(WO) – The Ocean Energy Safety Institute (OESI) has awarded well integrity and well control specialist Add Energy funding to develop a method to standardize blowout event consequence analysis to support consistent risk measurement of unwanted well control events. Add Energy has a track record of approximately 85 live well incidents evaluated and...

(Bloomberg) – Libya’s Sharara oil field is gradually resuming production after protesters that shut the facility earlier last week left, a person familiar with the matter said. The protesters ended their demonstration after officials released a man who’s vying to become the nation’s next central bank governor. The nearby — but small...

(WO) – According to the company’s quarterly report, Aker BP delivered strong operational and financial performance in the second quarter 2023, with the highest production volume, the lowest unit cost and the lowest emissions intensity in the company’s history. The company achieved a new production record of 481 MMboed, driven by the suc...

(WO) – TotalEnergies, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) NextDecade Corporation, and their partners, GIC and Mubadala, made the final investment decision  to develop phase 1 of Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG), a natural gas liquefaction (LNG) project in South Texas. This first phase comprises 3 liquefaction trains with a total capacity of 17.5 mi...

(WO) – Dominion Energy has concluded a robust and competitive sale process and executed a definitive agreement to sell its 50% noncontrolling limited partner interest in Cove Point LNG, LP, to Berkshire Hathaway Energy, which currently operates the facility and owns a 100% general partner and 25% limited partner interest. The total transact...

(WO) – TotalEnergies and its partner SOCAR (State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan) announced the start of production of the first phase of development of the Absheron natural gas and condensate field in the Caspian Sea, around 100 km south-east of Baku. This first phase connects a subsea production well to a new gas processing pla...

(WO) – DNO ASA, a Norwegian oil and gas operator, announced a significant gas and condensate discovery on the Carmen prospect in the Norwegian North Sea, license PL1148, in which the company holds a 30% interest. Preliminary evaluation of comprehensive data, including cores and fluid samples, acquired from the discovery well and a follow-on...

(WO) – Avangrid has awarded TDI-Brooks a shallow water geotechnical site investigation survey at block OCSA-0508, also known as Kitty Hawk Wind. The data collected will inform the design of the export cable and inter-array packages. The scope of work includes utilizing a TDI-Brooks’ owned Datum Neptune 5K (pCPT) at 155 sites and a newly-designe...

(WO) – SLB (NYSE: SLB) has been awarded a five-year contract by Petrobras for an enterprise-wide deployment of its Delfi digital platform. The contract scope covers Petrobras’ digital transformation from exploration, development and production operations, including moving subsurface workflows to the cloud to significantly accelerate decision ma...

(WO) – Transocean Ltd. announced that six one-well options have been exercised for the Transocean Encourage in Norway. The estimated 370 days of work will contribute approximately $172 million in backlog. The work is expected to commence in direct continuation of the current firm term and now extends through February 2026. Transocean is a l...