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Key US basins see drilling drive but overall rig activity stays flat Petrobras sets date for Brazil LNG regasification terminal bids Noble sizes up as deal to take Pacific Drilling rigs closes Petrobras lets go of flagship Peroba pre-salt area offshore Brazil Eni and Jaguar win key approvals for Mexico plans Middle East yard leads chase for key Saudi Aramco offshore oilfield work ExxonMobil eyes stake sale in giant Iraq oilfield Acorn accord: Shell and Harbour become partners in UK blue hydrogen and CCS project Oil players distance themselves from Myanmar junta amid growing calls for action CNPC: China's petroleum demand set to peak in 2025

Eni and Jaguar win key approvals for Mexico plans

Petrobras lets go of flagship Peroba pre-salt area offshore Brazil

Rigs and Vessels

RIG COUNT

Key US basins see drilling drive but overall rig activity stays flat

Aramco floats mega-tenders for huge Saudi oilfield project

Rigs and Vessels

Noble sizes up as deal to take Pacific Drilling rigs closes

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ReconAfrica sees stock price surge after promising wildcat results in Namibia

'A North Sea icon': BP calls time on pioneering UK deep-water floater

Petrobras sets date for Brazil LNG regasification terminal bids

'Performance below our expectations': ExxonMobil forced to slash output on Guyana floater

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Middle East yard leads chase for key Saudi Aramco offshore oilfield work

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‘You can't be green if your bottom line is red’: How Lervik wants AI to transform the business of energy

Woodside sets date for Coleman's departure as acting chief steps in

'In oil and gas you can help shape policies and strategies others will read about' - DBO's Oygard

'We redefined the whole strategy of the business': Mitchell helping Sparrows take flight

Former head of Brazilian ANP dies from Covid-19

BV keeping China at forefront with Gregg-Smith

'It’s important to have a strong hands-on approach': Fowles ready to scale up Karoon's Brazil ambitions

'The world functions better together': Simonelli brings a global perspective to Baker Hughes role

'People want to do in-person events - demand is definitely there'

'Giving a voice to the people who do the work': Hardship and healing in the Bakken

'We’ve got a lot of skills we can access. We don’t start from scratch': Sanyal and BP ramp up wind ambitions

New chief executive at Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Petroleum

'The past year was incredibly challenging and added a new dimension to our way of thinking': Weatherford's Saligram

'You should use your talent for as long as you can': Perseverance pays off for Plexus chief

'The world will still be investing in subsurface activities' - Adam Law

'Running an oil and gas company is a business, not a science project': SDX boss Reid

Private enterprise frees Zhang's talent

New boss Hill aims for 'vocal and clear' advocacy at IOGP

Africa awaits: Mercenary outfit Executive Outcomes is reborn

'A baptism of fire': Wulff has Oil Search poised for growth after bruising first year at the helm

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IEA sees US leading surge in oil demand later this year

Opec projects major rebound in oil demand in the second half of 2021

Canada province eyes closing date for bid round as Covid-19 hits future acreage offerings

Floater hull for giant BP project off West Africa hits the water

Covid-related delay: Petrobras postpones commercial output from giant Brazil pre-salt field

Schlumberger sees potential increase in service costs as drilling picks up

CNOOC wraps up Mexican wildcats, while Repsol readies the drillbit

A combination of small-scale renewables and gas may hold key to Africa's energy crisis

Africa's power poverty a danger to the health of people and the planet

China oil giants struggle amid Covid-19 impacts

Angola licensing round roadshow unveiled

Giant Uzbek gas-to-liquids plant close to fruition

Robotic revolution: 20% of industry jobs could be automated by 2030

Qatargas employee powers to top tier at 'one of world’s most gruelling' desert races

Battling 'backseat boredom' on the Aussie open road

'We redefined the whole strategy of the business': Mitchell helping Sparrows take flight

Norway's oil minister diagnosed with Covid-19

Former head of Brazilian ANP dies from Covid-19

Coronavirus shuts Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering

South Africa targets gas to crack power shortage crisis

CHINA FOCUS

China digs deep for shale gas riches

'Networks are consistently scanned, targeted and exploited': US hits Russia with fresh sanctions

OIL PRICE

Oil on track for more than 6% weekly gain

Marching on: Australian LNG exports rise to new monthly high

Vietnam potential has UK operator fired up

US Coast Guard deems Gulf of Mexico capsizing 'major marine casualty' as 12 remain missing

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Saudi Aramco launches mega-tenders

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Four-way race for $1.5bn Brazil pipelay vessel deals

