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Rystad estimates almost 2 million B/D will remain shut in on average during September and October, with full restoration to pre-attack levels not coming until closer to year end.

At a water treatment plant for an onshore oil field in northern Germany, formaldehyde injection was started in 2015 as a biocide. The goal of this study was to understand the chemical parameters and microbial distribution in the water system and whether formaldehyde injection was effective.

To facilitate testing and comparison of products that attenuate microbially influenced corrosion under field conditions, a method using microorganisms from a low-tide, anoxic North Sea sample was developed that allows corrosion measurements to be made for corroding biofilms grown on steel surfaces.

Petrofac’s Engineering & Production Services (EPS) division has been awarded a contract to provide managed maintenance services for ADNOC’s Al Dhafra Petroleum to support its operations at Haliba field, located onshore along the southeast border of Abu Dhabi. Al Dhafra Petroleum recently achieved first oil production at Haliba field on 1 June.

Weatherford International signed a 5-year Corporate Procurement Agreement with Saudi Aramco to deliver cementation, completions, liners, solid expandables, and casing exit technologies. Weatherford said in a statement the agreement establishes a foundation for future collaboration between the two companies.

The combination of digital technologies will enable Chevron—and, eventually, other companies—to process, visualize, interpret, and glean insights from multiple data sources, the companies said.

For several decades, energy security has been defined and pursued in a multilateral world with relatively open markets and technology transfer, where energy relations have become increasingly commodified. But that world may soon disappear.

The virtual storefront will allow Freeport LNG to match physical, bilateral transactions with potential offtakers in a variety of trading formats. It is expected to launch this November.

Amidst a conflict between Vietnam and China over the South China Sea, the Malaysian company’s 10-year deal to supply an FPSO for the Ca Rong Do offshore field is now history. Repsol, the operator of Ca Rong Do, suspended the project last year in the wake of government pressure.

Serica Energy has become the first operator to digitize safety in the North Sea after signing a deal to adopt the Restrata Platform, a piece of technology that provides real-time monitoring of people and assets.

The report reveals there is no single pathway to a decarbonized energy mix. A combination of energy sources—primarily gas and renewables—will be the quickest route to delivering a supply of affordable, decarbonized energy in the lead-up to the midcentury.

McDermott said that its Chinese joint venture, Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan Offshore Engineering, has won a contract to provide three modules for the Arctic LNG 2 project led by Novatek. The scope includes the fabrication of three pre-assembled unit complex process modules. McDermott did not disclose financial details, but it characterized the contract as large, meaning …