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Tag: Norway
INEOS Energy To Sell Norwegian Assets
(INEOS Energy, 25.Mar.2021) — INEOS Energy announced an agreement to sell its Oil and Gas business in Norway to PGNiG Upstream Norway AS for a consideration of $615mn. The deal […]
Circle K Loves Norway
(Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., 7.Feb.2021) — Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. and its global brand, Circle K, make it official: “Yes, Will Ferrell – Circle K loves Norway and we’re ready!” By being […]
Seadrill Takes Actions To Address Capital Structure
(Seadrill, 20.Nov.2020) — “Seadrill continues to play its part in establishing a more viable market environment – taking action on scrapping rigs, reducing the cost of operation and support activities, […]
Panasonic And Equinor Eye European Battery Business
(Panasonic, 18.Nov.2020) — The companies will work together towards summer 2021 to assess the market for lithium-ion batteries in Europe and mature the business case for a green battery business […]
Six Norway Oil And Gas Fields Shut Amid Strike
(Reuters, 4.Oct.2020) — Six Norwegian offshore oil and gas fields were shut on Monday as more workers joined a strike over pay, companies and union officials said. The strike will […]
Noble Lloyd Noble To drill At Valemon
(Equinor, 8.Sep.2020) — Noble Drilling Norway AS has been awarded a contract for drilling three wells at the Valemon field from the summer of 2021, applying the Noble Lloyd Noble […]
Guyana And Suriname To Benefit From Joining Forces
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Aug.2020) — Neighboring Guyana and Suriname in South America have been well off investor’s radars until recently. The countries are now regular headlines due to offshore crude […]
Argentina’s YPF cedes 50% interest offshore to Norway’s Equinor
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 7.Apr.2020) — Argentina’s government authorized state oil company YPF to move forward with a transfer of a 50% interest in an offshore exploration permit to […]
Equinor Reports GOM Oil Discovery
(Equinor, 6.Apr.2020) — Equinor and co-venturers Progress Resources USA Ltd and Repsol E&P USA Inc. have encountered oil in the Monument exploration well in the US Gulf of Mexico. The […]
COSAN Seeks Permits For Alternative Route 4
(S&P Global Platts, 6.Jan.2020) — Brazil sugar and ethanol group Cosan applied for environmental permits to build a second tranche of the Route 4 offshore natural gas export pipeline in […]
Equinor Says Brazil ‘Hotspot’ Of Int’l Efforts
(Reuters, 26.Nov.2019) — Norway’s Equinor plans to drill 30-40 oil and gas exploration wells globally in 2020, similar this year, with Brazil being a “hotspot” of its international efforts, the […]
Valaris Announces New Contract Awards
(Valaris, 25.Nov.2019) — Valaris plc announced new contracts and contract extensions, with associated revenue backlog of approximately $285 million, awarded subsequent to a prior fleet status report dated October 25, […]
Ramnarine Talks Of TT Energy Sector Crisis
(AZP, 13.Nov.2019) — There is a crisis in the energy sector in Trinidad and Tobago. This is the view of former energy minister Kevin Ramnarine after the announcement by Yara […]
Yara Reports Closure Of Trinidad Ammonia Plant
(Yara, 13.Nov.2019) — Yara regrets to announce the closure of its wholly-owned ammonia plant in Point Lisas, Trinidad. The Yara Trinidad plant is one of three ammonia plants operated by […]
Equinor And YPF Ink Offshore Exploration Deal
(Equinor, 21.Aug.2019) — Equinor’s executive vice president for Exploration, Tim Dodson, and YPF’s CEO Daniel Gonzalez have signed an agreement to jointly explore the CAN 100 offshore block, located in […]
Europe’s Norway To Fund 30 MW Solar-Plus-Storage In Guyana
(Renewables Now, 10.Jun.2019) — Norway, through its ministry of climate, has approved the transfer of funds for the construction of 30 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) farms with energy storage […]
Equinor Boosts Stake In Caesar Tonga Field In Deepwater US GOM
