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Cosmos Energy awarded Abu Dhabi Offshore Block 4 (2/15/2021) The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has awarded exploration rights to Offshore Block 4 to Cosmos Energy subsidiary Cosmos E&P Albahriya... Lightsource BP acquires stake in solar portfolio in Spain (2/15/2021) Lightsource BP has acquired interest in an 845MW solar portfolio from local Spanish solar developer Iberia Solar that includes five sites in Spain... Sapura scores Saudi Aramco EPCI contract for offshore fields (2/15/2021) Sapura Energy has been contracted by Saudi Aramco to provide engineering, procurement, construction, and installation services... PNG & Total pen pact for gas to feel Papua LNG Project (2/15/2021) The Papua New Guinea government and Total have signed a fiscal stability agreement for the Papua LNG Project almost two years after they signed... 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Equinor selling US Bakken Field interest to Grayson Mill (2/14/2021) Equinor is divesting its interests in the US Bakken Field in North Dakota and Montana to Grayson Mill Energy for a total of around US$900 million... Magseis Fairfield wins further deepwater US Gulf OBN survey (2/14/2021) Magseis Fairfield has been awarded a new deepwater 4D ocean bottom node monitoring survey in the US sector of the Gulf of Mexico... BOEM suspends planned US Gulf Lease Sale 257 (2/14/2021) US Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has rescinded its Record of Decision for Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 257... US active rotary rig count rises by 5 rigs this week (2/12/2021) Baker Hughes has reported its count of active drilling rigs operating this week in the US rotary rig fleet has increased by five to a total of 397... Rosneft & BP collaborating in carbon management & sustainability (2/4/2021) Rosneft has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with BP to support carbon management and sustainability activities of both companies... International Court of Appeal finds Shell liable for oil spills in Nigeria (2/3/2021) The International Court of Appeal in The Hague, Netherlands has found Royal Dutch Shell responsible for two major oil spills in Nigeria... Deepsea Atlantic to drill Equinor's Tordis Field (2/3/2021) The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority has given its consent to Equinor for its employment of the semisubmersible drilling rig Deepsea Atlantic... Inpex ups stake in US Gulf Lucius & Hadrian North Fields (2/2/2021) Inpex's US subsidiary, Inpex Americas, has acquired an additional 2.3546% interest in the Lucius and Hadrian North Fields in the US Gulf of Mexico... OGDCL achieves discovery in Pakistan's Sindh Province (2/2/2021) Oil and Gas Development Company Limited has discovered gas and condensate with exploration well Sial-1 in Pakistan's Sindh Province... Empire drilling Carpentaria exploration well in NT, Australia (2/2/2021) Empire Energy has commenced drilling the Carpentaria-1 exploration well in its 100% owned and operated Block EP187 in Northern Territory, Australia... PGS completes seismic survey of Campos Basin emerging plays (2/1/2021) Petroleum Geo-Services has surveyed additional open acreage to complete its coverage of the emerging plays in Brazil's outboard Campos Basin... Canadian Northland picked as partner in Baltic Sea windfarm (2/1/2021) Canadian Northland Power has been selected by PKN Orlen as its strategic partner for its offshore windfarm in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea... Worley wins CNOOC Europe EPC contract (2/1/2021) The Nexen subsidiary of the CNOOC Petroleum Europe unit of China National Offshore Oil Corporation has awarded Worley a two-year contract... Shearwater GeoServices awarded 3D Survey in SE Asia (2/1/2021) The Shearwater GeoServices joint venture of Rasmussen, GC Rieber Shipping, and Schlumberger has been awarded a 1,500 sq km marine survey... Oman's Arabian Sea offshore Yumna Field goes on production (2/1/2021) Rex International subsidiary Masirah Oil has reported that production has commenced from the second development well drilled in the Yumna Field... Petrobras sells stakes in Brazil's Espirito Santo E&P assets (2/1/2021) Petroleo Brasileiro has agreed to the sale of its interests in the Peroa and Cangoa Fields and Block BM-ES-21 and its Malombe discovery... Keppel Offshore & Marine exiting offshore rig building (1/31/2021) Keppel is ceasing to build offshore rigs as part of its present restructuring program once it has completed those rigs currently under construction... Equinor granted drilling permit for North Sea wildcat (1/31/2021) The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Equinor Energy for a wildcat well in production license 785S off Norway... NextDecade finds Texas City site unsuitable for LNG development (1/31/2021) NextDecade Corporation has completed an evaluation of the proposed Galveston Bay LNG site and determined the Texas City site is not suitable... Ganope to drill 11 Egyptian Red Sea exploration wells (1/31/2021) Ganoub El Wadi Petroleum Holding Company has announced plans to drill 11 exploration wells during fiscal year 2021-22 in the Egyptian Red Sea... 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