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Shell quits Alaska

The frst shipment to

Royal Dutch Shell will dis- Europe would be sent to Varo

A continue its 2014 plans for Energy’s Cressier refnery, a drilling offshore Alaska. short distance west of Bern,

Shell’s U-turn on Alaskan Switzerland, Pemex said. drilling follows a proft warn-

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Cuba drilling ing and a court judgment, rais- discussed ing “substantial obstacles” to the company’s plans for drill- Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign ing in the Chukchi Sea, off- Relations hosted a delegation shore Alaska. from the US-based Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).

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EnVen plugs gas leak

The CFR delegation included

The US Bureau of Safety and a dozen “energy and environ-

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Environment Enforcement mental experts” focused on

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E (BSEE) announced that the safety and potential envi- weighted drilling fu- ronmental effects of offshore

L ids pumped into well A-7 oil drilling. stopped the uncontrolled gas The group traveled to fow in Vermilion block 356 in Cuba in January for a fve- the Gulf of Mexico. day visit. The delegation is

BSEE approved opera- part of a long-term project

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BSEE still requires addi- the CFR. tional work at the site, includ-

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Croatia plans tenders ing the setting of barriers.

Croatia’s government is plan-

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Olympus starts up ning to publish tenders for

Shell began production from oil and gas exploration in the the Mars B development central and southern Adriatic block, offshore Bulgaria. It The latest round offered for production solution to allow through Olympus, its seventh Sea 2Q 2014. will help defne the location license a total of 103,029sq for a 1Q 2014 restart.

and largest foating deepwa- The announcement fol- for two exploration wells, km, divided into 377 blocks, Operations were placed on ter platform in the Gulf of lows the completion of a 2D planned for during 2015 and or parts of blocks. The acre- hold in July 2013, after a new

Mexico. Combined future pro- multiclient seismic acquisi- 2016. age in the Norwegian Sea crack was found around the duction from Olympus and tion survey offshore Croatia The 1-21 Han-Asparuh was extended by six blocks sponson (nose) area of the the original Mars platform is by Oslo-based seismic ser- block is in the western part in the area surrounding Aasta Siri platform. The Nini, Nini expected to deliver an esti- vices provider Spectrum. The of the Black Sea and covers Hansteen, compared to APA East and Cecilie felds are mated resource base of 1 bil- new survey provided about 14,220sq km, in water up to 2012. slowly returning to full opera- lion boe. 15,000km of modern long- 2200m. tion, with oil being sent to the

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Siri back online offset 2D data, covering the Siri Knutsen, instead of the

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Olmeca Record majority of offshore Croatia. After a half-year hiatus, explo- platform.

export delayed licensing round

Final processed products will ration and production in the

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Mexico’s Pemex will not begin be available by April 2014. Norway’s government has Siri area has recommenced.

QGEP strikes big in Atlanta exporting high-quality Olmeca offered a record 48 companies DONG Energy reconnected

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OMV completes crude to Europe until 2H stakes in 65 new production Siri Knutsen to three of the Results of the frst well

Black Sea seismic

February. licenses in its 2013 Awards in Siri area’s four oil felds on 28 drilled in the Atlanta post-

Pemex said that exports OMV and its partners have Predefned Areas (APA) licens- Jan 2014, offshore Denmark. salt oil feld off Brazil were of the extra-light Olmeca announced the completion of ing round. The move sets a The Nini East feld delivered better than operator Queiroz would begin in January, but the largest 3D seismic survey record, both in the number of frst oil on 4 Feb 2014. Galvão Exploração e Produção it announced via Twitter in the Black Sea. production licenses offered In December 2013, the (QGEP) and its partners that the start date had been The survey covered 7740sq and the number of companies Danish Energy Agency anticipated, according to the pushed back. km, in the 1-21 Han-Asparuh involved. approved a temporary Brazilian company.

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