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Cabot and Cimarex shareholders approve merger
30 Sept 20212 min read

Cabot and Cimarex shareholders approve merger

More than 99% of Cabot shareholders and more than 90% of Cimarex shareholders were in favour of the merger.

Wood inks operations and maintenance contract with Shell and NAM
30 Sept 20212 min read

Wood inks operations and maintenance contract with Shell and NAM

The contract will be delivered by around 120 Wood employees across the offshore and onshore assets including the Clipper and Leman offshore assets, Bacton Gas Terminal, Kroonborg and Kasteelborg vessels and the Seafox4 barge campaign.

Rystad Energy: Argentina’s Vaca Muerta world’s quickest growing shale play
30 Sept 20215 min read

Rystad Energy: Argentina’s Vaca Muerta world’s quickest growing shale play

A report from Rystad Energy concludes that a surge in growth from Vaca Muerta is poised to lift Argentina’s country-wide oil production to the highest level in years, with the play’s competitiveness also rising against US basins.

Tracerco awarded riser inspection contract in Gulf of Mexico
30 Sept 20212 min read

Tracerco awarded riser inspection contract in Gulf of Mexico

Tracerco will deploy Discovery, a subsea CT scanner designed for external scanning of pipelines, for an unnamed operator.

CNOOC makes discovery in Bohai Bay
30 Sept 20212 min read

CNOOC makes discovery in Bohai Bay

The discovery well Kenli 10-2-4 was drilled and completed at a depth of 1520 m, and encountered oil pay zones with a total thickness of approximately 27 m.

Hurricane Energy anticipates Lancaster 2021 production towards upper end of guidance
30 Sept 20213 min read

Hurricane Energy anticipates Lancaster 2021 production towards upper end of guidance

The company continues to forecast that average production for the year is expected to remain within the range of 8500 - 10 500 bpd.

Lukoil enters BP project offshore Azerbaijan
29 Sept 20212 min read

Lukoil enters BP project offshore Azerbaijan

Lukoil has acquired a 25% participating interest in the Shallow Water Absheron Peninsula exploration project.

Suriname offshore appraisal well plugged and abandoned
29 Sept 20212 min read

Suriname offshore appraisal well plugged and abandoned

Appraisal drilling at Keskesi South-1 on Block 58 offshore Suriname encountered non-commercial quantities of hydrocarbons.

Equinor and Rosneft to cooperate on carbon management
29 Sept 20212 min read

Equinor and Rosneft to cooperate on carbon management

Equinor and Rosneft will work to develop low carbon solutions and reduce the carbon footprint from joint projects.

TGS and PGS complete seismic acquisition season offshore Canada
29 Sept 20212 min read

TGS and PGS complete seismic acquisition season offshore Canada

The newly acquired data provides 3D data coverage to complement the existing 2D grid, enhancing geological and geophysical insights to explorers offshore Newfoundland.

GlobalData: oil-producing countries could lose up to US$82 billion a year due to global gas flaring
29 Sept 20213 min read

GlobalData: oil-producing countries could lose up to US$82 billion a year due to global gas flaring

Some of the biggest gas flarers, accounting for over 87% of all flared gas in 2020, were Algeria, Angola, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, the US and Venezuela.

Parker Wellbore launches with plans for expansion into new markets
29 Sept 20212 min read

Parker Wellbore launches with plans for expansion into new markets

The company is aiming to expand into new markets, geographies, and sectors to provide advanced subsurface wellbore construction solutions.

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