- Norway gives go-ahead for Johan Sverdrup Phase 2
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the plan for development and operation of the...
- Equinor hands out offshore Norway drilling contracts
Equinor has awarded drilling service contracts valued at around NOK2.5 billion ($286 million) in total for new and...
- Floating platforms represent future of offshore wind systems
Floating platform technologies will become increasingly important as global energy markets turn to offshore wind...
- Mozambique approves Rovuma LNG development plan
The government of Mozambique has approved the development plan for the Rovuma LNG project, according to Mozambique...
- McDermott awarded Sepia Phase 1 subsea scope
Petrobras has awarded McDermott International an EPCI subsea contract for the first-phase Sepia field development in...
- Trestakk subsea tieback cleared for start-up
Equinor has permission from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to start operations at the Trestakk field in license...
- Far East groups secure long-term Mozambique LNG supplies
Mozambique LNG1, the jointly owned sales entity of the Mozambique Area 1 co-venturers, has signed a sale and purchase...
- Cambodia oil barge undergoing refits in Singapore
Refurbishment and upgrades continue on the production barge for KrisEnergy’s Apsara oilfield development in...
- West of Shetland EPS enters start-up phase
Hurricane Energy says first hydrocarbons have flowed into the process system of the FPSO Aoka Mizu west of...
- OTC 2019: Hess VP says offshore oil ‘a growth business’
Growing demand for petroleum products will spur offshore activity in the near term, says Gerbert Schoonman, Vice...
- Predator states case for Ram Head subsea-shore project offshore Ireland
Predator Oil & Gas Holdings has issued a prospective resources update and conceptual development plan for the Ram...
- SBM to deliver second Fast4Ward FPSO for Liza offshore Guyana
Esso Exploration and Production Guyana has awarded contracts for the next phase of the Liza field development in the...
- Write-down of Maria reserves an appraisal issue, consultant claims
Wintershall DEA’s Maria field in the Norwegian Sea has undergone a 71% downward revision to the 207 MMboe of...
- Drydocks World delivers fifth AQAM platform
Drydocks World has finished construction of the fifth wellhead platform for Dubai Petroleum’s AQAM field...
- ConocoPhillips lets SPS contract for Barossa offshore Australia
ConocoPhillips Australia has awarded Technip Oceania Pty Ltd. an EPC contract to supply the subsea production system...
- Aker BP sanctions infill wells to lift North Sea Valhall recovery
Aker BP and its partners in the Valhall field in the southern Norwegian North Sea have taken a final investment...
- KBR to manage Greater Tortue Ahemyim hub quarters campaign
BP has awarded KBR’s UK subsidiary an engineering, procurement, and construction management contract for Greater...
- McDermott starts design for Umm Shaif facilities expansion
ADNOC has contracted McDermott International to provide front-end engineering design services for phase one of the...
- POGC head outlines South Pars gas targets
Gas production from the South Pars field in the Persian Gulf should increase by 60 MMcm/d by end-March 2020,...
- OTC 2019: Equinor official describes future challenges, opportunities of Norwegian Continental Shelf
The Norwegian Continental Shelf is expected to remain a viable offshore oil and gas play for many years to come, but...
- IPC expands offshore Malaysia well line-up
IPC has added a well on the Keruing prospect offshore Malaysia to this year’s third-phase infill drilling campaign...
- Nexans umbilical to power North Sea Vigdis subsea boost
Nexans has a Eur10-million ($11.2-million) contract to provide a power umbilical for Equinor’s latest life...
- Global offshore development below halfway point, report claims
There is plenty of life remaining in the offshore sector over the decade ahead, according to analyst Rystad...
- FEED issued for Upper Zakum production expansion
ADNOC and its partners in the offshore Upper Zakum oilfield have awarded a front-end engineering design contract to...
- Topsides installation next milestone at Leviathan offshore Israel
Gas production from Noble Energy’s fields offshore Israel exceeded 1 bcfe/d during 1Q, due to higher domestic...
- TechnipFMC to supply subsea systems for latest Thunder Horse expansion
BP has awarded TechnipFMC an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation subsea contract for...
