BP: Drills Second Exploration Well in Shallow Waters of the Absheron Archipelago
BP has started drilling a second exploration well in the shallow waters of the Absheron archipelago in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea. The works are carried out using the Satti jack-up floating drilling rig. Experts are working in the western section of the contract area, the well depth will …
Rosneft – BP Joint Venture: Names Field in Taymyr after Hero of the Russian Federation E.N. Zinichev
The State Reserve Commission (GKZ) confirmed the discovery of a new gas condensate field in the Taymyr Peninsula. The field with 384 billion cubic meters of gas reserves was discovered by exploration well No.1 drilled at the Verkhnekubinskoye subsoil area, the license for which is held by Ermak Neftegaz LLC, …
Igor Sechin: Made a Keynote Speech at a Special Session at the XIV Eurasian Economic Forum in Verona
Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin made a keynote speech at a special session “Reliable Energy and Global Energy Transition” at the XIV Eurasian Economic Forum in Verona (Italy). The event was also attended by ex-Chancellor of Germany and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rosneft Gerhard Schroeder, Deputy …
Igor Sechin and Bernard Looney Hold a Meeting
During the Russian Energy Week-2021 (REW), a meeting was held between Igor Sechin, Chief Executive Officer of Rosneft, and Bernard Looney, Chief Executive Officer of BP. The parties discussed the prospects of cooperation development, including the possibility of gas supplies to Europe under an export contract between the companies. “Implementation …
Cognite: Signs New Agreement with bp to Provide Single Consolidated Data Layer for bp’s Well Pperations
Cognite, a leader in industrial innovation announced today that it has signed a multi-year agreement with bp (NYSE: BP) to use Cognite’s industrial dataops solution Cognite Data Fusion™ to empower its engineers and domain experts with better access to contextualized data in order to increase efficiency and sustainability of well operations. “bp is …
bp’s Second Quarter 2021 Results and Webcast Reminder
Strong results and continued net debt reduction in an improving environment Operating performance was resilient in the second quarter with four major project* start-ups, strong momentum in the customers business, including material growth in convenience gross margin*, and delivery of $2.5 billion of cash costs* savings on a run-rate basis …
SPE’s 8th Annual Caspian Technical Conference Returns to Baku
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) will hold the 8th edition of the Caspian Technical Conference (CTC) across 5-7 October 2021. Returning to Baku, Azerbaijan, this year’s theme covers: ‘Adapting to New Realities – Maximising Efficiencies and Productivity’. The oil and gas industry has experienced highs and lows in recent times …
Rosneft: Production Results Per Q1 2021
Sustainable Development (ESG): In February 2021, Rosneft and bp signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement, which aims to support the activities of both companies in the field of carbon management and sustainable development. The companies agreed to jointly develop new low-carbon approaches and programs, as well as work to identify potential opportunities …
Aggreko and bp Exploration Agree on Power Supply of Azeri Central East Offshore Platform in Azerbaijan
Aggreko has won bp Exploration’s tender to power the new offshore Azeri Central East platform in the Caspian Sea. In March 2021, Aggreko provided bp with offshore and onshore diesel generation in excess of 8 MW, load stands with a total capacity of 15 MW for testing, air compressors and …
bp Provides Update on Progress Towards $35 Billion Net Debt Target
bp today provides an update on the expected timing of reaching its $35 billion net debt target including the delivery of disposal proceeds and performance during the first quarter of 2021. “We are pleased to announce that we now expect to have reached our $35 billion net debt target during the first …