Offshore & subsea - 25 February 2020

In the first part of this two-part article, Ray Burke, Baker Hughes, asks whether it is feasible for the oil and gas industry to expect more from flexible pipe technology.

The company has completed consecutive as-built and post-construction, anchor-debris-clearance surveys using remotely operated vehicles (ROV) for McDermott International.

Azinam will become the operator and 50% licence holder in Block 2B offshore South Africa, which contains the A-J1 oil discovery.

The field development plan for the Nam Du and U Minh gas fields, offshore southwest Vietnam, is in the final stages of the formal Vietnamese Government approval process.

Equinor has concluded that the project’s potential is not commercially competitive.