Vestas has received an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order for two wind projects totalling 161 MW to build Neoen’s and Prokon’s jointly owned Lumivaara and Storbötet wind farms in Finland.
Weatherford International has been awarded a three-year contract with Aramco to deliver drilling services. Under the contract, Weatherford will deploy its Drilling Services portfolio, which includes a suite of technology that combines world-class services, real-time information analysis, and innovative drilling tools to maximize efficiency in any environment.
Today the Alvheim FPSO celebrates fifteen years of oil and gas production. The field and the production vessel have over-performed since production commenced on 8 June 2008. Perhaps the best birthday present comes from the Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Terje Aasland, who today granted approval for the development of Tyrving, which will be a tie-in to Alvheim.
Italian energy giant Eni has entered exclusive talks to acquire private-equity backed gas and oil producer Neptune Energy after sweetening its previous offer to below $6 billion, according to a Reuters report, citing industry sources.
Beach Energy has provided a summary of results from the Trigg 1 gas exploration well, the first Beach-operated well in the Perth Basin exploration program. Trigg 1 will be plugged and abandoned and the pre-planned side-track, Trigg 2, a contingent appraisal well, will not be drilled.