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About: EurOil analyses key trends such as the influx of private equity into the North Sea and how it is shaping the basin's future. The monitor also provides key insight on major trends such as decommissioning and the development of frontier regions like West of Shetland. Midstream developments also take prominence, with deep analysis of the region's gas needs and how they will be met in the future.
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France calls for methane rules to apply to oil and gas imports
Balticconnector pipeline between Estonia and Finland shut down due to gas leak
A possible leak put the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland offline. The undersea pipeline experienced a pressure drop which prompted system operators on both sides to cut off the gas.
Var Energi to sell entire stake in mature Norwegian field
Var Energi has struck a deal with fellow Norwegian player Petrolia to divest its entire stake in a Northern North Sea field as part of its push to optimise its portfolio.
Shell sees gas-trading performance strengthen in Q3
With European demand for LNG remaining strong, UK major Shell enjoyed a rebound in earnings from its gas-trading operations in the third quarter, after taking a hit to that segment during the previous three-month period.
OMV Petrom says downstream recovered after maintenance in Q2
ConocoPhillips gets all-clear to start up Norwegian-UK gas field
Norwegian authorities have permitted ConocoPhillips to bring the Tommeliten gas field – which straddles the border between the Norwegian and UK sections of the North Sea – on stream. Production is due to start later this month.
EU LNG imports drop to two-year low in September
EU LNG imports were down 8% month on month in September, reaching their lowest level in almost two years, as storage volumes are still ample and demand remains subdued, the bloc’s data shows.
Leak suspected at Finnish-Estonian gas pipeline
A subsea natural gas pipeline linking Finland and Estonia was closed early on October 8 after an unusual drop in pressure was recorded that was likely caused by a leak, Finnish operator Gasgrid and Estonian counterpart Elering reported.
Iraq ‘yet to hear’ from Turkey on restarting oil pipeline
Russian Lukoil to lend Azeri SOCAR $1.5bn to boost Turkish refining
Russia’s second-largest crude producer, Lukoil, will lend Azeri state oil firm SOCAR $1.5bn as part of a broader deal that will allow SOCAR's Turkish STAR refinery with 0.2mn barrels per day of capacity to receive Russian oil again.
$1.5bn Lukoil loan to Azerbaijan’s Socar reportedly part of deal to restart processing of Russian crude at Turkish refinery
Europa puts farm-out process off Ireland on hold pending data reprocessing
UK-listed Europa Oil & Gas has temporarily put on hold a farm-out process for its licence off the coast of Ireland until subsurface imaging of the identified prospects is supported by data reprocessing at 30Hz.
Unions, North Sea oil industry take aim at politicians for declining output
Trade union GMB Scotland has blamed a “failure of government” for causing a major cut in North Sea oil flow via the Forties pipeline system, echoing similar comments by Jim Ratcliffe, the chairman of UK petrochemicals group Ineos.
Equinor gets all-clear to produce from Norway's Breidablikk oilfield
Equinor and its partner have been given the all-clear to launch production at the Breidablikk oilfield in the Norwegian North Sea, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) reported last week.
Danish pension fund dumps last major stake in oil, gas in Eni divestment
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension has wrapped up a multi-year divestment programme to phase out its interests in oil and natural gas shares, it announced on September 28.
IOG to go into administration following North Sea development setbacks
The company, whose flagship project is Saturn Banks in the south UK North Sea, said on September 28 it had filed a notice to court notifying its intention to appoint administrators as soon as possible.
Hungary and Slovenia sign MoU on gas interconnector
Slovenia and Hungary sign gas supply cooperation memo
Cyprus, Chevron extend talks on Aphrodite field development
The Cypriot government and US energy giant Chevron have agreed to extend their discussions on the development plan for the offshore Aphrodite gas field in the Cyprus exclusive economic zone until 5 November.
ExxonMobil sells majority stake in Adriatic LNG terminal to BlackRock
US oil major ExxonMobil has sold its 70.68% stake in Italy’s offshore Adriatic LNG Terminal to US investment firm BlackRock, the company revealed in a statement on October 4.
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