ExxonMobil forced to slash output on Guyana floater

Uganda and Tanzania agree key oil deals

South China Sea tensions escalate

Indonesia's Medco inspired to invest in offshore Block B

MIDDLE EAST

Front runner emerges for $1bn-plus Adnoc contract

Equinor and SSE in UK low carbon pact

Bidders vie for Aramco onshore work

Petrobras aims to unlock new Brazil deep-water play

Green light for controversial Caspian channel project

Texas could become carbon capture leader: report

Aramco raises $12.4bn from oil pipeline deal

CNPC targets renewable energy in overhaul

Santos looking to sell key stakes offshore Australia

Ecuador's Lasso pledges new oil contract model

Posco defends Myanmar operations

Saipem lands $350m additional Qatargas work

CNOOC reaches major milestone on Lufeng

Captain takes flight for Ithaca in UK North Sea

Prosafe stunned by Court of Appeal ruling

OPINION: Lasso offers chance of new start for oil producer Ecuador

Anti-Myanmar coup protest planned at Chevron facility

Field Development

Petronas picks exclusive downhole contractor

Field Development

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$4.6bn deals near: Petrobras seals price cuts from two Asian yards for Buzios floater pair

'Need for speed': Shell and Equinor press Tanzania's president on LNG project

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Jacobs to engineer Philippines LNG project

McDermott scoops Philippines LNG prize

Pavilion imports Singapore's first 'carbon-neutral' LNG cargo

MMHE confirms major contract success on large Malaysian offshore project

OPINION: Breakthrough deals pave way to unlock East Africa oil riches - LNG is next

SapuraOMV fires starting gun on Malaysia offshore gas field project

Total links up with Siemens Energy in LNG emissions cut drive

Potential LNG hub Djibouti re-elects Guelleh in poll slammed as ‘farce’ by opposition

Saipem lands $350 million additional offshore work from Qatargas

Tanzania's new leader puts LNG scheme in frame

China scales up LNG imports but share of Australian cargoes slips

China's Wison wins US FLNG design contract

BP hatching up to $4bn plan to expand Indonesian LNG project

Chevron signs new LNG deal for Japan

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Chevron studies bids for Australia's first ever subsea gas compression scheme

OPINION: Mozambique at tipping point after murderous assault in town near giant LNG projects

Santos and Inpex boost their interests in Ichthys satellites

'Cleansed and totally safe': Mozambique's armed forces 'retake' Palma

A combination of small-scale renewables and gas may hold key to Africa's energy crisis

Flagship India LNG project commissioning in April

MIDDLE EAST

Front runner emerges for $1 billion-plus offshore contract from Adnoc

US Gulf liftboat capsize: One dead, search on for 12 missing offshore Louisiana

Energy Transition

Shell sets out energy transition plan for AGM vote

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Field Development

Tilenga & Kingfisher: Huge contracts near as Uganda and Tanzania agree key oil deals

Serica weathers 2020 storms to post 'solid results' despite profit drop

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Promising shale play: Empire increases Beetaloo basin footprint

US fracking activity up, but flaring continues decline: Rystad

Chinese oil companies raise upstream capital expenditure by 4.3% this year

OIL PRICE

Oil rises on US vaccine rollout, Middle East tension

Texas could become carbon capture leader with help from legislature and regulators: report

Hess to sell part of Bakken shale acreage for $312 million

Schlumberger sees potential increase in service costs as drilling picks up

Single player picks up five new coalbed methane licences in Chinese province

Occidental CEO credits Opec for keeping global oil price-demand balance

Fossil fuel subsidies among targets of Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan

Pioneer's multi-billion dollar deal raises eyebrows

OPINION: Time is ripe for US to tackle thorny issue of orphaned oil and gas wells

US$6.4 billion deal: Pioneer Natural Resources to buy DoublePoint Energy

China moves to spur more shale gas output as exploration goes deeper

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Biden's US$2.3 trillion infrastructure plan sets aside billions for orphan wells, carbon capture

What is the future for supermajors? Big Oil bloc disperses as growth strategies diverge

Occidental called up for one of the US’ largest carbon, capture and storage projects

RIG COUNT

Rig count inches higher amid oil price fluctuations

Dallas Fed: Jump in activity in major US producing regions

Expectations exceeded: Ovintiv signs $880m deal for Eagle Ford shale assets

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Bidders vie for onshore work at Aramco's Zuluf scheme

Energy Transition

RWE sets sights on Australian green hydrogen for German market

Energy Transition

Recharge

Worley seals pact for tilt at Taiwanese offshore wind market

Pavilion imports Singapore's first 'carbon-neutral' LNG cargo

Energy Transition

September target: Santos set to sanction Moomba CCS project

China Focus

Chinese oil giant CNOOC Ltd explores domestic priorities

CNOOC International closes in on new project start-ups

Beijing looks to cool maritime disputes in South China Sea

Jacobs to engineer Philippines LNG project

McDermott scoops Philippines LNG prize

Pure Hydrogen expects coalbed methane resource upgrades

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Four-way race for $1.5bn Brazil pipelaying vessel contracts from Petrobras

