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Maersk Drilling awarded contract extension to drill world record well in Angola; 2.25-mile water depth

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TotalEnergies E&P Angola has exercised an option for the 7 th -generation drillship Maersk Voyager to drill the ultra-deepwater Ondjaba-1 exploration well in Angola’s Block 48. It is currently operating offshore Angola for TotalEnergies. The Ondjaba-1 well will be drilled at a new world record water depth of 3,628 m (2.25

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BP closes out 2013 with deepwater finds in Gulf of Mexico and offshore Angola; new activity offshore Brazil

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Earlier in December, Cobalt International Energy announced a significant discovery at its Lontra well in the pre-salt play offshore Angola, in which BP holds a 30% interest. In mid-December 2013, BP announced its discovery in the Gila prospect, its latest in the Paleogene in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. —Joseph H.

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UTM Offshore signs FEED agreement for Nigeria’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility

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With factors such as the Russian-Ukraine war, increases in energy demand and global energy transition-related policies fueling the energy crisis at global scale, the AEC strongly believes African gas has a huge role to play in liberating global economies and the global energy market.

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IEA March Oil Market Report revises 2015 demand forecast upward

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mb/d for the current quarter, according to the IEA Oil Market Report for March. mb/d, as losses in Libya and Iraq offset higher supply from Saudi Arabia, Iran and Angola. out in the second quarter of 2014, global oil demand growth has since steadily risen, with year?on?year year gains estimated at around 0.9 Global supply rose by 1.3

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GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

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Sentyurin also acknowledged the role of Turkmenistan as one of the founders of the Forum, the 20 member countries of which today represent 71% of proven gas reserves, 45% of its marketed production, 53% of pipeline, and 60% of LNG exports across the world. It is headquartered in Doha, Qatar.

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BP takes delivery of 6 new LNG tankers

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They also will be fitted with a reliquefaction plant, meaning evaporated natural gas in the cargo tanks can be returned to the tanks as LNG, allowing the ships to deliver more LNG to the market. BP also participates in LNG projects in Australia, UAE, Indonesia, Trinidad and Angola.

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IEA: non-OPEC oil supply tops 43 mb/d for first time in decades; global demand to reach 92.4 mb/d in 2014

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The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) Oil Market Report (OMR) for December raised the estimate of global oil demand for 2013 by 130,000 barrels per day (130 kb/d) to 91.2 Renewed disruptions in Libya and smaller drops in Nigeria, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Venezuela more than offset higher output in Iran, Iraq and Angola.