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Going Deep: Gazprom and Wintershall Dea start gas flows at Russian field 61 licences: Significant interest for Norwegian exploration blocks OPINION: Navalny's arrest may hit Russia's Nord Stream 2 plans Malaysian contractor scoops deals worth $136m Notice of discovery filed to help Australia's Beetaloo dream Eni eyeing clean energy investments in India: report Archer, Altus bag wireline deals worth $120m per year with Equinor in North Sea ONGC offers stakes to ExxonMobil in multiple offshore blocks: report Wood wins $130m deal to guide Morecambe gas hub through later life Beacon unearths US Gulf oil discovery

OPINION: Navalny's arrest may hit Russia's Nord Stream 2 plans

61 licences: Significant interest for Norwegian exploration blocks

Field Development

Going Deep: Gazprom and Wintershall Dea start gas flows at Russian field

Shell swings axe in Malaysia with up to 300 E&P jobs on the line

Field Development

Wood wins $130m deal to guide Morecambe gas hub through later life

Rigs and Vessels

Adnoc cancels contract for two Shelf Drilling jack-up rigs

Field Development

Papua New Guinea's first offshore project ready to start FEED

Energy Transition

Lack of alignment: Total quits US oil and gas body API

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Sidetracked: a year in Upstream cartoons

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Modec awards Africa floater conversion deal to Chinese yard

ONGC offers stakes to ExxonMobil in multiple offshore blocks: report

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People

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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

'The big opportunity now lies in the company that can adapt' - Chariot boss Pouroulis

'Learning is a daily experience': BGP's Zheng brings a Silicon Valley touch to China's geophysical contractor

'You need to be strategic': Baker Hughes' Sethi takes adaptability to heart

'It's inevitable, and it’s started': Westwood's Linden minding the gaps in energy transition

'It's in our genes': Peterkin steps in as Advance Energy's globetrotter in chief

'I don’t think we appreciated just how digital we had to become' - Aveva's Hayman helps businesses get up to speed

Shell's Watkins puts trust in energy future

'Excel, optimise, grow': NEO's Alton aims to forge new path in North Sea

Worley's Ashton ascends at a time of transition

Trailblazer Harezi wants to bring power to the people

Calling the tunes: Guitar man Gilley prepares Kentech for the oil market recovery

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Kazakh authorities on high alert as Covid-19 cases rise at Tengiz

China's Covid-19 lockdowns weigh on oil prices

Oil and gas workforce in need of confidence boost, claims report

YPF seeks to defy Covid woes and Argentine slump with debt swap move

Uzbekistan reveals new deadline for $3.6bn gas-to-liquids project

Oil slips further on mounting Covid-19 cases globally

Timor-Leste operator seeks extra time for offshore works

OIL PRICE

Oil ends lower, retreating from recent gains as COVID cases rise

Petrobras posts record output despite Covid-19 pandemic

OPINION: Covid-19 wrecks launch of Africa free trade deal

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Technip Energies spin-off relaunched and set to complete this quarter

Remote vessel surveys gain traction amid Covid restrictions

OPINION: Axed Jafurah tenders may shake Persian Gulf states' confidence in future gas plans

Saudi Arabia’s budget deficit swells to $79 billion in 2020

Samsung in new vessel design aimed at curbing Covid-19 spread

Turkmenistan expands contract scope for Russian oil producer

Petrofac confirms right-sizing plans as market outlook remains uncertain

North Sea regulator hopeful of drilling rebound in 2021

OPINION: What are the silver linings to a turbulent year for oil and gas?

Brent pushes back above $50 on Covid-19 vaccine hopes

Bangladesh exploration block relinquished in new blow to country's E&P sector

ExxonMobil stepping up Guyana drilling but latest Stabroek well disappoints

Energy Transition

Methane emissions will rebound without strong action, IEA warns

Energy Transition

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Total in $2.5bn swoop for stake in Indian renewables giant Adani Green

Energy Transition

Biden may cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit as soon as his first day in office: Reuters

Novatek battles Covid-19 lockdowns to post gas production growth

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Angola condemned for 'shocking' move to open national parks to exploration

Angola offered China oil acreage for debt-repayment moratorium

Low-carbon focus: Changing the climate in US energy policy

Climate team picks reflect Biden's energy transition focus

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Petrobras launches tender for huge Santos basin pre-salt fibre-optics network

