
Equinor completes appraisal well on Wisting discovery in the Barents Sea
The objective was to acquire data on the reservoir and cap rock, for use in ongoing evaluation and development of the discovery.
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The objective was to acquire data on the reservoir and cap rock, for use in ongoing evaluation and development of the discovery.

Aker has announced that production has started from Hanz in the North Sea. Hanz is operated by Aker BP, with Equinor and Sval Energy as partners.

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As the US reimposes Venezuela oil sanctions, the door opens for special licenses. Rystad Energy’s Senior Vice President, Jorge León, provides an oil market update.

Petrobras and bp signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the purpose of promoting discussions and collaboration between the companies.

SBM Offshore has announced that it has secured a US$250 million term loan facility.

ExxonMobil Guyana has awarded Strohm a TCP “jumper on demand” contract for the supply of TCP for the Whiptail project. This brings the project count for the Netherlands-based manufacturer to three for ExxonMobil Guyana, following previous awards for the Yellowtail and Uaru projects.

bp, as operator of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) project, has announced the start-up of oil production from the new Azeri Central East (ACE) platform as part of the ACG field development in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea.

Petrofac, has been awarded a technical services contract by Compañía Nacional de Petróleos de Guinea Ecuatorial (GEPetrol), the National Oil Company of Equatorial Guinea, to support the operation of the region’s Block B asset.

88 Energy has announced further successful flow test results from the Company’s Hickory-1 discovery well, located in Project Phoenix on the North Slope of Alaska.

Seatrium and Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore research opportunities in new energies and artificial intelligence (AI) to develop innovative products and engineering solutions for the offshore and marine sector.

SLB has been awarded three contracts by Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) for completion hardware and services for up to 35 subsea wells in the development of Petrobras’ offshore Buzios Wave II oilfield.