- BP retains Emerson for long-term west of Shetland operations support
BP has awarded Emerson a five-year contract to provide predictive maintenance and operational support services for...
- Water injection well re-pressurizing North Sea Cook field
A newly drilled water injector well on the Cook oil field in the UK central North Sea has reached TD of 13,045 ft...
- BHGE compressor trains to manage gas on Greater Tortue Ahmeyim
Black and Veatch has contracted Baker Hughes, a GE company to supply turbomachinery equipment for BP’s Greater...
- BP sanctions Thunder Horse South Expansion Phase 2
BP has sanctioned development of the Thunder Horse South Expansion Phase 2 project in the deepwater Gulf of...
- Occidental to offload Anadarko’s Africa interests to Total if bid is successful
Total has reached an accord with Occidental to acquire Anadarko’s E&P interests in Africa for $8.8 billion, if...
- BMT to service Shell’s Malaysia platform instrumentation
Sabah Shell Petroleum has awarded BMT a three-year offshore master service agreement.
- OTC 2019: BMT, Sonardyne monitoring Aasta Hansteen spar risers
BMT has teamed up with Sonardyne to supply its riser monitoring system to Subsea 7 for use on the Aasta Hansteen...
- Liza Phase 2 offshore Guyana gets the greenlight
ExxonMobil and its partners have funded the Liza Phase 2 development offshore Guyana after it received government and...
- Pioneering Spirit to remove giant North Sea Statfjord topsides
Equinor will shut down production from the Statfjord A platform in the Norwegian North Sea for good in 2022, 43 years...
- Eight rigs to drill North Field wells offshore Qatar
Qatar Petroleum has contracted eight jackups for development drilling at the offshore North Field expansion...
- Rowan Viking to drill and P&A wells for two Lundin North Sea projects
Lundin Norway plans a three-well infill drilling program next year at the Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian North...
- Pricing improving for offshore project tenders, Subsea 7 claims
Subsea 7 has issued a progress report on its offshore construction projects in its latest results statement.
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- Ghana calls for changes to DWT/CTP deepwater development
Aker Energy has completed its appraisal drilling campaign on the Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points block offshore...
- Danish Energy Agency sanctions Shell Denmark E&P transfer
The Danish Energy Agency has approved Norwegian Energy Co.’s acquisition of Shell’s Danish upstream assets.
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- Life extensions planned for various RockRose North Sea fields
RockRose Energy expects to spend around $85 million on its North Sea E&P assets.
- Lankhorst ropes to moor Karish FPSO
TechnipFMC has contracted Lankhorst Offshore to supply mooring lines for the FPSO Energean Power.
- McDermott to supply Amoca wellhead platform offshore Mexico
Eni México has awarded McDermott an EPC contract to provide an unmanned wellhead platform for the Amoca field...
- North Sea Cheviot floater charter still to be ratified
Teekay Offshore Group continues to work with Alpha Petroleum as the latter attempts to complete financing for its...
- DNO, Equinor trade offshore Norway field stakes
DNO has concluded an offshore asset swap agreement with Equinor Energy in the Norwegian sector, following approval by...
- Repsol, LLOG expand deepwater Gulf of Mexico collaboration
LLOG Exploration Offshore L.L.C. and Repsol E&P USA Inc. have signed an asset exchange and joint participation...
- McDermott concludes final offshore campaign for Ichthys LNG
McDermott International Inc. has completed the final offshore campaign for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project...
- Liuhua 29-1 drilling enters final phase
Husky Energy expects drilling to finish by mid-year of the three remaining wells for the deepwater Liuhua 29-1 field...
- Partners reach accord on offshore southwest Vietnam gas targets
Two subsidiaries of Jadestone Energy have signed a heads of agreement with Petrovietnam.
- Third offshore Guyana development set for go-ahead this year
Hess expects the partners in Phase 2 of the Liza oilfield development offshore Guyana to soon take a final investment...
- The Oil and Gas Authority modifies priorities for the UK’s offshore future
The Oil and Gas Authority has outlined its priorities for the UK continental shelf between 2019 and 2024.
