Offshore & subsea

A hull has been reserved by TotalEnergies in line with FEED studies for an FPSO for the development project located in the Block 58 in Suriname.

Seatrium has announced that it has been awarded a letter of intent by BP Exploration & Production Inc to provide services to carry out certain early engineering works pending the finalisation of a definitive contract for engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning work for bp’s Kaskida floating production unit (FPU) project in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Transocean has announced US$161 Million in contract extensions and exercised options for harsh environment semisubmersibles with Woodside Energy, Wintershell DEA and Equinor.

Sulzer Flow Equipment has been collaborating with TechnipFMC to develop and test supercritical CO2 pumps for Petrobras’ HISEP technology since 2017.

The floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, a key component of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) Phase 1 LNG development, has arrived at its final location offshore on the maritime border of Mauritania and Senegal.

Amarinth has announced an order for the FPSO Agogo, currently under construction by Yinson Production and destined for offshore Angola.

The company is selling 19.5% of its interests in production license PL 048E, which is the Eirin field, and PL 1201 to PGNiG Upstream Norway AS (PGNiG).

Subsea 7 has announced, after a competitive tender process, the award by Petrobras of four long-term day-rate contracts for pipelay support vessels (PLSVs) commencing in 2025.

BW Energy has concluded the drilling and the logging of the DHIBM-7P pilot well, confirming a substantial oil discovery with good reservoir quality and a material uplift to the Hibiscus area.

Subsea 7 S.A. has announced the award of a super-major contract by Petrobras, after winning a competitive tender, for the development of the Búzios 9 field located approximately 180 km off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at 2000 m water depth in the pre-salt Santos basin.

The company has secured a major master services contract to support the decommissioning of nine orphaned wells in the Gulf of Mexico from Promethean Energy.

The company has completed a successful field trial of its new Microbubble Infusion Unit (MiFU) technology, achieving a near five-fold reduction in oil in water (OiW) levels in combination with a synergistic production chemical.

According to Wood Mackenzie, TotalEnergies and APA Corporation are close to sanctioning a cluster FPSO development on Block 58.

Saipem has been awarded a new offshore contract by Azule Energy Angola S.p.A., subsidiary of Azule Energy Holdings Ltd. an incorporated joint venture between Eni and bp, for the development of the Ndungu Field as part of Agogo Integrated West Hub Project, located approximately 180 km off the coast of Angola. The value of the contract is around US$850 million.

Seadrill has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell three jack-up rigs—the West Castor, the West Telesto and the West Tucana, and its 50% equity interest in the joint venture that operates these rigs offshore Qatar to Seadrill’s joint venture partner gulf drilling international for cash proceeds of US$338 million.