NZTC announces new TechX Accelerator strategic partnership with Adnoc
The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has struck a partnership deal with one of the world’s largest energy companies.
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Cost of subsea tie-backs to surge £4.8billion in global market leader Norway
The world’s top market for subsea tie-backs will take an inflation-driven cost increase of £4.8billion on upcoming contract awards through to 2026.
Equinor and SSE dish out contracts for key UK hydrogen storage facility
Energy giants Equinor (OSLO: EQNR) and SSE Thermal (LSE: SSE) have handed out two key contracts for work on the planned Aldbrough hydrogen storage facility.
ScotWind – Who’s in the running with the results due imminently?
The results of Scotland's first offshore wind leasing round in more than a decade are expected to be released in a matter of days.
Equinor: ‘Expect an update on Rosebank this year’
Equinor has said it will provide an update on the concept for the Rosebank project in the West of Shetland later this year.
Siccar Point and partners say Equinor ‘premature’ with Mariner downgrade
Siccar Point Energy has said that Equinor, its partner and operator of the Mariner project, has been "premature" in making a huge downgrade in reserves estimates for the field.
‘Not what we hoped it would be’: Equinor takes £1.3billion hit on Mariner field as reserves slashed by a third
Equinor has taken a £1.3billion impairment on the value of its Mariner field in the North Sea after a major downgrade to its recoverable reserves.
Video: Johan Castberg production vessel leaves dock in Singapore
The Johan Castberg production vessel is to set sail for Norway next month after it left the dock in Singapore.
Equinor hails commercial find at Toppand
Equinor has confirmed a new commercial discovery at Toppand, near the Fram and Troll fields in the Norwegian North Sea.
European human rights court takes up Norway Arctic drilling case
The European Court of Human Rights is asking Norway to respond to charges by activists that allowing new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic during an environmental crisis may breach fundamental freedoms.
Equinor starts drilling at Ginny exploration well
Drilling operations have begun at the Equinor-operated Ginny exploration well in the Norwegian Sea.
Norwegian oil and gas sector tipped for ‘record number’ of FIDs in 2022
Despite “long-term headwinds”, it’s “full steam ahead” for Norwegian oil and gas operators next year, according to Wood Mackenzie.
Aker Solutions formally signs ‘sizeable’ decommissioning contract
Aker Solutions (OSLO: AKSO) has formally signed a “sizeable” contract for decommissioning work with Heerema Marine Contractors.
Equinor opts for Sevan FPSO concept for Wisting
Sevan SSP has announced that its concept has been chosen for the Equinor-operated Wisting field in the Barents Sea.
Equinor wants the world’s last drop of oil to come from Norway
Equinor will drill about 25 exploration wells off Norway’s coast next year in a bet that it will be among the last companies still producing oil and gas when the world has achieved net-zero emissions.
Energy minister: New climate checkpoint unlikely to impact Equinor’s 300m barrel Rosebank project
A new climate compatibility checkpoint is unlikely to impact on plans to develop a huge UK oilfield, according to the UK’s energy minister.
Norway well slot: 34 wells completed so far in 2021
Westwood Global Energy reports that there was one exploration well active as of 16 December. A total of six appraisal wells and 28 exploration wells have completed to date in 2021, from which ten commercial discoveries have been made giving a 36% commercial success rate to date.
ENGIE, Equinor launch Belgian ‘H2BE’ hydrogen project
Equinor and Engie have announced the start of a joint project to develop low-carbon hydrogen production from natural gas in Belgium, dubbed H2BE.
Show of Hanz: Aker BP sanctions 20million barrel Norwegian development
Aker BP and its licence partners, Equinor and Spirit Energy, have confirmed a final investment decision for the development of the Hanz discovery in the Norwegian North Sea.
Equinor and Cadent plan UK ‘hydrogen town’
Norwegian energy giant Equinor and gas distribution network operator Cadent have announced plans for a “hydrogen town” in the UK.
BP picks two consortia for Net Zero Teesside FEED
Two groups of engineers have been selected by BP to provide competing concepts as part of the UK’s first full-scale integrated power and carbon capture project in Teesside.
Equinor seeks $1billion North Sea sale: Report
Equinor is reportedly seeking a $1billion sale of a stake in the Martin Linge oil field in the North Sea.
Aker Solutions wins fifth subsea compression contract for Åsgard
Aker will carry out engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for the subsea compression module, the fifth such module it has delivered to the Equinor-operated gas project.
40 new jobs as North Star wins final £90m Dogger Bank C contract
North Star Group has clinched its fourth vessel contract for the Dogger Bank wind farm, creating 40 new UK jobs and securing its role as sole service vessel operator for the project over the next decade.
World risks “ever more chaotic” transition, Aramco boss warns
The world is on course for a “deeply flawed” and “ever more chaotic energy transition”, Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser has said, in comments at the World Petroleum Congress.