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Baker Hughes beefs up with ARMS Reliability purchase deal

Petronas lets explosives-certified robot dog off the leash

Thai partnership to pursue new subsea technologies

Laser-focused: Shell enlists Baker Hughes drones in Permian for methane emissions fight

Cloud thinking: Halliburton forges new alliance with Microsoft

Halliburton and TechnipFMC team up on fibre optics first

Norway sets sights on $2.9bn offshore power grid

Equinor's Oseberg lined up in first step for Norway offshore grid scheme

Major step closer to the subsea factory

Electrics are key to subsea success

Brazil stakes claim as proving ground for TCP risers

Pipe 'installability' key for industry adoption

Modec targets next generation

Saipem to use underwater drones at Equinor’s Njord field

Halliburton to digitalise PTTEP drilling

TechnipFMC, DNV GL to set benchmark for digital twins

Technology key for North Sea oil and gas recovery

BP to tackle emissions on projects with new tech

Getting to the bottom of hull inspection

'Trust issues' holding back adoption levels

IEA sees US leading surge in oil demand later this year

Search on for missing people in US Gulf as six rescued after liftboat capsizes

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Oil climbs 5% on signs of increasing crude demand

Petronas sets sights on output start-up in Caspian Sea as topsides installed

OPINION: Breakthrough deals pave way to unlock East Africa oil riches - LNG is next

Field Development

MMHE confirms major contract success on large Malaysian offshore project

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Hopes and fears over Iran nuclear talks

Breakthrough deals pave way to unlock East Africa oil riches - LNG is next

Lasso offers chance of new start for Ecuador, where oil is still important

Brazil's Bolsonaro should show faith in his own gas reforms

Oil market braces for Opec pump action

Time is ripe for US to tackle thorny issue of orphaned oil and gas wells

Mozambique at tipping point after assault in town near LNG projects

Total poses Myanmar solution for gas buyer and lobby groups

Suez Canal jam underscores global trade's weak spots

Work needed to turn ambition of North Sea deal into a reality

Pemex recalcitrance on Zama is bad for Talos and worse for Mexico

Western rebukes help to set stage for closer China and Iran co-operation

Oil price drop puts damper on 'super cycle' talk, but is 2021 a bust?

Biden calls for awakening in dealings with Putin

OPINION: Pemex should drink deep in Mexico's last chance saloon

Aramco's capex cuts no threat to production or ambitions

Coming trillion-dollar-scale clean-energy spend is a 'moral test'

Oil transition hit by soaring clean tech values

A wary industry braces for change at US Interior

Hydrogen heating up Down Under

Wait for Woodside: Remus makes last ditch bid for Far in attempt to snatch Sangomar stake

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Puma West purrs: BP makes oil discovery at US Gulf wildcat

Lundin warns of $162 million first-quarter costs hit

Posco defends Myanmar operations as security situation deteriorates

OIL PRICE

Crude climbs as US inventories fall

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Repsol flexes its muscles for next phase of Indonesia gas project

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Eike Batista's star may be on the rise again, but hyperbole prevails

Santos makes Timor-Leste flooding relief donation after deadly cyclone

Gazprom Neft gifts snowmobiles in huge Yamal-Nenets reindeer festivities

Submarines and trawlers: Nord Stream 2 director spots something fishy in the Baltic

Greenpeace dabbles in fake news for April Fool's Day

PTTEP supports Thai royal initiative with agricultural drone gift

Qatargas employee powers to top tier at 'one of world’s most gruelling' desert races

Battling 'backseat boredom' on the Aussie open road

Lukoil workers handed welcome Putin orders

Exxon Neftegaz extends helping hand to Sakhalin sled dogs

Halliburton hatches Malaysia Uni software grant

Parisian flair: Green new digs for Technip Energies

Looney gives UK Covid vaccine rollout a shot in the arm

Netflix movie Bigfoot Family feels heat from Alberta's fossil fuel 'war room'

BP goes green on Route 88 Down Under

Putin's dance partner Kneissl waltzes her way onto Rosneft board

Trip's off: Covid-19 scuppers Inpex's lucky draw tours

Asset Guardian backs Scottish mental health drive

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Mind the career gap? Petrobras boss Castello Branco determined to go out in style

Shell finds plastic fantastic in Philippines

EXCLUSIVE

Indonesia's Medco inspired to invest in offshore Block B

Santos set to start Bedout basin exploration push off Australia

Promising shale play: Empire increases Beetaloo basin footprint

Buru secures drilling rig for Canning basin campaign

Saudi Aramco raises $12.4 billion from oil pipeline deal

US, Philippines to hold joint war games as South China Sea tensions escalate