Upstream news
Wood Mackenzie: Key things to watch in global upstream in 2023
According to the company, upstream oil and gas companies made big strides in 2022, restoring confidence and repairing balance sheets.
Equinor awarded 26 new production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf
In 2023 the company plans to participate in 25 exploration wells, most of them around existing infrastructure.
GD Energy Products and Catalyst Energy Services announce hydraulic fracturing partnership
The companies have announced their partnership to bring high horsepower, lower emissions technology to hydraulic fracturing.
FET delivers trio of ROVs to OceanPact in Brazil
The systems will be deployed across two of OceanPact’s vessels to support inspection, repair and maintenance services for Petrobras' oilfields.
CGG commences 7700 sq km Foz do Amazonas 3D seismic reimaging project
The project, supported by industry funding, is expected to complete by the end of 2023, with fast-track products available by June.
Technip Energies awarded a large project management consultancy contract by Kuwait Oil Company
This contract represents a renewal of the first five-year framework agreement that was awarded to Technip Energies by KOC i
The Njord field is upgraded ahead of another 20 years in operation
Production from the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea has resumed, following an upgrading project in which both the platform and the floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) were brought ashore.
Senex Energy pauses AUS$1 billion expansion
APPEA has said that the government’s heavy-handed reforms introduced without proper consultation had, in less than a week, dealt a blow to new east coast domestic gas supply and future energy security.
API, AMEXHI, and IOGP renew MOU to strengthen collaboration in Gulf of Mexico
The MOU aims to strengthen mutual cooperation to help enhance operational performance across North American natural gas and oil operations.
Neptune Energy welcomes submission of Snøhvit Future PDO
The Gjøa field in the North Sea, operated by Neptune, is already powered by hydroelectricity, generated onshore.