- Keppel FloaTEC to verify Lingshui 17-2 floater design
China’s Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd. has contracted Keppel FloaTEC LLC to provide engineering services for the...
- KCA Deutag to maintain drilling role at North Sea Scott platform
CNOOC Petroleum Europe has prolonged KCA Deutag’s drilling operations and maintenance services contract for the...
- Murphy to acquire LLOG’s deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets
Murphy Exploration & Production Co. – USA has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire deepwater Gulf of...
- ConocoPhillips contracts TechnipFMC for North Sea Tor subsea tieback
ConocoPhillips Norway has awarded TechnipFMC an integrated EPCI contract for the Tor II development, 13 km (8 mi)...
- Sapura Energy secures work offshore Egypt, Malaysia, Indonesia
Two Sapura Energy subsidiaries have received engineering and construction and drilling contracts.
- Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli partners sanction $6-billion Azeri Central East oil project offshore Azerbaijan
BP and its partners have sanctioned the Azeri Central East project, the next stage of development of the...
- Vallourec to supply line pipe for Mero 1 offshore Brazil
TechnipFMC has contracted Vallourec Soluçoes Tubulares do Brasil to supply about 12,000 tons of seamless steel...
- COOEC-Fluor completes Dongfang platform module fabrication
The COOEC-Fluor fabrication yard has completed the central and wellhead platforms for CNOOC’s Dongfang 13-2 gas...
- Chrysaor to buy ConocoPhillips’ entire UK North Sea portfolio
Chrysaor Holdings Ltd. has struck a deal to acquire ConocoPhillips’ UK North Sea oil and gas business for $2.675...
- Woodside updates offshore Senegal, Australia developments
Woodside Energy has contracted Shearwater GeoServices to acquire an HD 3D seismic survey over the SNE oil field...
- Romania approves Midia gas development project
The Romanian government through the National Agency for Mineral Resources has approved the field development plan for...
- Charter terms agreed on for Area 1 floater offshore Mexico
MODEC and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines have chartered an FPSO for Eni’s Area 1 oilfield development offshore Mexico.
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- McDermott wins EPCI contract for North Field expansion offshore Qatar
Qatargas has awarded McDermott International Inc. an EPCI contract for eight jackets for the North Field expansion...
- Fairfield outlines North Sea Dunlin pipeline proposals
Fairfield Energy has prepared a consultation draft program to support the planned decommissioning of the 34-km...
- West African offshore rig market remains subdued
High-impact exploration in deepwater West Africa was disappointing last year, according to Westwood Global Energy...
- BP starts pre-FEED process for Greater Tortue Ahmeyim phases 2 and 3
BP has awarded KBR Inc.’s UK operating subsidiary the pre-FEED services contract for phases 2 and 3 of the Greater...
- TechnipFMC to supply flexible pipes for Lapa offshore Brazil
Total E&P do Brasil Ltda. has contracted TechnipFMC to provide flexible pipes for the Lapa field in the presalt...
- Finlaggan wells nearing completion in the North Sea
Both production wells have been drilled and cased to TD for Zennor Petroleum’s Finlaggan field development in the...
- Aquaterra to manage more wells at North Sea Grieg field
Lundin Norway has commissioned Aquaterra Energy to provide its Well Start service on three further production wells...
- Offshore Scarborough gas could support Woodside LNG transaction
Woodside has signed a heads of agreement with ENN Group to supply 1 MM metric tons (1.1 MM tons) of LNG annually for...
- Lundin lines up North Sea Rolvsnes test, Goddo well
Lundin Norway has committed to an extended well test on the Rolvsnes oil discovery on the Utsira High in the central...
- Lukoil firms up offshore Kazakhstan E&P joint venture
Lukoil has concluded a contract with Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy and JSC NC KazMunayGas for exploration and...
- North Sea Ekofisk area could add two more platforms
Three new development projects could go forward in the Ekofisk area of the southern Norwegian North Sea, according to...
