Drilling & production

The Samo-1 well will be drilled in 1000 m of water depth to a planned depth of approximately 3100 m.

The company has announced that its deepwater drillship the Pacific Bora has been awarded a contract by Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (a subsidiary of Eni SpA) for drilling operations in Nigeria.

The company has been awarded a contract by an affiliate of ExxonMobil Corporation for the engineering of the subsea system for the proposed Liza Phase 2 project.

Following over a year of development, BiSN’s award-winning Wel-lok M2M technology was deployed via E-line in collaboration with Altus Intervention in AkerBP’s Valhall A-30 well in the Norwegian North Sea.

Rowan Norway Limited has been awarded a contract for drilling two wells at the Gudrun field by use of the Rowan Stavanger jack-up rig. The rig has furthermore been awarded five options for drilling of single wells.

The contract in Saudi Arabia is for the floatover, from Oman to Saudi Arabia, and installation of multiple platform topsides.

The advanced ultra-deep water drillship, Maersk Viking, is capable of drilling in water depths of 3600 m.

Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd has contracted TMC Compressors of the Seas (TMC) to provide the marine compressed air system to the Liuhua FPSO.

The majority of foreign companies are not making any profit or losing money in their partnerships with PDVSA to develop and produce hydrocarbons.

The award is the sixteenth contract extension and competitive re-tender award to Archer in the last four years for platform drilling operations and maintenance services in the UK, Norway, Greece and Brazil.

The project is the fourth major start-up for BP in 2018.

This first order for Amarinth from Iraq Gates Contracting Company (IGCC) of US$410 000 is for ten API 610 OH1 condensate transfer pumps with Plan 11 and Plan 52 double seals and seal support systems.

The company has signed an agreement with PGNiG to sell its non-operated interests in the Tommeliten discovery on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) for a total of US$220 million.

As part of the agreement, Noreco will assume all of Shell’s existing commitments and obligations, including the Tyra redevelopment and the decommissioning costs associated with the assets.

Support will initially cover the identification and evaluation of FPSO options for the development and pre-FEED technical assurance of the subsea design.