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  • Volume 121, Issue 1

    • Volume 121, Issue 1

    Jan. 9, 2023 | Johan Castberg, in the Barents Sea 100 km northwest of Snøhvit field, is scheduled to start production in 2024. The field consists of three discoveries— Skrugard, Havis, and Drivis—proven between 2011 and 2013 and is expected to produce for 30 years via FPSO tied to 18 horizontal production wells and 12 injection wells. Equinor holds a 50% operating stake in Johan Castberg. Photo from Equinor.

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    General Interest

    Hilcorp wins one federal, six state exploration tracts in Cook Inlet

    Jan. 9, 2023
    Hilcorp Alaska LLC won an exploration tract Dec. 30 in the federal waters of Cook Inlet, Alaska, after submitting the only lease bid to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Manage-ment ...
    General Interest

    IEA: Oil demand finds support from strong gasoil use

    Jan. 9, 2023
    In its December issue oil market report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said global oil demand is set to contract by 110,000 b/d year-on-year in fourth-quarter 2022, reaching...
    General Interest

    Senate votes down Manchin’s permitting-reform package

    Jan. 9, 2023
    A Senate vote Dec. 15 ended for 2022 the efforts of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to promote moderate reform of federal permitting for energy infrastructure.
    General Interest

    Pembina sells KAPS pipeline share, plans Nipisi heavy crude restart

    Jan. 9, 2023
    Pembina Pipeline Corp. affiliate Pembina Gas Infrastructure (PGI) has agreed to sell its 50% interest in the Key Access Pipeline System (KAPS) under development in northwest Alberta...
    General Interest

    Equinor resumes Njord production, doubles life of field

    Jan. 9, 2023
    Equinor Energy AS doubled the life of Njord field in the Norwegian Sea, following upgrades to both the platform and floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO), the company said...
    World Oil Market at a Glance (Fig. 1).
    Economics & Markets

    Oil market to tighten in 2023

    Jan. 9, 2023
    The outlook for global economic growth has deteriorated amid high inflation, falling confidence, and tighter monetary policy.
    DFC vs. Centralized CNG Supply.
    Drilling Operations

    On-site fuel conversion powers frac fleets

    Jan. 9, 2023
    GTUIT LLC introduced direct fuel conversion (DFC) technology to power frac spreads using field gas at location.
    Aphron-Fluid Drilling Sites (Fig. 1).
    Drilling Operations

    Aphron drill-out fluid improves post-frac cleanouts

    Jan. 9, 2023
    Occidental Petroleum Corp. successfully performed post-fracturing cleanouts in Midland basin using aphron fluids in depleted reservoirs requiring light fluids with low leakoff...
    Photo from Sulzer Ltd.
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    Refining & Processing

    Nigerian grassroots integrated complex to start first-half 2023

    Jan. 9, 2023
    Nigerian conglomerate Dangote Industries subsidiary Dangote Oil Refining Co. is nearing startup of its long-planned grassroots integrated refining and petrochemical complex in...
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    Refining & Processing

    Kuwait’s new Al-Zour refinery enters commercial operation

    Jan. 9, 2023
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    CCUS components.
    Pipelines

    US CCUS requires tens of thousands of miles of new pipeline

    Jan. 9, 2023
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