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Hopes raised for Sullom Voe as BP confirms talks to continue on Clair oil exports

Kazakh minister sees no upside for Western-led giant oil developments this year

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Wintershall Dea widens loss as oil price slump offsets output rise

Perth gears up for rare in-person oil and gas event amid Covid-19 pandemic

Occidental slips to $15.7bn full-year loss but oil and gas output strong

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Repsol posts $4bn full-year loss as writedowns bite bottom line

Argentina sizes up IMF debt deal delay

Aker Solutions sees losses widen as revenues slump on lower activity

North Asia's thirst for LNG rises, despite Covid-19 impact

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Origin stays in the black despite weaker underlying performance

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Pressure increases on oil and gas players in Myanmar

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Call for banks to stop funding EACOP plans

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Boost for Biden climate team

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Petrobras launches new flexible risers tender

Apache exploration cash to target Suriname

Eni calls time on mega-projects

HitecVision aims for UK version of Vaar's success

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

Jack-up being prepared for long assignment in Thailand

Adnoc teams up with Korea's GS Energy to explore hydrogen opportunities

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Qatar sets sights on second expansion phase at giant North Field

Indian players in talks with Novatek over LNG offtake deals

Worley scoops Adnoc LNG engineering prize

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Inpex steps to the starting line for next Ichthys phase

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Equus owner revives talk of Australian transcontinental gas pipeline

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BP sets sights on Phase 2 sanction off Mauritania and Senegal in late 2022

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US drillers add five to rig count

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Worley wins direct air capture engineering deal from Occidental in US Permian basin

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Beetaloo basin boost: Empire books increase in resource estimates for 'world class' shale play

Shell sells non-core producing Canadian shale oil assets

‘You find oil where you found oil’: Hess keeps development close with tie-backs

Argentina sizes up IMF debt deal delay

Vista becomes second-largest shale oil producer in Argentina

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Modest increase bumps US rig count to 397, extends streak to 12 weeks of gains

Aussie shale gas operator to rescue old discovery wells

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Saudi Aramco awards $300m-plus offshore deal to Middle East player

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Seadrill sinks to $2.9bn second-half loss as impairments bite

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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

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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

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'Trust issues' holding back adoption levels

OPINION: Brazil needs a broader vision for transport, as Bolsonaro suspends diesel tax

Oil Search appoints new chief financial officer

Rig secured for Australian drilling campaign

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Total and Petronas look to a lower-carbon upstream future

Drilling giant reaches Chapter 11 milestone

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US energy secretary taps $40 billion loan program to rev up innovation

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US shale stakes out a future in changed energy landscape

Junta is the problem in Myanmar, not oil and gas companies

Brazil needs a broader vision for transport, as Bolsonaro suspends diesel tax

Total's Tilenga moves put carbon emissions in spotlight

A rethink is needed on opening the Arctic frontier to oil and gas exploration

US Gulf prospects move from safe to uncertain

Texas freeze exposes flaws in energy system

Bolsonaro's move to oust Petrobras boss spooks investors with spectre of political interference

Neo's $1bn deal for ExxonMobil assets buoys UK's North Sea sector

Majors need to hit the energy transition fast lane

Rulings over Nigeria oil spills expose 'duty of care' liabilities for parent companies

Flaring travails on Liza Destiny floater underline Guyana's need for regulatory reform

Blue hydrogen pipe dream? Norway exploring all options to avoid stranded gas assets

Green revolution must not leave oil and gas workers behind

Russian oil and gas money helps prop up Putin as street protests are crushed

Qatar's huge North Field Expansion sanction may pile pressure on other LNG schemes

Total's Papua LNG agreement good news but the road is long

New energy: Oil services' green shoots and transition plans can fortify the sector

Military coup overshadows hopes for Myanmar's E&P sector

Maduro's new opportunity for oil investors out of tune with times

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Argentina’s Vaca Muerta is at an 'inflection point'

ExxonMobil positive on portfolio, capex and returns

Petrobras in search of more pre-salt oil with new Campos basin programme

North Sea sector deal could set 'global example' — minister and industry

US Senate moves ahead with top Biden climate team nominees

Pressure increases on oil and gas players in Myanmar

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

Shell finds plastic fantastic in Philippines

Saudi Aramco donates $1m to Texas winter storm relief

President Energy provides Leeds leader Bielsa with blue bucket boon

Perth gears up for rare in-person oil and gas event amid Covid-19 pandemic

Petronas lets explosives-certified robot dog off the leash

Qubit power: BP ties climate ambitions to quantum computing

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'No way, Norway': Will Ferrell anchors GM's electric vehicle drive in comic Super Bowl ad

'A world-first in the energy sector': Driverless car on patrol for BP

Baker Hughes seeks 'competitive advantage' in neuro-diversity drive

Trans-Tasman flag mix up

Oil companies get top marks in gay rights group poll

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UK green group shoots for the stars

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Semisub deep-water rigs set for new life as launchpads for Musk's SpaceX

Aberdeen University launches groundbreaking energy transition course

Maersk support to rid oceans of plastic waste

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Hungary's MOL sets sights on key appraisal wells at Norway discovery

Adnoc gets moving on much-delayed sour gas development as bids roll in

Jersey's North Sea project faces $110m 'green premium' for electrification

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Inpex steps to the starting line for next Ichthys phase

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