Offshore & subsea

The company will supply a large submerged turret production system for an FPSO that will operate in the Barossa gas and condensate field located offshore of Australia.

The 3D and 4D programmes will be conducted over 9 months by the SW Empress, over the Marlim, Albacora and Voador fields, starting in late 2Q21.

The survey will cover approximately 17 000 line km and work as an extension of the existing TGS Pelotas 2D.

Total has added the drilling of one additional appraisal well in Suriname’s Block 58 to the work scope of the semi-submersible rig Mærsk Developer.

The FPU will be designed for a water depth of approximately 8200 ft (2500 m) and will be located in the Trion Field, approximately 112 miles (180 km) off the Mexican coastline.

A tender process for the drilling rig is nearing completion, with the requirement for a suitable jack-up rig to be available in 4Q21.

The survey is located in the western portion of the Santos Basin and works as a northwest extension of the existing TGS Santos 3D, covering approximately 5000 km2.

Scheduled for completion in late 2024, the P-78 FPSO will be customised for deployment in Brazil’s prolific Buzios field.

Commencing in July 2021, the contract will run for five years with 2x1-year extension options.

The tender involves ERIELL Group carrying out workovers and side-tracking works at the bottom of the Aral Sea.

CGG has been awarded a contract by Equinor for the seismic imaging of its Bacalhau 3D ocean bottom node survey.

Drilling operations on the Ilder exploration well 15/12-26, operated by Chrysaor Norge AS, are now being concluded.

The Liuhua 29-2 gas field is expected to reach a peak production of approximately 41 million ft3/d of natural gas in 2021.

SeaScope provides critical sea surface slick intelligence for a range of industries to strengthen situational awareness of the interaction between offshore assets, coastal facilities, local vessel activity and the natural marine environment.

The drilling programme for well 25/8-21 S relates to the drilling of an appraisal well in production licence 820 S.