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December 2023
The UKCS has a substantial number of unused pipelines and reservoirs, but the investment costs remain high. Activity in this area should increase over the medium and longer terms.  
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December 29, 2023
Vår Energi’s net production from the field was 1,500 boed in the first nine months of 2023 and had remaining net reserves 1.9 MMboe at year end 2022.
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December 26, 2023
Kristian Johansen, CEO at TGS, commented, “This project, for a major energy customer, further highlights the integral role OBN acquisition has in providing our clients improved seismic data quality and help them make better reservoir development decisions.”
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December 22, 2023
Equinor and SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic) have signed an agreement whereby Equinor will divest all its remaining assets in Azerbaijan to SOCAR.
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December 20, 2023
Wood has been awarded a contract by Dragados Offshore to deliver engineering design and provide regulatory support for the development of three 2GW converter stations that will transfer offshore wind power to Germany's power grid.
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December 19, 2023
Subsea7 will provide an IRM, survey and light construction vessel, complete with work class and observation class remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROV), capable of performing inspection, survey, intervention, subsea construction and emergency response services.
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December 18, 2023
The downtime resulted from a malfunction in new equipment installed during maintenance activities in the previous quarter, causing a deferral of approximately one month in production from the Alvheim area.
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December 18, 2023
Petrofac has secured an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) framework agreement with TotalEnergies.
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December 15, 2023
Odfjell Drilling Ltd. has announced an extension of the firm contract with Aker BP for the Deepsea Nordkapp.
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December 14, 2023
Linnorm is estimated to contain around 25-30 Bcm of recoverable gas resources. As a comparison, this is more gas than remaining reserves in each of the producing fields Aasta Hansteen, Martin Linge, and Gina Krog.
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December 13, 2023
The updated recoverable resource estimate for the oil discovery in the Garn, Ile and Tilje formations is between 44 and 75 MMboe, while estimates for the underlying Åre Formation discovery are between 6 and 25 MMboe.
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December 12, 2023
Located 23 km north of the Gjøa platform, Ofelia Agat and Kyrre will be considered for development as tie-backs to Gjøa.
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December 12, 2023
With these latest commitments, OMV Petrom and ROMGAZ are on track to safely deliver the first gas from Neptun Deep in 2027.
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December 05, 2023
About 65% of the overall natural gas resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf have not yet been produced. Some of the remaining gas resources face a variety of challenges that could complicate production.
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December 01, 2023
Tommeliten A is a development with two subsea templates in the North Sea tied back to the Ekofisk Complex. The total resource potential is estimated in the range of 120-180 MMboe, mainly comprising of natural gas (approx. 70%) and condensate (approx. 30%).
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November 30, 2023
As part of a strategic review, Waldorf has “spoken to most of the independents in the UK about how we can get a better risk-adjusted return on our business,” he said during an investor update Thursday.
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November 24, 2023
A new report shows that deliveries to exploration, operation and modification of Equinor-operated oil and gas fields and onshore plants in Norway exceeded $8.69 billion in 2022, an increase of approximately 13% from the previous year. Over 90% went to Norwegian suppliers.
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November 23, 2023
The state-owned Middle Eastern company has been studying a possible bid as it seeks to boost its global footprint, people familiar with the matter said. Any deal could value Wintershall Dea at more than €10 billion ($11 billion), the people said.
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November 22, 2023
(WO) — Enteq Technologies, the energy services technology supplier, has opened its new office in Aberdeen. The move to the U.K.’s energy capital builds on its existing presence in Cheltenham and Houston and supports Enteq’s ongoing strategic expansion.
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November 21, 2023
(WO) — TechnipFMC has announced an agreement to sell the company’s Measurement Solutions business to One Equity Partners for $205 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments at the closing of the transaction.
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November 20, 2023
(WO) — Ukraine's state-owned Naftogaz’s subsidiary Ukrgasvydobuvannya has uncovered a highly promising gas deposit in the Carpathians, previously believed to be exhausted, the company announced on Nov. 20.
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