Front-runner emerges for huge Qatargas North Field offshore contract

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Equinor braced for huge price hike at Wisting oil project offshore Norway

PTTEP eyes sanction date at Malaysia gas project

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Duo win long-term rig charters from Petrobras

Islamist insurgency tops agenda as presidents of Mozambique and Tanzania meet

US threatens Nord Stream 2 contractors ahead of pipelay work in Denmark

Norway oil sector braced for huge carbon tax hike as new climate plan hatched

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Five in frame for key Abu Dhabi offshore oilfield contract

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Contractors poised to submit bids for Petronas Malaysia floater

Emission increase: Chevron faces more Gorgon CCS issues

Trafigura secures $7bn financing for slice of Rosneft-led Vostok Oil

Adnoc delays Abu Dhabi offshore sour gas project tender process

Record highs: China driving LNG price hike

'Blue' and green hydrogen: Strike and TechnipFMC study feasibility of Australian urea plant

Big Oil 'cannot have its cake and eat it' with energy transition spin-offs: HSBC

Chinese giant signs carbon-neutral LNG cargo deals with Shell and Total

Energy Transition

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Abu Dhabi state giants plan key hydrogen alliance in UAE

Back-to-back Egypt oil discoveries for Apex

China boosts oil and gas output and imports in 2020

Rigs and Vessels

$100m deals: Total takes Maersk rig duo for work on prolific Suriname block

Australia gets a good LNG result in 2020 despite challenges

LNG

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Cosco delivers key module for El Salvador LNG-to-power project

New Fortress snaps up Golar-connected Hygo with eyes on Brazil potential

Landmark Shell-linked LNG vessel ready for US operations

Woodside gets approval for offshore developments

Prelude powers up: Shell brings world's largest FLNG unit back online

Record highs: China driving LNG price hike

PTTEP eyes sanction date at Malaysia gas project

Islamist insurgency tops agenda as presidents of Mozambique and Tanzania meet

China's LNG imports up 12% in 2020

Saipem drillship arrives in Mozambique for Coral drilling campaign

Repairs under way: Chevron finds more weld quality issues at Gorgon LNG project

Emission increase: Chevron faces more Gorgon CCS issues

Qatargas fires up giant offshore tender race

Critical time for Nyusi at Afungi

'Skeleton staff' at Mozambique LNG site as Total evacuates workers amid attacks by Islamist insurgents

Petronas takes the reins from Shell at gas hub offshore Sarawak

Indonesia FSRU sails away from Samsung

McDermott lands key North Field offshore engineering deal from Qatargas

Keppel delivers specialised LNG bunkering vessel

Daewoo scoops Mozambique LNG fabrication prize

Boost for Scarborough project as Woodside closes LNG sale

Energy Transition

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Low-carbon focus: Changing the climate in US energy policy

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Biden's climate team nominees reflect focus on transition

Angola condemned for 'shocking' move to open national parks to oil and gas exploration

Rigs and Vessels

RIG COUNT

US drillers add 13 to rig count

Shale

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Going deep: Sinopec brings new China shale gas play on stream

OPINION: Biden's energy 'revolution' about to meet political reality

YPF seeks to defy Covid woes and Argentine slump with debt swap move

OPINION: New Year brings hope for oil and gas sector, but with sense of unease

Vista gets production boost from new Argentina shale wells

'Positive' Perth basin delay: Strike halts West Erregulla drilling after hitting over-pressured zone

RIG COUNT

US drillers add two to rig count

'Major setback': Saudi Aramco cancels tenders for huge Jafurah unconventional gas packages

Santos takes over South Nicholson basin exploration project

Canning basin farm-in: Origin Energy boosts onshore Australian footprint

Permian punch: Diamondback Energy strikes twice with $3 billion in deals

RIG COUNT

Permian oil drillers add five rigs

'Hottest play on the planet': Australian government looks to unlock Beetaloo basin's potential

Oaktree Capital splashes $100 million on Barnett shale

OPINION: What are the silver linings to a turbulent year for oil and gas?

