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ConocoPhillips Starts Production from First Redevelopment of Shut-in Field in Norway

Oil major ConocoPhillips and its partners in the Tor Unit have started production from the Tor II project, which is located offshore Norway.

Oil Field

BP Starts Drilling Platina Field Offshore Angola

Oil major BP has begun drilling on the Platina field in Block 18 offshore Angola using Valaris’ DS-12 drillship.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Triangle Energy Restarts Production from Cliff Head Well

Australia’s Triangle Energy has resumed production from the CH-7 well at the Cliff Head oil field following a successful workover program.

Oil Field

Genel Begins Production from Sarta Oil Field in Iraq

Iraq-focused independent Genel Energy said production has started at the Sarta oil field in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq.

Crude Oil

Marginal Oilfields Output Dips to 1.52mb

Marginal oil fields in Nigeria produced 1.52 million barrels of crude oil and condensates in August 2020, accounting for 2.97 per cent of Nigeria’s total oil a…

Oil Field

GeoPark Announces Agreement to Sell 10% Working Interest in the Manati Gas Field in Brazil

The total consideration of the transaction amounts to R$144.4 million, including a fixed payment of R$124.4 million plus an earn-out of R$20.0 million, which is…

Oil Field

China Looks To Buy Stake In A Major Iraqi Oilfield

State giants China National Petroleum Corporation and China National Offshore Oil Corporation are interested in buying ExxonMobil’s entire operating stake in o…

Oil Field

Repsol Sinopec Preparing for Decommissioning of UK North Sea Field

Oil and gas company Repsol Sinopec has received approval from the UK authorities for preparation work scopes plan relating to the decommissioning of the Fulmar …

Oil Field

PetroVietnam Pumps First Gas from Sao Vang-Dai Nguyet Offshore Field

State-owned PetroVietnam has started pumping first gas from its Sao Vang-Dai Nguyet field off Vietnam’s southern coast.

Oil Field

Nigeria's NNPC Says First Oil Flowing from Anyala Offshore Field

Nigerian state oil company NNPC and First E&P have begun oil production at the Anyala oilfield, NNPC announced on Thursday.

Oil & Gas Trade

Russia’s Gazprom Finds Record-High Gas Inflow on Kara Sea Shelf

Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has performed another set of tests in the upper levels of the exploration well at the Leningradskoye field of the Yamal gas product…

Oil & Gas Trade

Saudi Arabia and Iraq Agree to Intensify OPEC Cooperation

The ceiling compares with Iraq’s actual production of over 4 million bpd in April.

Oil Field

S Africa Offshore Well Results Could Come This Month

Test results from the Luiperd well in block 11B/12B off South Africa's southern coast could be available by the end of this month.

Oil Field

Sudan to Start Producing Oil at Al-Rawat Oilfield within Two Weeks

Sudan has been trying to lift oil production to lower costly fuel imports after losing 73% of oil output when South Sudan seceded in 2011.

Oil Field

CNOOC Starts up Eighth Project off China in 2020

Oil and gas company CNOOC Limited has started production from the Liuhua 29-1 gas field in the South China Sea.