Offshore & subsea

The study offers subsurface interpretation for the entire offshore East Coast Canada.

Eni, BP and Total have successfully tested the well drilled on the Bashrush prospect in the North El Hammad concession.

The order from Spirit Energy includes Plexus’ POS-GRIP 5000 psi leak proof “HG” metal to metal sealing surface production wellhead and associated spares and equipment for a new gas well in the UK North Sea.

Petrofac will provide Well Management and Well Operator support for 25 production wells across the Affleck, Balloch, Dumbarton, Flyndre and Lochranza fields in the North Sea.

The operator's preliminary estimate of the size of discovery 6506/11-10 (Hades) is between 2 and 7 million m3 of recoverable oil equivalents.

A period of ESP testing has seen production increase from c.15 000 bpd to c.17 000 bpd.

ADNOC has agreed to the transfer of rights in its Lower Zakum and Umm Shaif and Nasr offshore concessions from the China National Petroleum Corporation to China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s subsidiary CNOOC Limited.

Drilling at Ken Bau-2X, located in Block 114, Song Hong Basin, offshore Vietnam, has confirmed a significant hydrocarbon accumulation on the Ken Bau discovery.

The renegotiated terms are due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulty to address the previous conditions initially defined, according to Petrobras.

The three new FPSO units are part of an asset development plan for the Búzios field which envisages a total of 12 units installed by the end of the decade.

Lukoil has purchased Cairn Energy's 40% interest in the Rufisque Offshore, Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore (RSSD) Contract Area project.

The maintenance work started on 23 June and ended 20 July, two days ahead of schedule.

Gjøa P1 is on track to achieve first oil two months ahead of the original plan.

Yannis Bassias, former President & CEO at Hellenic Hydrocarbon Resources Management (HHRM), talks about exploration in the Mediterranean, changes in the gas market, ultra-deepwater drilling, and explains why Greece “is not a declared gas province yet”.

Saipem and Vår Energi have reached an agreement for the execution of 4 wells to be drilled in the Barents Sea and in the North Sea.