The UK Oil and Gas Authority has put out for consultation its revised strategy on helping the UK government to reach net zero greenhouse emissions by 2050.
The UK Oil and Gas Authority has put out for consultation its revised strategy on helping the UK government to reach net zero greenhouse emissions by 2050. The proposed changes relate to carbon capture and storage (CCS) and CCS plus hydrogen. Offshore renewables (wind, wave and tidal) should contribute further to the abatement required by 2050. ogauthority.co.uk/ news-publications/consultations/
Tim Dodson is stepping down as Equinor executive vice president exploration, a role he has held since 2011. He will become vice-president strategy execution in global strategy and business development from 1 June. Tore Løseth has been appointed acting executive vice president of exploration.
SeaBird has won a source contract in South America. The contract is expected to start in Q3, with a duration of about 30-45 days.
Public consultation has opened on 49 areas for the Australia’s 2020 offshore petroleum exploration acreage release in Western Australia, Northern Territory, Victoria and the Territory of the Ashmore and the Cartier Islands.
Sierra Leone has announced that after the Fourth Offshore Petroleum Licensing Round on 28 February 2020, offshore acreage has been awarded to Cluff Energy, covering Blocks 23, 24, 25, 36, 37,38, 39, 54, 55, 56, 57, 74, 75, 94 and 95 and Innoson, covering Blocks 96, 97, 114, 115, 116, 117, 133,134, and 135.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has published high resolution core images of 94 so-called shallow wellbores in the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. The shallow borehole surveys were carried out by the Norwegian Continental Shelf Institute (IKU) between 1982 to 1993. The cores represent a total of more than 6.6 km, and the deepest was nearly 600 m under the seabed. The age of the rocks from the surveys covers more than 400 million years – from the Ordovician to the Late Cenozoic period.
