Asset Management
After a record year for LNG project approvals in 2025, multiyear repairs to war-damaged liquefaction facilities in Qatar and the UAE threaten to slow the growth of global LNG capacity.
The declaration builds on a memorandum of understanding the partners signed with Egypt in May to process Block 10 gas at the country’s LNG export and domestic gas facilities.
Alongside the new subsea awards, Equinor strengthened its position in the 400-million-bbl Bay du Nord development by acquiring BP’s interest in the project.
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The group will shed an additional 500,000 B/D of oil production through March 2020, bringing the total curtailment to 1.7 million B/D. -
Calgary-based Colombia producers Canacol Energy and Parex Resources led all firms by gaining three blocks each, with one more counteroffer from Parex pending review.
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DeepOcean has agreed to a contract with Equinor to provide subsea inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) services offshore Norway. The contract, which will last up to 9 months, includes use of the Normand Ocean vessel for offshore work. The work primarily involves subsea ROV operations covering IMR activities for Equinor’s assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf,…
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The American Petroleum Institute has published a significantly updated version of a key safety standard aimed at enhancing the oil and natural gas industry’s commitment to worker safety, incident prevention, and environmental protection in offshore operations.
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One of the biggest discoveries in the past decade, Sangomar, moves closer to sanction as operator Woodside and its joint venture partners submit the plan for the field's development. First oil from Senegal's first offshore development is scheduled for 2023.
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The Australian company upped its forecast of initial oil production out of the field from 50,000 B/D to somewhere between 75,000 and 100,000 B/D. It expects to spend between $1.9 billion and $2.2 billion on the field's development.
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OneSubsea has agreed to a contract with Nexans for the design and supply of two 75-mi power umbilicals for a subsea multiphase compression system at Shell’s Ormen Lange gas field in the Norwegian North Sea.
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Byron Energy has entered an agreement to fund the construction of SM58 (South Marsh Island 58), its production platform in the US Gulf of Mexico. The Australian company said it had signed a binding secured promissory note with Crimson Midstream to borrow an initial amount of $15 million. The money will be used primarily for the ongoing construction of the production p…
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The Spanish oil and gas company says existing or foreseeable technologies will achieve at least 70% of its ambitious plan to shrink its carbon footprint.
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It is the first time the country was a net exporter of crude and petroleum products during a month since the US Energy Information Administration began keeping such records in 1973.
