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Equinor joins Sonangol to construct research center

Under its privatization program that sees the divestment of non-core state assets, Angola’s Sonangol has announced the construction of a scientific research, technology and innovation center in 2021. The center will seek to ensure knowledge acquisition and technology transfer for the oil company by identifying strategic projects for development.  It will also house several other institutions, including advanced education,

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McDermott, Schneider and io collaborate on carbon neutral oil and gas platform concept

McDermott International, Ltd, Schneider Electric and io consulting today announced a collaboration to advance research and design of carbon-neutral facilities for the upstream oil and natural gas market. The three companies will combine their capabilities and resources to explore and develop a proof of concept based on an offshore platform reference case. The result of the collaboration

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U.S. AECOM coordinates $8 bln Romanian nuclear reactor project

U.S. construction and engineering firm AECOM will lead an $8 billion project to add two reactors at Romania’s nuclear power plant on the river Danube and refurbish one of its existing units, Romania’s Economy Ministry said on Friday. Romanian Economy Minister Virgil Popescu and U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette signed a draft intergovernmental cooperation agreement in Washington on

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Myanmar-born entrepreneur grabs up over 87,000 acres of U.S. oil and gas leases

A Myanmar-born perfume entrepreneur and missionary has snapped up nearly half of the oil and gas leases offered by the Trump administration since August, saying the coronavirus pandemic created an opportunity to buy them cheaply. Levi Sap Nei Thang, who boasts a large social media following and said she is a Christian guided by meditation and prayer, spent

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Labor strike ends in Norway oil and gas fields

Norwegian oil firms have struck a wage bargain with labor union officials, ending a strike that had threatened to cut the country’s oil and gas output by close to 25% next week, negotiators for each side told Reuters on Friday. Six offshore fields shut on Monday and a further seven had been scheduled to follow in the coming

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Job Alert: Looking for 6th Generation Drillers in India

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