Project & Tenders

Equinor’s new oil discovery could add ‘valuable volumes’ to Barents Sea project
Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has made a new oil discovery in Snøfonn Nord with the exploration well 7220/8-2 S, located by the Johan Castberg field development in the Barents Sea. This proximity to the current project development enables the tieback option, which will be considered by Equinor

Germany’s LNG acceleration law now includes TES Wilhelmshaven terminal
Tree Energy Solutions’ (TES) import terminal in Wilhelmshaven has been included in the list of priority projects supported by the German government’s LNG Acceleration law.

Technip Energies and Samsung Engineering to work together on Texas LNG project
Technip Energies and Samsung Engineering have been awarded a Pre-FID engineering contract for the Texas LNG project in the U.S.

Europe’s bold new energy plan will need wartime-like planning to meet goals, Rystad says
Rystad Energy forecasts that the EU’s energy plan and its budget may fall short of objectives, as a further ramp-up of investments is needed.

Eni goes full speed ahead with drilling plans off Cyprus
Following the arrival of a Vantage Drilling-owned drillship from Egypt, Eni and TotalEnergies are kicking off drilling operations offshore Cyprus.

EDPR and Lhyfe partner up for renewable hydrogen
EDP Renewables (EDPR) has entered into an industrial agreement with Lhyfe to jointly work on renewable hydrogen projects.

SHyLO to trial hydrogen storage solution at EMEC’s H2 platform
SHyLO project consortium scored $5.3 m to build a low-pressure hydrogen storage solution at EMEC’s hydrogen platform in Eday.

Aker BP all set to get Norwegian Sea drilling ops underway
Aker BP has received a drilling permit from Norwegian authorities for a wildcat well located in the Norwegian Sea off Norway.

TotalEnergies to provide LNG to South Korea’s Hanwha for 15 years
French energy major TotalEnergies has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Korea’s Hanwha Energy for the supply of 600,000 metric tonnes of LNG per year over 15 years, starting in 2024.

BP joins forces with two Abu Dhabi players for UK hydrogen projects
ADNOC and Masdar are to join BP’s blue hydrogen project H2Teesside and HyGreen Teesside green hydrogen project, respectively.

Germany striving to develop gas field with Senegal amid supply uncertainties
Germany plans to work with Senegal on the development of an offshore gas field amid the severe impact of the war in Ukraine on energy supply and prices.

UK player frustrated by production shut-in at North Sea gas project
IOG has revealed that production at its gas project in the UK sector of the North Sea, has been shut-in due to liquids handling issues.

Hackberry Carbon Sequestration project launched at Cameron LNG in Louisiana
TotalEnergies, Sempra Infrastructure, Mitsui and Mitsubishi Corporation have signed an agreement for the development of the Hackberry Carbon Sequestration project at Cameron LNG.

Two Norwegian operators cleared for offshore drilling ops with Odfjell rigs
Equinor and Aker BP have secured permits from Norwegian authorities for three wildcat wells off Norway to be drilled by Odfjell’s rigs.