The Australian Government is seeking feedback (by 14 December) on areas nominated by industry for inclusion in the 2022 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release.
The Australian Government is seeking feedback (by 14 December) on areas nominated by industry for inclusion in the 2022 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release. Energy companies have nominated Bonaparte Basin, Browse Basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin and Gippsland Basin.
The UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded a carbon dioxide appraisal and storage licence to Harbour Energy. The licence will cover an area in the southern North Sea off the coast of Immingham in northeast Lincolnshire. Harbour proposes using the depleted Rotliegend gas fields, Viking and Victor, c.140 km from the Lincolnshire coast to store the CO2 in deep geological formations c.9,000 ft below seabed.
ExxonMobil has announced plans to invest more than $15 billion in initiatives to lower greenhouse gas emission and help the company meet its 2025 emission-intensity reduction goals by the end of this year – four years earlier than anticipated. A significant share of the spending will be directed toward its Low Carbon Solutions business.
Hydro and Shell have agreed to explore the potential for joint projects producing hydrogen from renewable electricity. The ambition is to use the hydrogen to help decarbonize Hydro’s and Shell’s own operations, and to supply customers in heavy industries, the maritime sector and road transport.
Providence Resources has completed a seabed, shallow geophysical and environmental baseline survey at the Barryroe field, which lies under 100 of water in the North Celtic Sea Basin and is located 50 km off the south coast of Ireland.
Equinor has unveiled its design for a floating wind concept. Wind Semi, its semisubmersible floating wind foundation design for full-scale gigawatt (GW) floating offshore wind, will allow for industrial standardization, the company said.
