A meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Paolo Scaroni, Chief Executive Officer of Eni took place as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2013. The parties addressed joint projects in the energy sector, paying special attention to the South
A detailed study into how an offshore electricity grid between Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland could be introduced has now been commissioned after being awarded European funding. The second part of the flagship Irish-Scottish Links on Energy Study (ISLES) has now been given £1 million to exam
A detailed study into how an offshore electricity grid between Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland could be introduced has now been commissioned after being awarded European funding. The second part of the flagship Irish-Scottish Links on Energy Study (ISLES) has now been given £1 million to exam
Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin and Vice President and head of the Eni Representative Office in Russia and CIS Ernesto Ferlenghi signed a Declaration on Protection of the Environment and Biodiversity for Oil and Gas Exploration and Development on the Russian Contin
Statoil and Rosneft signed agreements that complete the contractual framework of their Joint Venture to explore offshore frontier areas in the Sea of Okhotsk and in the Barents Sea. The companies have also concluded a Heads of Agreement to explore shale oil opportunities in the Samara region. The ag
Total announces that its subsidiary Total Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNI), operator of the OML 130 block, and co-venturers have obtained the necessary approvals from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to award the main EPC contracts for the development of the offshore Egina field. The field, d
The Crown Estate has recently announced a new leasing programme for offshore wind test and demonstration projects, including a leasing round for floating offshore wind technology. The Crown Estate is offering organisations the opportunity to use their existing development rights and/or obtain new de
A long-standing partnership between the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and one of the country’s foremost oceanographers will culminate on June 21 with the launch of a 24-hour “newsroom” to track scientists’ activity aboard research ships and in the field and broadcast their findings to students and
Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production licence 511, is about to complete drilling of wildcat well 6406/6-3. The well was drilled about 25 kilometres south of the Tyrihans field and about 15 kilometres northeast of the 6406/9-1 Linnorm discovery. The primary and secondary exploration targets fo
Enel Green Power and 40South Energy yesterday began the installation and commissioning of a first R115 generator, with a nominal capacity of 150 kW and installed capacity of about 100 kW, generating electricity from the energy produced by the waves of the sea around the Tuscan islands, at Punta Righ
Offshore wind farm operators and transmission system operators for the North and Baltic Seas want to work together to pave the way for a steady development of offshore wind energy. On the initiative from TenneT, AG Betrieber, TenneT and 50 Hertz have decided to cooperate closely in order to continue
CNOOC Limited announced that the subsea natural gas pipeline of Zhuhai Terminal, leaked in December 2011, has been restored recently. The Zhuhai Terminal has also resumed normal production. The subsea natural gas pipeline of Zhuhai Terminal was found damaged with a leakage caused by external forces
This week, Statoil presents perspectives on its oil and gas operations on the Norwegian continental shelf. The company is on track to fulfil its ambition of producing more than 1.4 million barrels per day in Norway in 2020. The perspectives are presented in connection with the company’s site visit f
During the period 23 – 25 April 2013, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Eni Norge AS’ (Eni’s) work on ensuring compliance with requirements for establishment and implementation of technical and operational barriers in the development project on Goliat FPSO. The obje
