Field/project development
Plans call for license partner Aker BP to serve as operator during the development phase, with operatorship reverting to DNO after first oil in 2028.
In lifting force majeure, TotalEnergies says it will restart construction on its Mozambique LNG project as soon as the government agrees to a revised budget and schedule that targets shipping first product in 2029.
The supermajor says it aims to start appraisal activities in 2027 and is evaluating development possibilities for the deepwater find offshore Brazil, which is the company’s largest discovery in 25 years.
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More than 2.0 mtpa of LNG to come from Plaquemines LNG and CP2 LNG facilities. -
Uganda’s Lake Albert appears on track to first oil by 2025. The oil is expected to be exported via the 1443-km East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline.
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The proposed sale notice consists of more than 300,000 acres in three designated areas offshore Louisiana and Texas.
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Equinor advances Irpa and Verdande field development projects closer to first oil with a raft of contract awards.
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An International Energy Forum report says oil and gas upstream capital expenditures increased to their highest level since 2014 but more is needed.
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QatarEnergy’s acquisition of a 30% interest in E&P blocks offshore Lebanon with TotalEnergies and Eni expands the company’s East Med portfolio while enabling the Emirate to help mediate Beirut’s longstanding political and economic crisis.
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Environmental report recommends shrinking the Alaska project to three drilling sites from the five initially proposed by ConocoPhillips.
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Operator Horisont Energi finds a new partner in Spain’s Fertiberia, while Equinor and Vår seek alternatives.
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Offshore Eastern Canada is showing signs of life as new project commitments are firmed up and idled projects roar to life.
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The authors of this paper describe the path of an operator’s successful exploration program that has integrated geologic and geophysical understanding and new technology to discover 8 billion BOE at the time of writing.
