The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Petroleum Reserves announced that contracts have been awarded for the acquisition of 3 million barrels of U.S. produced crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).

Thirteen miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana in Plaquemines Parish, a proposed LNG export facility promises to deliver a cleaner environment and competitively priced US LNG, as well as significant economic benefits to the region.

CGG announces that Sercel has made a major sale of its GPR300 seabed nodal solution to Sinopec, the Chinese oil and gas exploration, refining and distribution company.

Energy industry leaders are to set out how the sector can overcome challenges posed by the implementation of carbon capture storage (CCS) and the use of hydrogen at SPE Offshore Europe 2023 (OE23).

Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Equinor to deliver the first Submersible Wireless Installer for Tubing (SWIFT™) for 18 tubing hanger installations on the Johan Castberg field, an assignment expected to continue for two years, starting June 2024.

Odfjell Technology, an integrated supplier of offshore drilling, well and engineering services, has achieved an industry-first for cleaning blowout preventers (BOPs), reaching a 50% time reduction during a successful trial.

MODEC, Inc. announces that the FPSO Almirante Barroso MV32, deployed for production operations at the Búzios field in the giant “pre-salt” region of the Santos Basin off the coast of Brazil, achieved First Oil production on May 31, 2023.

TotalEnergies and its co-venturers Petrobras, QatarEnergy and PETRONAS Petróleo Brasil Ltda (PPBL) have signed a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the Agua Marinha block, which was awarded in the Open Acreage under Production Sharing Regime – 1st Cycle held by Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency (ANP) in December 2022.

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the Plan for development and operation (PDO) for Tyrving (previously Trell & Trine) in the Alvheim area.

The world’s leading composite pipe technology company Strohm was awarded a contract with independent E&P operator PRIO (formerly known as PetroRio) to provide its composite pipe solutions to support operations at its Frade field.

TotalEnergies, operator of OML130 in Nigeria, announces the renewal of the production license on this block for 20 years.

EGS Australia has recently completed a 7-month high resolution geophysical, UXO, and geotechnical survey campaign offshore Papua New Guinea for the Papua LNG which intends to install a pipeline from Orokolo Bay to Caution Bay, near Port Moresby.

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Director Kevin Sligh has announced a $3 million investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help reduce the risk of pollution from orphaned infrastructure on the federal Outer Continental Shelf.

Subsea7 announces an extension of its existing frame agreement with Aker BP for four years to the end of 2028. The agreement covers the provision of engineering, fabrication and installation activities for subsea umbilical, risers and flowlines (SURF) as part of Aker BP’s field developments on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Energy services provider, Expro Group Holdings N.V. has announced a five-year Well Intervention and Integrity contract with TotalEnergies EP Uganda for the multi-well Tilenga project.

On May 18, 2023, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) announced the preliminary results of the UK’s 1st Carbon Storage Licensing Round with the offer of awards for 20 carbon storage licenses to 12 companies (Figure 1).