Ocean Infinity to perform AUV surveys in Brazil
The company’s partner, Cepemais, has been awarded a contract to provide high-resolution hydrographic mapping services to Petrobras.
The latest upstream news
Subsea 7 acquires multi-purpose offshore construction and dive support vessel
The 2009-built vessel is to be renamed Seven Pegasus and will primarily support Subsea 7’s operations in the North Sea and Asia Pacific.
Faroe Petroleum in Edinburgh prospect partnership
The company has announced its partnership with subsidiaries of Royal Dutch Shell plc and Spirit Energy Limited following the award of PL 969 in the recent APA licensing round.
Woodside awards contracts for Scarborough project
The contracts are for engineering activities related to the upstream development’s floating production unit, the export trunkline and the subsea umbilical risers and flowlines.
Equinor awarded 29 new licences on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
Equinor has been awarded 29 new licences by Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy as part of the Award in Predefined Areas (APA) for 2018 – 13 licences as operator and 16 as partner.
Vryhof secures US$75 million in new contracts to kick off 2019
The contracts were split across Vryhof's three businesses: Deep Sea Mooring, Vryhof Anchors, and Moorlink.
Airborne Oil & Gas awarded contract by TOTAL for TCP Jumper in West Africa
This contract follows the successful completion of a rigorous testing program, in which TOTAL qualified Airborne Oil & Gas’ TCP Water Injection Jumper for permanent subsea applications.
Investing NOK 2.3 billion to recover more oil from Gullfaks
The Gullfaks partners have decided to drill seven new wells and thereby improve oil recovery by 17 million bbls with good profitability.
Maven managed funds leads £1.95 million investment in Dyer Engineering
Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has, through its management of two regional funds, provided £1.95 million of capital to Dyer Engineering Ltd, the largest independent engineering business in County Durham.
Cliff Head production returns to over 1000 bpd
The Board of Triangle Energy Limited has provided the following update on its Cliff Head oilfield operations, located in the Perth Basin approximately 270 km north of Perth in Western Australia.
L&T Hydrocarbon consortium wins EPCI order from Saudi Aramco
The award consists of engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of three Oil Production Deck Manifolds and Subsea Pipelines in Zuluf and Berri Fields of Saudi Aramco.
WoodMac: Sub-Saharan Africa upstream
Wood Mackenzie’s Sub-Saharan Africa upstream team discuss what to watch in 2019.
Advisian Digital and Aurora Labs unveil 3D printing solution
The companies have launched AdditiveNow, an additive manufacturing (3DP) solution centre for the oil, gas, resources and major infrastructure sectors.
Euronav sells Suezmax Felicity for offshore project
The company has announced that it has sold the Suezmax vessel Felicity to a global supplier and operator of offshore floating platforms.
BP chooses Tenaris for OCTG and Rig Direct in Indonesia
BP signed a cooperation contract with Tenaris to provide high quality OCTG products and accessories with Rig Direct service, to support drilling activities in Indonesia’s Tangguh region.
Block Energy Plc: Excellent initial production results from Norio field
The work programme at Norio, which consists of eight workovers and one sidetrack, is targeting a 25-fold increase in production to 250 bpd by H1 2019. Norio has gross oil reserves of 1.631 million bbls.
GlobalData: New exploration captures support Eni’s aggressive Middle East growth strategy
Following recent announcements of Eni S.p.A.’s acquisition of new exploration acreage in Bahrain, the UAE and Oman, Will Scargill, Senior Oil & Gas Analyst at GlobalData, offers his view on their place within the company’s wider strategy.
UK Oil & Gas: Drilling to start soon at Colter well (Wessex Basin UK)
In November last year, UK-based Corallian Energy revealed its plan to commence a two-well work programme, starting with the drilling of the Wick well, followed by drilling of Colter scheduled for Q1 2019.
Prospex Oil and Gas Plc: Preliminary approval of production concession application, onshore Italy
Prospex holds a 17% interest in Selva, which sits within the 331 km² Podere Gallina Exploration Permit (the ‘Podere Gallina’) in the Po Valley region of Italy.
Timing of new customs declaration system could cause Brexit issues
An oil and gas sector logistics expert has said disruption for the industry’s EU traders following any no-deal Brexit will be intensified by delays in introducing the UK’s new system for managing customs declarations.
SDX Energy: Egypt operations update
The SRM-3 well at South Ramadan (SDX 12.75% working interest and non-operator), reached a target depth of 15 635 ft.
Eni signs MoU for conducting petroleum exploration in Block 1 offshore Bahrain
The signing took place by H.E. Sh. Mohamed Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Minister of Oil of Bahrain and Chairman of the board of directors in NOGA, and Claudio Descalzi, Chief Executive Officer of Eni.
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22 Jan 2019 - 24 Jan 2019
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