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Undated handout photo issued by BP, of the energy giant's Clair Ridge development, west of Shetland, which has started producing oil using technology designed to maximise oil production offshore for the first time. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday November 23, 2018. The firm hopes to be able to get 640 million barrels of oil from the Clair Ridge, with production expected to peak at 120,00 barrels a day. See PA story INDUSTRY Oil. Photo credit should read: Stuart Conway/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder. — BP's Clair Ridge platform, west of Shetland.

UK must fully electrify oil basins to meet emissions targets

UK oil and gas firms would have to fully electrify the west of Shetland and central North Sea basins to achieve government and industry’s green goals, an analyst has said.

By Mark Lammey

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BP aiming to marry renewables and farming after securing Italian solar projects

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CNR posts Q1 profits of £992m, expects to generate ‘significant’ cash flow in 2021

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Jersey Oil says 2020 was ‘important year’ as Buchan plans took shape

By Mark Lammey

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BW Energy reports Gabon appraisal miss

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Building anti-fragility in the North Sea oil and gas supply chain

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Diversity and inclusion: Facing up to the challenges of making real change

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China is expected to buy more barrels of oil this year as demand remains robust

Oil & Gas

Outlook for Chinese oil imports remains bullish

06/05/2021

By Damon Evans

China’s crude oil imports rose to 11.69 million barrels per day (b/d) in March, up 21% year-on-year, with further growth expected, reported FitchSolutions.

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Oil & Gas

Danish lifting specialist focusing investment in Aberdeen, with jobs to come

06/05/2021

By Mark Lammey

A Danish energy sector lifting specialist has pledged to pump the majority of a planned seven-figure investment into its Aberdeen operations.

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North Sea

Supply chain companies truly embracing the transition after period of uncertainty

06/05/2021

By Mark Lammey

A boss at Baker Hughes is looking with “slight optimism” towards late-2021, early-2022 and the prospect of a pick-up in North Sea activity.

North Sea

Helicopter stuck on North Sea rig after ‘technical issue’

05/05/2021

By Allister Thomas

A helicopter has been stuck on a North Sea rig for two days after the discovery of a "technical issue", combined with stormy weather conditions.

LNG

Total talks up Papua LNG plan with authorities

05/05/2021

By Ed Reed

Total has set out plans to get the Papua LNG plan back on track, following the declaration of force majeure on its Mozambique LNG project.

E&P

Sonatrach considers Libyan return following talks

05/05/2021

By Ed Reed

Sonatrach has discussed the possibility of returning to work in Libya, at Contract Areas 065 and 96/95.

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E&P

McDade launches Afentra with eye on African acquisitions

05/05/2021

By Ed Reed

Former Tullow Oil executives have launched their Afentra venture, focused on production up and down West Africa.

Cheniere Energy will provide carbon emissions data to offtakers of its LNG cargos as of 2022, with the aim of improved transparency.

LNG

Shell receives carbon neutral Cheniere LNG cargo

05/05/2021

By Ed Reed

Cheniere Energy has supplied a carbon neutral LNG cargo to Shell in Europe.

Oil & Gas

Altera in the black after shaking off impairments

05/05/2021

By Mark Lammey

Vessel owner-operator Altera Infrastructure was in the black in the first quarter of 2021 after shaking off impairments that blighted its figures a year ago.

Americas

Shell sells US refinery for $350m in latest divestment

05/05/2021

By Bloomberg

Royal Dutch Shell PLC reached an agreement to sell its Puget Sound Refinery to HollyFrontier Corp. for $350 million in the latest major divestment from the European oil giant that’s moving away from processing crude.

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North Sea

NEO Energy looking to electrification as part of carbon reduction drive

05/05/2021

By Mark Lammey

North Sea oil firm NEO Energy said today it would strive to cut the carbon intensity of its production operations in half by 2030.

Finance

i3 Energy edging closer to maiden dividend

05/05/2021

By Mark Lammey

London and Toronto-listed oil firm i3 Energy said today it would complete a balance sheet restructuring "shortly", which would allow it to pay a maiden dividend.

Australasia

More upstream projects on the horizon for Australia

05/05/2021

By Damon Evans

Australia is expected to see 118 oil and gas projects start operations across the value chain between 2021-2025, making up 6% of the total project starts in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, according to GlobalData.

Asia

Petronas awards Tanjung Offshore $12m decommissioning deal

05/05/2021

By Damon Evans

Malaysian offshore service provider Tanjung Offshore, part of T7 Global, has received a $12.2 million contract from Petronas for the provision of plug and abandonment integrated services on the Pulai A field offshore Malaysia.

Oil & Gas

ESG finance poses risks but offers plenty of sustainable opportunities

05/05/2021

By Ed Reed

Everyone you talk to agrees environmental, social, and governance (ESG) is critical to finance. Where people differ, though, is how best to achieve the goals this timely initialism sets out to capture.

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Asia

Total accused of alleged profiteering in Myanmar

05/05/2021

By Damon Evans

Activist group Justice For Myanmar, which documents military-linked financial matters in the country, has accused French major Total of making excessive profits at Myanmar’s expense.

Asia

Velesto evaluates recovery options for sunken rig off Malaysia

05/05/2021

By Damon Evans

Malaysia’s Velesto Energy is evaluating potential recovery options for its jack-up drilling rig NAGA (dragon) 7 that sunk off the Malaysian state of Sarawak while working for ConocoPhillips.

Oil & Gas

Transition-makers are already among us, SUT chief says

05/05/2021

By Mark Lammey

The people who will deliver the UK Government’s offshore wind power goal of quadrupling generation to 40GW by 2030 are already among us, a subsea sector chief believes.

Chris Pearson - NSC Director

Robert Gordon University (RGU) has appointed Chris Pearson as Director for the National Subsea Centre (NSC), who will lead the centres drive to tackle current and future challenges in subsea engineering with world-class research and development.

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Renewables/Energy Transition

National Subsea Centre boss eager to ramp up activity

05/05/2021

By Mark Lammey

The appointment of a director for the National Subsea Centre (NSC) was announced some 15 months ago, in February 2020.

According to IRENA, as of 2019 renewable energy employed about 32% women, compared to an average of 22% in the energy sector.

Renewables/Energy Transition

Renewables ‘early advantage’ in gender equality could disappear, warns software firm

05/05/2021

By Hamish Penman

There’s a risk efforts to improve gender equality in renewables could falter unless firms begin to take an “active role” in boosting diversity, it has been warned.

Decom

Union slams HSE on lack of ‘serious action’ for Buchan Alpha incident

05/05/2021

By Allister Thomas

A company caught up in a “dangerous” Buchan Alpha decommissioning incident has been given little more than a “slap on the wrist” by the HSE, according to an offshore union.

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