Drilling

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November 24, 2020
The campaign is expected to commence in early 2021, with an estimated firm combined duration of 500 days. The estimated firm total contract value is approximately USD $100MM, including rig upgrades and integrated services provided.

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November 20, 2020
Turkish Cypriots and Cyprus have been at loggerheads over offshore gas reserves in disputed waters. Cyprus has been pushing other EU states to expand a blacklist against Turkey over its natural-gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean. Other governments including Germany were wary of provoking Turkey.
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November 19, 2020
While 2020 has provided significant challenges, “Noia has remained committed to providing value to our members and to helping them through this difficult period,” said Noia CEO Charlene Johnson. “Our virtual fall seminar was a great way to step outside the typical formula of virtual events that met the standard people have come to expect from Noia.”

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November 13, 2020
In Alaska, Michigan and Norway, partisans on the left and right are sparring in the courts to implement their vision for the future of energy. Operations from small shale plays to multi-billion-dollar offshore installations suddenly hang in the balance as the regulatory outlook becomes increasingly cloudy.

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November 13, 2020
The Interior Department is set to issue a formal “call for nominations” as soon as Monday, kick-starting a final effort to get input on what tracts to auction inside the refuge’s 1.56-million-acre coastal plain.

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November 13, 2020
Norway opened itself up to climate suits after amending its constitution in 2014, to reflect its support of the Paris Climate Agreement. The case against Norway tests its new law, which states that “everyone has the right to an environment that secures health, and to a nature where productivity and diversity are preserved.”

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November 09, 2020
The Texas Railroad Commission's action made changes to the application for flaring exceptions, reducing exception time and providing incentives to use technical alternatives to gas flaring.

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November 05, 2020
The contract is expected to commence in November 2020 and has an estimated duration of 110 days.

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November 02, 2020
As the U.S. presidential election cycle nears its final chapter on Tuesday, and Tuesday evening, we at World Oil think it’s appropriate to remind our fellow professionals in the U.S. oil and gas industry what is at stake.

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November 02, 2020
Trump sees full-throated support for fracking as a crucial element in Pennsylvania, where he’s trailing Joe Biden and which would likely clinch the presidency for the Democrat, should he win it.

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October 30, 2020
Despite increased drilling activity and strong Q3 results across the board for the supermajors, Exxon Mobil spent the week slashing headcount and planning major asset sales to meet its dividend commitments.

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October 28, 2020
The Luiperd-1X well on Block 11B/12B was drilled to a total depth of about 3,400 meters and encountered 73 meters of gas condensate. Total will now conduct a detailed assessment of the reservoir in conjunction with Qatar Petroleum and its other partners.
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October 28, 2020
Trump issued an executive order to require an economic analysis of fracking, as the president seeks to use what he portrays as Biden’s mixed messages on energy to capture votes in the swing states of Pennsylvania and Ohio.

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October 26, 2020
Worsening demand outlook is coinciding with Libya’s push to almost double crude output, as it reopened its last major oil field. The nation’s production could top 1 million barrels a day within weeks.

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October 23, 2020
For several months now, we have told you our concerns about a potential Joe Biden presidency, as relates to the oil and gas industry’s future.
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October 23, 2020
While it’s true the energy ecosystem is in transition, former Vice President Biden is incorrect that it means replacing one form of energy with another or phasing out oil and gas.

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October 23, 2020
EQT Corp., the biggest producer of U.S. natural gas, is seeking to acquire rival CNX Resources Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, as M&A accelerates in the distressed shale patch.

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October 23, 2020
After the debate, Biden sought to emphasize that the fossil fuel industry wouldn’t “be gone” until 2050, and that oil workers are “not going to lose their jobs.”

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October 23, 2020
Energy Secretary Dario Martinez said spending on subsidies is still better than the alternative of buying LNG cargoes, despite low current prices. “We’ve done the analysis and we really benefit from doing this,” Martinez told reporters in Buenos Aires Wednesday.

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October 23, 2020
Biden’s plans would have uneven impacts within the oil and gas sector, particularly hurting companies with significant investments on federal land. Other producers, such as Pioneer Natural Resources Co. and Hamm’s Continental Resources, which do not have federal oil leases, might see their holdings swell in value.

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October 23, 2020
The American Petroleum Institute corrected the record on discussions about a fracking ban, implementing a carbon-free power sector by 2035, replacing natural gas and oil jobs with clean energy jobs, and policies to reduce CO2 emissions.


