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Whitecap and Veren Finalize $10.4B Merger, Create Top-7 Canadian Oil & Gas Producer

Rextag

The merger creates a new heavyweight in Canadian energy, ranking as the seventh-largest oil and gas producer and the fifth-largest natural gas producer in the country by output. Strategic Asset Base and Production Outlook The combined company now holds a high-quality, light oil and condensate-weighted portfolio with 1.5

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Equinor Files Development Plan for Fram South in Norwegian North Sea

Rigzone

The project, a subsea tieback to the existing Troll C platform, holds estimated recoverable volumes of 116 million barrels of oil equivalent. Oil comprises 75 percent and gas 25 percent, according to Equinor. Fram West and Fram East started production 2003 and 2006 respectively. It expects the project to start production 2029.

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Petrovietnam, JV Partners Sign PSC for Vietnam Block

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Image by pavalena via iStock Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) and its joint venture partners have signed a product sharing contract (PSC) for Block 15-1 on the southern continental shelf of Vietnam. percent, Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) holds 11.4 percent, SK Group holds 7.2 percent, and Geopetrol holds 2.6

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The Iberian green industrial opportunity: Carbon capture and storage

McKinsey

percent for 2028 to 2030, based on ETS directive, “Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a M9 system for the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the M9 Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC,” European Union, March 1, 2024. 3 Assuming a 4.3

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Equinor, Shell Unveil Name of UK North Sea JV

Rigzone

Adura, which will be equally owned, combines the two companies’ offshore assets in the UK, where Shell currently produces over 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boed) and Equinor about 38,000 boed. “Adura is expected to produce over 140,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2025”, Equinor said.

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CNOOC Announces Seventh Upstream Startup in Chinese Waters This Year

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Brent Crude $66.90 +0.65% Natural Gas $3.69 -2.62% Latest Oil Prices SUBSCRIBE SEARCH ARTICLES NEWS CNOOC Announces Seventh Upstream Startup in Chinese Waters This Year by Jov Onsat | Rigzone Staff | Monday, June 09, 2025 | 3:37 AM EST Weizhou 5-3 is expected to reach a peak output of about 10,000 bpd next year. Smart Oil Investment Ltd.

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Great British Energy Gets Permanent CEO

Rigzone

O’Grady was general secretary for the TUC between 2013 and 2022, as well as former deputy general secretary from 2003, a bio section included in the statement noted, adding that O’Grady is a member of the House of Lords and has previously held positions at the Transport and General Workers Union.