Wellesley announces successful appraisal of Grosbeak Discovery in Northern North Sea
Wells 35/11-21S and 35/11-21A were drilled in production licence Pl248I where Wellesley holds a 60% operated interest.
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Fugro supports Qatargas’ offshore operations with inspection services contract
The company will provide Qatargas with underwater inspection, geotechnical and geophysical services for its offshore operations in Qatar under a new 5-year call off contract.
Weir Oil & Gas Pressure Control Dubai secures three-year contract for in-country wellhead equipment
The company will provide in-country wellhead equipment and services to Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Onshore from its API 6A manufacturing plant in Dubai.
Interior approves first oil production facility in federal waters offshore Alaska
Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued conditional approval to Hilcorp Alaska LLC for its Liberty Project oil and gas development and production plan.
Woodside Energy: GWF-2 commences production
The company has announced that the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 (GWF-2) Project off the north-west coast of Australia has commenced gas production.
PD&MS secures further contract renewal with Chrysaor in North Sea
The award will see the firm continuing to support all of the operator’s North Sea facilities, including the Lomond, Everest and Armada installations.
Pan Orient Energy Corp.: L53-DD1 Thailand oil discovery
The company has announced that the L53-DD1 exploration well encountered an interpreted, combined 26 m of net oil pay.
FAR Limited: Samo-1 well commences drilling offshore The Gambia
The Samo-1 well will be drilled in 1000 m of water depth to a planned depth of approximately 3100 m.
Pacific Drilling awarded contract for the Pacific Bora
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.
TechnipFMC awarded subsea contract for ExxonMobil Liza Phase 2 project
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.
BiSN: largest bismuth plug deployed
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 Stavanger to drill for Gudrun
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.
UTEC secures significant floatover project in the Middle East
The contract in Saudi Arabia is for the floatover, from Oman to Saudi Arabia, and installation of multiple platform topsides.
Aker Energy announces arrival of drillship in Ghanaian waters
The advanced ultra-deep water drillship, Maersk Viking, is capable of drilling in water depths of 3600 m.
Liuhua FPSO to get TMC compressors
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.