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Chevron greenlights $5.6B Mafumeira Sul project offshore Angola

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Chevron Corporation’s Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited subsidiary will proceed with the development of the Mafumeira Sul project located offshore Angola. Located 15 miles (24 km) offshore Cabinda province in 200 feet (60 m) of water, the Mafumeira Sul project is the second stage of development of the Mafumeira Field located in Block 0.

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Sonangol, Maersk Oil and partners strike oil with their first deepwater pre-salt well offshore Angola

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Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola Empresa Pública (Sonangol, E.P.), The Azul-1 well, the first to penetrate pre-salt objectives in Angolan deepwater, was drilled in water depths of 923 meters (3,028 feet) and reached a final depth of 5,334 meters (17,500 feet).

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Cobalt and Total announce significant North Platte deepwater Gulf of Mexico discovery

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an independent oil exploration and production company focusing on the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico and offshore Angola and Gabon, announced a significant oil discovery at its North Platte prospect on Garden Banks Block 959 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Cobalt International Energy, Inc.,

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ExxonMobil brings Kearl oil sands expansion online ahead of schedule; overall capacity doubling to 220K barrels per day

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PFT technology processes bitumen on-site to remove water and solids and improve bitumen quality. Other environmental innovations include on-site water storage to reduce water use, progressive land and tailings reclamation, and a state-of-the-art waterfowl deterrent system.

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An Undersea Cable Could Fill In the Gaps on Fiber-Optic Maps

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To the east, they typically run through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean, or through the waters of the Arabian Sea before they stretch out to India and beyond. And on the other side, there’s cables linking Cameroon and Angola with the cable hub that is Fortaleza in Brazil. But it isn’t an insurmountable obstacle.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Novatek and its partners Total and Chinese National Petroleum Company still lack $15 billion of the $27 billion needed to finance the Yamal LNG plant. They include bans on financing for and the supply of critical equipment and technology to important Russian energy projects.

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Eni reports important new discovery offshore Congo

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The exploration well, Nene Marine 3, was drilled in a water depth of 28 meters (92 feet) and encountered a significant wet gas and light oil accumulation in the pre-salt clastic sequence, outlining a significant extension to the west of the reservoir and its hydraulic continuity. miles) offshore Congo.

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