(WO) – Eni and SPP, Slovakia’s largest energy supplier, have signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on commercial cooperation in the natural gas and LNG sector, aimed at identifying initiatives to contribute to Slovakia’s ability to diversify gas supplies. The signature took place on the State visit of Italian President Sergio Matta...

(Bloomberg) – The Alberta Energy Regulator is reconsidering approval of a plan allowing Suncor Energy Inc. to extend its Fort Hills oil-sands mine into nearby wetlands after pressure from an environmental group. The AER in September approved Suncor’s plan for protecting certain portions of the McClelland Lake Wetlands Complex, a necessary...

(WO) – Saipem has successfully completed the installation of 114 offshore wind turbine foundations, part of the development of the Seagreen offshore wind farm, located approximately 27 kilometers off the coast of Angus, in the North Sea. The offshore wind farm is being developed by Seagreen Wind Energy, a joint venture between SSE Renewable...

(WO) – Shell U.K. Ltd, a subsidiary of Shell plc, has completed the restart of operations at the Pierce field in the UK Central North Sea, following a significant upgrade to allow gas to be produced after years of the field producing only oil. Pierce is a joint venture between Shell companies (operator, 92.52%) and Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited (7.4...

(Bloomberg) – Peruvian authorities said they spotted a new oil spill near a Repsol SA-operated refinery during a routine inspection, according to a statement. Peru’s environmental authority OEFA said the oil spill at the port of La Pampilla refinery affected a 300 square meter area. It was discovered on April 15 at the multi buoy terminal...

(WO) – TotalEnergies announced the delivery of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to the Dhamra LNG terminal, located in the state of Odisha on the east coast of India and owned and operated by Adani Total Private Limited (ATPL), a 50-50 joint venture between TotalEnergies and Adani. This delivery enables the gradual commissioning of the...

(WO) – On 8 April, production started from the Bauge subsea oil field in the Norwegian Sea. Bauge is tied back to the recently upgraded Njord platform. Recoverable reserves in Bauge are estimated at 50 MMboe, mainly oil. Organ Richardsen/ Equinor Bauge consists of two oil producers in a subsea template, in addition to pipelines and an umbili...

(WO) – Enteq Technologies announced the sale of its XXT MWD (measurement while drilling) intellectual property and associated assets to Rime Downhole for a multi-million figure sum. The sale comes as Enteq expands to new U.S. headquarters in Houston, Texas, as it drives the continued development of SABER. The Enteq XXT technology is well kn...

(WO) – Nauticus Robotics, Inc., a developer of autonomous robots using artificial intelligence for data collection and intervention services for the ocean industries, announced the commencement of commissioning exercises of the first of three second-generation Aquanauts, dubbed the ‘Mark 2’ (MK2). Following commissioning, Nauticus expects to...

(Bloomberg) – Chevron Corp. is finalizing a production-sharing agreement with Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo to operate their shared offshore oil block, Congolese Oil Minister Didier Budimbu Ntubuanga said. There is a draft of the pact and this month the parties have been invited to discuss development of the block known as bot...