources have reported calls by opposition politicians and union leaders for another increase in the windfall taxes on energy producers, linked to BP’s latest global profits announcements. OEUK said such a levy risked breaching global tax agreements and could never be implemented.
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February 07, 2023
The acreage includes the Harald gas fields, for which the company is already assessing CO2 storage opportunities within the framework of the Bifrost project, as well as a saline aquifer that could increase CO2 storage volumes and bring a competitive solution to the market.
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February 03, 2023
The agreements will secure the majority of the power needed for the existing manufacturing activities and also the additional power required for planned investments into electrification and hydrogen production as part of INEOS Inovyn Norway's plans to decarbonize its assets in Norway.
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February 01, 2023
With the start-up of production from the 10th well, the Neptune-operated Cygnus gas facility is now capable of producing enough natural gas to meet the needs of approximately 2 million UK households, underlining the important contribution of Cygnus to UK energy security.
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February 01, 2023
Under current projections, the project has the capacity to store up to one gigaton of CO2 - which equates to roughly three years’ worth of UK CO2 current emissions.
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February 01, 2023
The Barents Blue concept is to make ammonia from natural gas from the Barents Sea, capture the CO2 and store it under the seabed. The Polaris CO2 storage under the Barents Sea was selected as the CO2 storage solution for the Barents Blue project.
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January 30, 2023
Equinor awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract the low-carbon hydrogen production plan H2H Saltend to Linde Engineering. Equinor also awarded an operation and maintenance service contract to Linde company BOC.  
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January 26, 2023
BiSN signed a three-year contract, which features two one-year extensions, to provide this operator with Wel-lok™ alloy plugs for its ongoing offshore UK P&A campaign in the North Sea.
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January 24, 2023
Produced in partnership with Scotland-based documentary maker Thomas Hogben, ‘The Time is Now: the UK’s changing energy industry’ intimately captures the hopes, fears and ambitions of some of the people working on the frontline of the UK’s energy transition.
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January 23, 2023
The Press Association has reported a speech by Rachel Reeves at the Fabian Society Conference, saying that a Labour government would extend the windfall tax on UK North Sea operators from 75% to 78%. In response, OEUK said the impact of such changes would be disastrous for the UK’s energy supplies and future energy security.
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January 20, 2023
TotalEnergies awarded the first contract- the LAPA Southwest (LAPA SW) development project- to Saipem and partner Aker Solutions do Brasil. Equinor also awarded a contract to Saipem for the Irpa pipeline project.
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