Shell completes purchase of Daystar in power move
Daystar increased its installed capacity by 135% in 2022 to 44 MW.
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$1.4 trillion investors call on Big Oil for more aggressive climate targets
Shareholder activist group Follow This filed resolutions with Shell (LON: SHEL), BP (LON: BP), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) , and Chevron (NYSE: CVX).
Discovery? Shell says Orlov find in UK looks ‘promising’
Shell could be on to the first UK North Sea discovery this year with Orlov.
Valaris bags $25m North Sea contract with Shell
Offshore driller Valaris has announced a string of new contracts and extensions worth around $275 million, including four notable North Sea awards.
Hartshead tipped to spend over £100m to get first gas from North Sea fields
A North Sea firm is anticipated to splash out upwards of £100 million in the next couple of years in order to bring a pair of gas fields online.
Top gas exporter Australia caps prices despite industry protest
Australia passed a law to cap domestic prices of natural gas to limit the impact of soaring global costs on local power bills, ignoring protests from the nation’s powerful energy exporters.
New Shell CEO was ‘strong supporter’ of UK investment while Upstream chief, says North Sea boss
Simon Roddy of Shell says incoming CEO Wael Sawan has already given support to new North Sea projects like Penguins, Pierce and Jackdaw.
Shell eyes Clair South and West of Shetland potential with BP
The UK Upstream boss at Shell talks West of Shetland potential, investment and finding the right portfolio fit.
‘Record’ floating production capacity sanctioned in 2022
More than 2 million barrels per day of floating production system (FPS) throughput capacity could be sanctioned this year – the highest for more than a decade – according to analysis from Westwood Global Energy.
End of year sees mixed progress on 2022’s top 10 oil and gas projects
Progress on the world’s largest oil and gas fields has been a mixed bag in 2022, with the start-up of several major projects pushed into 2023 and beyond.
Shell wins right to appeal Wild Coast verdict
Shell has been granted leave to take its legal fight to secure acreage offshore South Africa to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Protestors target van Beurden farewell drinks at Shell headquarters
Activists tracked down and targeted leaving drinks held for outgoing Shell (LON:SHEL) chief executive Ben van Beurden on Monday evening.
Trio deny breach of the peace over climate change paint protest at office building
Three people have appeared in court in connection with an oil protest in which paint was thrown over an Aberdeen office building.
Shell to sell its share in Malaysia’s Baram Delta for $475m
Shell (LON:SHEL) said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its stake in two offshore production sharing contracts (PSCs) in Malaysia’s Baram Delta to Petroleum Sarawak Exploration & Production (PSEP).
Gas producers in Australia slam Labor’s near nationalisation of market
Australia’s Labor government is planning to seize control of domestic gas prices when it introduces extraordinary new legislation to parliament on Thursday in what has been likened to a near nationalisation of gas markets.
Life after Shell? Just golf and travel says outgoing CEO
The outgoing Shell (LON: SHEL) chief executive Ben van Beurden has said "I don't have a plan" for his time after leaving the oil giant in an exit interview.
Rig arrives in Namibia for Shell appraisal
Northern Ocean has delivered a semisubmersible drilling rig to Shell Upstream Namibia.
Oil firms seek windfall tax price floor in meeting with Jeremy Hunt
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is due to hold a meeting on Friday on the windfall tax, Energy Voice understands, with oil and gas executives seeking a price floor to the levy.
Shell’s UK unit got £1.2 billion this year to weather energy crisis
Shell gave its British retail energy arm roughly £1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) of financial backing this year to survive wild swings in natural gas and power prices.
Pertamina starts negotiations with Shell to buy Masela stake in Indonesia
Indonesia’s state-backed energy company Pertamina has started official negotiations with Shell (LON:SHEL) to acquire the Anglo-Dutch supermajor’s 35% share of the undeveloped Abadi LNG project in the Masela Block offshore Indonesia.
BP, Equinor and Ithaca Energy team up on West of Shetland electrification
BP (LON: BP), Ithaca Energy (LON: ITH) and Equinor (OSLO: EQNR) are teaming up to slash emissions at huge oilfields in the West of Shetland through electrification.
The Energy Voice guide to North Sea strike action
Spiralling living costs coupled with record profits for energy producers have fuelled a series of increasingly bitter disputes between operators and workers throughout 2022.
Shell Penguins FPSO sets off for North Sea – via Haugesund
The Shell (LON: SHEL) Penguins FPSO has set off for its UK North Sea destination – but will first stop off at a yard in Norway.
UK well slot: Shell gets ready to Rockhopper
As of 25 November, Westwood Global Energy reports that there are three exploration wells active, with one in the CNS, one in the NNS and one in the SNS. One appraisal well is currently active in the CNS. Since the previous report, one well has completed at Rockhopper.
Shell allowed to appeal $1.8bn Nigerian court order
Nigeria’s Supreme Court said a Shell subsidiary can appeal a judgment directing the company to pay compensation over alleged pollution in a legal dispute that is holding up the oil giant’s efforts to sell assets in the West African country.