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November 05, 2024
Nauticus Robotics, a developer of autonomous subsea robotics and software, has successfully completed its initial 2024 Gulf of Mexico (GOM) survey scope for Shell Exploration and Production.
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November 05, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Libya is planning its first tender for energy exploration contracts since 2011’s civil war, as the OPEC member looks to bring back oil majors spooked by years of instability and production shutdowns.
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November 04, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Thailand will press ahead with a plan to restart talks with Cambodia to jointly explore petroleum reserves worth an estimated $300 billion in a disputed offshore area, disregarding opposition from some political groups and activists. 
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November 04, 2024
TechnipFMC and Prysmian today announced the two companies have signed a collaboration agreement to further accelerate the global development of floating offshore wind to help meet growing demand for renewable electricity.
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November 01, 2024
Shell Brasil announced the start of production of the Mero-3 FPSO facility in the Mero field, in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The FPSO has an operational capacity of 180,000 bopd.
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October 31, 2024
(Bloomberg) -- The U.K. government went no further in toughening up the tax regime for North Sea oil and gas producers than measures already announced, keeping capital allowances in the windfall tax following protests from the industry. 
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October 31, 2024
Linde Engineering has signed an agreement with NEXTCHEM to provide carbon capture technology to ADNOC's Hail and Ghasha project. Located in the UAE, the project is one of the world’s largest offshore sour gas developments and aims to operate with net zero emissions.  
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October 31, 2024
Panoro Energy has announced that following the provisional award of a 25% participating interest in two exploration blocks offshore shallow water Gabon, final terms have been agreed with the government of Gabon for production sharing contracts (PSCs) covering the two blocks.
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October 2024
North Sea decommissioning costs are escalating and could exceed £20 billion, but the deployment of separation technologies represents an opportunity to significantly reduce costs and emissions while recovering valuable resources. A smarter approach can transform waste into profit, contributing to more efficient, cost-effective decommissioning efforts.  
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October 2024
The economic consequences of a banking crisis, if not addressed preemptively or in time to limit the damage, are numerous and dire, and need not be detailed here. Just the same, condensate banking in a gas well can also become a productivity and economic crisis, if ignored or not properly addressed proactively.
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October 30, 2024
(WO) — EnerMech has completed a milestone pre-commissioning project for a major U.S. energy infrastructure company in the Gulf of Mexico, marking the organization’s largest nitrogen membrane spread to be deployed to date in this geography.
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October 30, 2024
(WO) — TotalEnergies has achieved first oil from the third development phase of the Mero field on the Libra block, located 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin.
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October 30, 2024
(WO) — Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded an inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) campaign by Vår Energi for 2025. The scope also includes additional light construction work to be completed within the same year.
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October 30, 2024
(WO) — Drilling waste management specialist TWMA has announced a significant contract win with a leading UAE operator valued at approximately $70 million.
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October 30, 2024
(WO) — MYCELX Technologies Corporation has been awarded a contract to treat produced water during Enhanced Oil Recovery (“EOR”) production, which will represent its second REGEN installation with a Middle East producer.
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October 29, 2024
This is the final article in our three-part series exploring the American Petroleum Institute’s (API's) standards development process. In this final article, we turn our attention to the final stages of this process: the approval, publication and ongoing maintenance of a standard.
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October 29, 2024
(Bloomberg) — The National Petroleum Corp. of Namibia aims to triple its stake in future oil and gas projects to 30% as the southern African nation is set for a surge in activity following multiple offshore discoveries.
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October 29, 2024
(WO) — TotalEnergies announces that the Harald East Middle Jurassic nearby exploration well (HEMJ-1X) has discovered additional gas condensate resources in the Harald field, in the Danish North Sea.
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October 29, 2024
SLB today announced the award of a contract by bp to its OneSubsea joint venture for a subsea boosting system in the greenfield development of the Kaskida project in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
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October 28, 2024
Vantage Drilling International announces the first day of trading its shares on Euronext Growth Oslo. The listing follows a series of value accretive transactions, including the previously announced MoU with TotalEnergies.
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October 28, 2024
Baker Hughes has won contracts with Petrobras to provide flexible pipe systems in Brazil’s pre-salt fields. The multi-year project includes risers and flowlines for hydrocarbon production and associated gas and water injection with support for equipment storage, maintenance and installation.
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