(Equinor, 13.May.2019) — Equinor has exercised its preferential rights to acquire an additional 22.45% interest in the Caesar Tonga oil field from Shell Offshore Inc for a total consideration of […]
T&T Energy Minister: Positive Growth Forecast For NatGas Markets
(Loop News, 14.Nov.2018) — Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and President of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, Franklin Khan, said the natural gas industry is forecast to grow within […]
Chevron Stayed In Venezuela Long After Rivals Quit
(Wall Street Journal, Kejal Vyas and Bradley Olson, 8.Nov.2018) — For nearly a century, Chevron Corp. has weathered dictatorships, coups and nationalization drives to keep pumping oil in Venezuela. But recently, […]
Mexico Must Double Oil Exploration Spending to Halt Output Fall: Pemex
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, David Alire Garcia, 28.Sep.2018) — Mexico will need to double to about $4 billion its annual oil exploration investment to reverse a 14-year decline in output, a […]
Equinor and Petrobras Sign Brazilian Offshore MOU
(WindPowerOffshore, Craig Richard, 28.Sep.2018) — State-owned oil majors Equinor and Petrobras have signed a three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop the country’s offshore wind sector. The two companies have […]
Petrobras, Equinor Ink 3-Year Deal for Wind Energy Projects
(Reuters, 26.Sep.2018) — Norway’s Equinor ASA and Brazil’s Petrobras agreed to jointly seek out offshore wind projects together for the next three years, executives from the two companies said on […]
Equinor To Start Drilling Carcara Field In 2018
(Reuters, 5.Sep.2018) — Norway’s Equinor ASA said on Wednesday it would begin drilling in Brazil’s North Carcara oil field in the offshore Santos basin in 2018, after obtaining environmental permits. […]
PdV, Joint Ventures Miss Oil Targets
(Argus, 9.Aug.2018) – Venezuela’s state-owned PdV and its joint ventures fell short of officially targeted crude production by more than 125,000 b/d in July, according to an internal PdV upstream […]
Venezuela Inflation to Hit 1 Mln Percent. Thanks, Socialism.
(Washington Post, Megan McArdle, 27.Jul.2018) – According to the International Monetary Fund, by the end of the year, the annual inflation rate in Venezuela will reach 1 million percent. A number […]
Uruguay to Adopt Process for Offshore Oil Blocks
(Reuters, Luc Cohen, 15.Jun.2018) – Uruguay will move toward a permanent offer process for offshore oil blocks as other Latin American countries have done, after an April auction failed to […]
ExxonMobil Acquires Interest in Acreage Offshore Suriname
(Exxon Mobil, 13.Jul.2017) – Exxon Mobil Corporation announced that its subsidiary ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Suriname B.V., along with co-venturers Hess and Statoil, signed a production sharing contract for Block […]
Wood Group Awarded Contract for Statoil’s Peregrino field
(Wood Group, 28.Jun.2016) – Wood Group was awarded a multimillion dollar contract to provide detailed engineering and design, and procurement services to South Atlantic Holding (owned by Statoil and partner […]
Executive Profile: YPF New CEO Ricardo Darré
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 6.Jun.2016) – Ricardo Darré will assume the position of CEO at YPF on July 1, 2016, taking over the helm from the interim CEO. Darré […]
Statoil Strengthens Its Position In Uruguay
(Statoil, 15.Feb.2016) — Statoil has signed a farm-in agreement with Tullow to acquire a 35% working interest in offshore exploration block 15 in the Pelotas basin, deepening its position in […]
Statoil Awards Wood Group Contract Offshore
(Statoil ASA, 22.Sep.2015) – Norway’s Statoil ASA, on behalf of the Peregrino license partners, has been awarding a contract to Wood Group to provide 4-year operations and maintenance for 2 […]
Subsea 7 Signs $200 Mln Contract in Brazil
(Subsea 7 S.A., 14.Apr.2015) – Norway’s Subsea 7 S.A. was awarded a contract worth approximately $200 million with a duration of approximately 2-years. “This new contract for Seven Seas maintains […]