- Petrofac secures another Thames P&A contract
Tullow Oil has appointed Petrofac as well operator for the next phase of its Thames decommissioning project in the UK...
- Development plan firming for Sea Lion offshore the Falklands
Rockhopper Exploration says planning continues for a three-phased development of the Sea Lion oil field in the...
- McDermott to build jackets for Qatar LNG expansion
Qatar Petroleum has awarded main contracts for the Qatar LNG expansion project, designed to lift the country’s LNG...
- Neptune, TechnipFMC form subsea project alliance
Neptune Energy has entered into a global alliance agreement with TechnipFMC for delivering subsea projects.
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- Second floater goes onstream at Kaombo offshore Angola
Total has started production through the second FPSO at the deepwater Kaombo oil field in block 32 offshore...
- Agreements in place for Alen gas development offshore Equatorial Guinea
Noble Energy and its partners have approved the $330-million Alen natural gas development in blocks O and I offshore...
- Storm threat lifted for Stag infill well offshore Australia
Infill drilling has resumed at the Stag oil field offshore Western Australia, after operations had to be suspended...
- North Sea review leads to platform status change
Xodus Group has performed a concept study and front-end engineering design project for an unnamed decommissioning...
- Offshore oil and gas industry addressing costs, technical demands of decommissioning
Worldwide spending on offshore decommissioning is set to grow by more than 5% annually over the next few years, led by...
- Digitalization making offshore oil and gas industry more exposed to cyber-risk
Digital connection of offshore assets is bringing improvements in maintenance and diagnostics, but it also exposes...
- New subsea technologies can improve offshore oil and gas project economics
The subsea market has been one of the few bright spots for the offshore oil and gas industry following the market...
- Shell leverages offshore experience to tap growing wind energy market
Energy systems are changing around the world, as both public and private sectors seek sustainable energy sources that...
- Offshore oil and gas exploration and production activities heat up across Latin America
Operators have ramped up exploration and production activities offshore Brazil, Guyana, Mexico, and Trinidad and...
- Offshore wind industry unites to devise floating wind plan
RenewableUK has launched a new industry group to set out the floating offshore wind industry’s strategy for...
- Subsea 7, L&T to supply manifolds, pipelines for two Aramco fields
Saudi Aramco has awarded Subsea 7 two EPIC contracts for shallow-water projects offshore Saudi Arabia.
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- New study assesses US offshore fiscal fitness
Governments that depend on royalties and other forms of revenue from the oil and gas industry are reassessing the value...
- Exploration driving higher rig rates in North Sea area
Demand is growing for higher-spec drilling semis and jackups across most parts of northwest Europe. UK offshore...
- Petrobras starts up third Búzios field FPSO offshore Brazil
BP has produced first gas from its Angelin field offshore Trinidad, while Petrobras is delivering more oil from the...
- Subsea 7 to manage Arran tieback in the North Sea
Shell has contracted Subsea 7 for the Arran gas field development in the UK central North Sea.
- Partners sanction Seagull offshore the UK
Neptune Energy and its joint venture partners BP and Japex have taken the final investment decision for the Seagull...
- Etinde partners leaning toward liquids-based development
Last year’s appraisal drilling on the Etinde area offshore Cameroon suggests a proven and probable resource of 1...
- North Sea Tyra revamp preparations under way
Semco Maritime has issued an update on its role in Total’s Tyra redevelopment project in the Danish North Sea.
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- Aker Energy submits plan for DWT/CTP block offshore Ghana
Aker Energy Ghana Ltd. and its partners have submitted an integrated plan of development and operations for the...
- Greater Warwick Area wells to test for giant, connected basement oil field
Hurricane Energy and new partner Spirit Energy expect to initiate drilling on the Greater Warwick Area west of...
- Martin Linge power link in place in the North Sea
Subsea 7 and NKT have completed installation of the 163-km (101-mi) HV alternating current cable system taking power...
- Lundin outlines goals for $810-million Solveig tieback offshore Norway
Lundin Norway has submitted its plan for development and operation for the Solveig oilfield (ex-Luno II) in the...
