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Norwegian Frontier Round Attracts Seven Bidders
Mar 2, 2021 9:15:am
Summary There are fewer participants than in previous numbered rounds, following a year of exploration disappointments in the Arctic Barents Sea.
by: Joe Murphy
Seven companies have filed bids in Norway s latest frontier licensing round, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) reported on February 25.
Shell, Equinor, Idemits.
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Gazprom Exports Less to Europe in Feb
Mar 2, 2021 12:55:pm
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by: Thierry Bros
Russian gas exporter Gazprom saw a big drop in its February exports to the European Union, with flows down 14.3% on January. This can be explained by extended lock-down restrictions in Europe and additional LNG.
Ukrainian transit was the one that took the hit again (-52.7% vs last month). The transit deal signed December 29, 2019 between Gazprom and Naftogaz provides for 40bn m³ transit volumes for 2021. As the 40bn m³ should be on a uniform flow of 110mn m³/d, any lower historical flow cannot be mitigated by higher contracted flows. For higher flows, Gazprom need.
26 February 2021 1:41 GMT Updated 26 February 2021 1:41 GMT in Singapore
Seven companies have applied for production licences in Norway’s 25th licensing round that comprised 136 blocks or parts of blocks – 125 in the Barents Sea and 11 in the Norwegian Sea.
The septet of bidders which applied either solely or in consortia are Equinor, Shell, Lundin, OMV, Idemitsu Petroleum, Var Energi and Ineos.
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“In this round, the announced blocks are mostly in frontier areas. We see that large and medium-sized companies with good technical and financial capacity to conduct exploration in such areas have applied,” said Torgeir Stordal, director of technology and coexistence in the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.