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NRG WELCOME to NewsBase’s Roundup Global three decades of working in Russia. Equinor
(NRG), in which the reader is invited to join announced it was leaving the country on Feb-
our team of international editors, who provide a ruary 28, four days after Moscow began its inva-
snapshot of some of the key issues affecting their sion of Ukraine.
regional beats.
By clicking on the headline link for each sec- GLNG: Hilli Episeyo FLNG boosts output
tion the full text will be available. Bermuda-registered Golar LNG reports that the
Hilli Episeyo, its floating LNG vessel operating
AfrOil: Eni withdraws from South Africa offshore Cameroon, has successfully raised pro-
Italy’s Eni has effectively confirmed its with- duction levels to the equivalent of 1.4mn tonnes
drawal from South Africa, where it had been per year.
preparing to look for oil and gas off the coast of Golar LNG said in a statement on May 26
KwaZulu-Natal. that the FLNG had succeeded in bringing output
The company has been working with Sasol, a up from the equivalent of 1.2mn tpy.
South African company, to explore an offshore
block known as Exploration Right 236 (ER 236) LatAmOil: Guyana renews Liza-1 permit
since 2014. Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) said on May 31 that it had renewed the
AsianOil: Shell takes FID on Crux environmental permit issued to US super-major
Shell Australia announced on May 30 that it ExxonMobil for the Liza-1 development project.
had taken a final investment decision (FID) on In an official statement, the EPA reported
the Crux natural gas project offshore Western that it had renewed the permit for a period of
Australia. five years, in line with the relevant legislation.
Development of Crux is aimed at providing
additional feedstock gas to the Prelude floating MEOG: Contract awards continue
LNG (FLNG) facility, which has been online This week in MEOG we look at the award
since 2019, aside from some unplanned outages. of more contracts as upstream momentum
continues.
EurOil: UK mulls reopening Rough facility Japan’s JGC Corp. announced that it has been
The UK government is negotiating with energy awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco to oversee
group Centrica on reopening the Rough gas the engineering, procurement and construction
storage facility, in a move to bolster its energy of facilities to support the expansion of the Zuluf
security, the BBC reported on May 30. oilfield.
Rough was closed down in 2017 after Centri- Meanwhile, BP has extended a contract to
ca’s plea for subsidies to keep it open was rejected local firm Abraj Energy Services for land rig ser-
by the then-government of Prime Minister The- vices in its Block 61 concession in Oman.
resa May.
NorthAmOil: West White Rose restarts
FSUOGM: Equinor completes Russian exit Canadian producers Suncor Energy and Ceno-
Norwegian oil and gas producer Equinor has vus Energy have decided to restart development
completed its withdrawal from Russia, the com- of the West White Rose project, an extension of
pany announced on May 25, after transferring the existing White Rose field.
its shares in all joint ventures to state-owned Work on West White Rose was suspended in
Rosneft. March 2020 amid the onset of the coronavirus
The transfers draw a line under Equinor’s (COVID-19).™

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