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October 22, 2024
(WO) — CNOOC has commenced production on its Xijiang 30-2 Oilfield Xijiang 30-1 Block Development Project ahead of schedule. The project is expected to achieve a peak production of approximately 26,000 boed in 2027.
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October 21, 2024
TDI-Brooks has successfully completed its fifth geotechnical investigation for DenAr Ocean Engineering S.A. The RV Nautilus was dispatched to the Black Sea from the U.S. East Coast to facilitate this operation.
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October 17, 2024
ABS has secured a contract to provide and test a digital twin solution for real-time condition monitoring for a Petrobras FPSO unit.
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October 17, 2024
Transocean today announced a one-year contract for the Deepwater Conqueror with an undisclosed operator in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
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October 15, 2024
Baker Hughes has secured an order to supply centrifugal and electrical-driven Integrated Compressor Line (ICL) compressors to Saipem for TotalEnergies’ Kaminho FPSO unit in offshore Angola.
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October 15, 2024
Growing demand for application-specific routing and cyber security has created new solutions for users, writes Alexandre de Luca, President, Energy, Enterprise and Government, Marlink
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October 15, 2024
North Star has secured its first contract for a commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV), a second award with EnBW, further establishing the company’s growing presence in the European offshore wind sector.
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October 10, 2024
Standards development follows a structured and systematic process, ensuring the highest quality and likelihood of implementation by industry and regulators worldwide. World Oil recently spoke with Paula Watkins, API Senior Director of Standards Development, to gain insights into the intricacies of the standards development process, the role of international collaborations, and the challenges along the way.
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October 14, 2024
Cameroon has recently attracted a wave of independent explorers embarking on new exploration activities and developing marginal fields, in collaboration with national oil company Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH).
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October 14, 2024
Woodside Energy has announced the successful completion of the installation of the Scarborough Energy Project trunkline which will transport offshore gas to the onshore Pluto LNG processing facility in Karratha.
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October 11, 2024
bp Plc expects its net debt to have risen in the third quarter due to lower refining margins and changes to the timing of asset sales. 
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October 11, 2024
Shelf Drilling, Ltd. has secured new contracts for two jack-up rigs in offshore Nigeria, paving the way for a fully executed three-year contract for the Achiever jack-up rig, and expanding their operations in West Africa.
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October 11, 2024
Eni SpA has received significant interest for its next FLNG project in Mozambique, even as international lenders face growing pressure to reduce exposure to fossil fuels.
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October 11, 2024
ExxonMobil Guyana plans to increase output from its Stabroek block offshore Guyana by 18,000 bpd once it has completed risk assessments and received approval from local authorities.
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October 10, 2024
Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan has cut its oil production by half upon request from Baghdad, as the second-largest producer in OPEC tries to meet its output quota.
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October 10, 2024
Thailand’s new government will restart negotiations with Cambodia to explore an offshore oil and gas field with at least $300 billion worth of reserves that the two countries have been squabbling over since the 1970s.
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October 09, 2024
Subsea7 has secured a contract for a subsea tieback development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The company will be responsible for transporting and installing the flowline, umbilical, and other subsea components required for the project.
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October 09, 2024
Under the agreement, Petrofac will provide technical and engineering support for key onshore and offshore assets, including five offshore steel jacket facilities in the Alba Field and the Alba Gas Plant onshore.
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October 09, 2024
Shearwater Geoservices Holding AS has been awarded a major offshore project by TotalEnergies to conduct a deepwater ocean-bottom node (OBN) survey in Angola.
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October 08, 2024
The U.S. expects crude production to grow by just 320,000 bpd next year, much slower than previously estimated.
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October 08, 2024
TechnipFMC has secured an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI) contract from bp for its greenfield Kaskida development in the Gulf of Mexico.
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