RIG COUNT

US drillers add 12 rigs as activity picks up in Texas

US shale company capex cuts could mean output curbs in 2021 - report

China sweetens shale gas regime to allow foreign player entry

New regulations for explorers in Australia's Northern Territory

Sweetpea swallowed up by company eager for Beetaloo growth

US shale producers lock in future sales as oil prices rise to one-year high

OIL PRICE

Oil drops over 2% on China lockdowns, US stimulus concerns

Nigerian player takes major stake in block with billion-barrel resource base

ExxonMobil hit with SEC probe over Permian basin asset valuation: report

Rigs and Vessels

Petronas snaps up Pacific rig for exploration campaign offshore Mexico

Energy Transition

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'Electrification a necessity': Lundin-led project finds floating wind-wave works for offshore oil future

Nord Stream 2 delays restart of pipelay work in Denmark

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Former Petrofac official pleads guilty to bribery offences in $3.3bn UAE oil deals

Kazakh authorities on high alert as Covid-19 cases rise at Tengiz

Union threatens strike action at Norway onshore oil and gas facilities

CNPC gas output hit record high as it targets net-zero emissions

Rigs and Vessels

Eye on the Tigers: Chinese yard picks up construction of suspended drillships

Upstream Technology

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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

3D printing set to be driving force for industry

Plexus and BEL seal the deal

Rigs and Vessels

Dana cancels Danish drilling contract with Maersk

OIL PRICE

China's Covid-19 lockdowns weigh on oil prices

First oil produced in rapid time from Sumatra oilfield

Oz government launches road investment initiative to help unlock the Beetaloo basin

Shell drives forward LNG ambitions in the Philippines

Field Development

Mubadala hires Malaysian player for services contract

Opinion

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Biden's energy 'revolution' about to meet political reality

Venezuela ramps up pressure over Guyana after ICJ ruling

US Interior nominee Haaland deserves fair Senate hearing

Covid-19 wrecks launch of Africa free trade deal

New Year brings hope for oil and gas sector, but with sense of unease

Critical time for Nyusi at Afungi

Axed Jafurah tenders may shake Persian Gulf states' confidence in future gas plans

Norway bounces back

What are the silver linings to a turbulent year for oil and gas?

CNOOC yet to feel US sanctions pain

Natural gas can carry the load

Opec sees shot in the arm for demand, but rifts loom

Brazil's onshore given new lease of life in latest blocks offer

Denmark piles on pressure for greener approach from fellow North Sea producers

Kerry pick signals US is back to the climate table

Greek islet key to Cyprus solution as Turkey pressure mounts

Petrobras strikes balance of resilience and ambition with new business plan

Colombia's offshore gas search in doubt as Covid-19 pandemic hits drilling plans

Changing times, and terms, in Aberdeen

'Green industrial revolution' plan won't phase out offshore oil, but sector faces challenges

Field Development

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Petrobras launches tender for huge Santos basin pre-salt fibre-optics network

Woodside gets approval for offshore developments

Emission increase: Chevron faces more Gorgon CCS issues

330 job cuts: Oil giant Shell lays out losses to UK team

Energy Transition

$1.2bn blue hydrogen hub near Liverpool takes major step forward

Venezuela oil output plummets to lowest level in more than 70 years

Cuttings

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Mubadala has teddies at the ready

Snowed under at CIMC Raffles

Nigeria golf course tees up new approach

Bitcoin mining gets boost at Gazprom Neft

Bovine belching could become the latest carbon offsetting fad

Smithsonian celebrates Green Book travel guide in new exhibition

Teddy's mansion not a diplomatic mission

A wordy cause for collaboration

Samsung in new vessel design aimed at curbing Covid-19 spread

Propeller trouble on Russian nuclear-powered ship cools Leonid Mikhelson's Antarctic plans

PTTEP commits to Ocean for Life

Gas giants in science pact with Unesco

Africa awaits: Mercenary outfit Executive Outcomes is reborn

Gurbanguly in Wonderland

Eni supercomputer tests 70 billion molecules in Covid-19 fight

Arcticgaz turns head office into hospital in Covid fight

Zambia forests help Eni’s offset goals

Saudi Arabia plays ball as women's league kicks off

Golf's Pedersen takes trophy in a Saudi first

Russia readies new Antarctic station with Mikhelson cash

'Significant value': Norway oil and gas discoveries post low breakevens, says NPD

Shell takes stake in Equinor-operated block offshore Argentina

Energy Transition

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Total makes big US solar move with gigawatt-scale deal

Energy Transition

Equinor-led pilot in race to be world's first high-seas floating solar project

Field Development

Could BW Energy deal finally trigger development of Kudu gas field off Namibia?

Angola offered China oil acreage for debt-repayment moratorium