Shell fires up Vito, with Whale to follow
Where Vito has led, Shell’s Whale will follow. The company reached FID on Whale in 2021 and it is due to begin producing in 2024.
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Sweet 16: The key North Sea projects due to come onstream before 2027
A host of major oil and gas projects dotted around the North Sea are due to start-up production in the next few years.
Longboat enters Malaysia, pursues monetisation at west-of-Troll finds
Longboat Energy has announced its entry into Malaysia, while in Norway it will seek to mature a string of successful finds near the Troll field.
At North Sea field a scoreboard tracks Norway’s rising oil clout
Amid a wall of screens in the control room of Equinor ASA’s Johan Sverdrup oil field in the North Sea ticks a tally of the day’s production — and a measure of Norway’s growing importance to Europe’s energy security.
Equinor hands out £650m contract for major electrification project
The Snohvit Future project consists of two developments, and will cut emissions and extend the life of the namesake gas field.
Equinor announces new North Sea discovery near Troll field
Norwegian energy giant, Equinor, announced a new oil and gas discovery in the North Sea, near the Troll field.
Protestors gather outside Equinor’s Aberdeen base after company posts record results
Demonstrators gathered outside Equinor’s (OSLO: EQNR) north-east base on Wednesday afternoon in opposition to the oil and gas company's “grotesque” profits.
Equinor sets new record as profits double in full-year 2022 earnings
Equinor (OSLO:EQNR) joins other energy giants to post record profits for 2022, prompting a further ramp-up in share buybacks.
Campaigners protest ‘immoral’ Equinor profits in London and Aberdeen
Climate campaigners intend to hold protests at the UK offices of energy giant Equinor (OSLO:EQNR) and the Norwegian embassy ahead of what are expected to be a further set of record profits.
Equinor, SSE moot potential fourth phase at Dogger Bank
Equinor and SSE Renewables are scoping out the potential for a further phase of development at Dogger Bank which could produce green hydrogen.
Equinor and Var Energi walk away from Norwegian ammonia project
Equinor and Var Energi have opted not to progress with an ammonia production project after a cooperation agreement expired.
‘We need visibility’: Baker Hughes boss in North Sea call to policymakers
Cambo is positive, Rosebank is positive, says Romain Chambault of Baker Hughes, but Harbour Energy’s windfall tax announcement shows the price of poor policy.
Cnooc’s $3bn UK portfolio sale has stalled on valuation gap
Cnooc (TSX: CNU) has paused a planned sale of its UK North Sea portfolio, which could have been valued at as much as $3 billion in a deal, according to people familiar with the matter.
Equinor awards Linde major FEED contract for H2H Saltend project
Equinor (OLSO: EQNR) has awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for its H2H Saltend project to Linde Engineering.
Norwegian tax incentives help drive $43bn of new investment
24 Norwegian oil and gas projects were green lit in 2022, marking a record-breaking year for project approvals, according to data from Rystad Energy.
League table: Which oil and gas firms produce most emissions?
Which integrated gas companies produce the most emissions?
Oilfield giant SLB sees 83% earnings jump to $3.4bn in 2022
Oilfield services giant SLB (NYSE: SLB), formerly Schlumberger, has enjoyed a whopping 83% leap in its net income during its 2022 results, to $3.4 billion.
Saipem secures North Sea work with Equinor
Offshore contractor Saipem (MI: SPM) has bagged a deal with Equinor (OSLO: EQNR) for work on a North Sea pipeline project.
Calls for govt to publish Equinor response to regulator Rosebank concerns
Calls are being made for the UK Government to disclose information about the “environmental harm” of a contentious North Sea oilfield.
Altera hiring workers to revamp Knarr FPSO for Rosebank
Altera Infrastructure has launched an employment drive as it prepares for the redeployment of the Knarr FPSO.
Equinor and partners find new gas in Norway
Equinor, alongside partners Wintershall Dea and Petoro, have made a commercial gas discovery of up to 69.2 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) in the Norwegian North Sea.
10 years on from the In Amenas attack
Arkab, in a speech, said the country was indebted to those foreign and Algerian workers who had died in the attack.
Only six big-spend projects for UK North Sea in coming years
There are only six big-spend projects expected for the UK North Sea and West of Shetland in the coming years, meaning limited opportunity for big players to benefit from windfall tax offsets.
Rosebank needed for UK energy security: Equinor boss
Equinor chief executive Anders Opedal said Rosebank will be needed to shore up UK energy security, and that recent windfall tax measures had not affected the company’s North Sea strategy.
Equinor and RWE bosses take up senior posts at BP
London-listed supermajor BP (LON: BP) has kicked off 2023 with the announcement of two new senior appointments.