Offshore & subsea

The drilling programme for well 7321/8-2 S relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 719.

Expro provide an overview of their latest annulus intervention systems.

Gilberto Gallo, Drillmec, USA, looks into a new range of onshore and offshore drilling rigs scheduled for delivery in the near-future.

Keith Bradford, Downhole Products, UK, delves into the technology the company has developed in response to the challenge of keeping casing centralised in close tolerance wellbore applications.

Danielle Wills, Caterpillar, USA, explains how the company is responding to the industry's desire for advanced well service technology that also promotes a cleaner environment.

Harish Patel and Sameer Kalghatgi, ABS, USA, explain how 'barrier management' is being used to reduce the risk of high consequence hazards and accidents offshore.

Petrofac has been awarded a three-year extension to its existing maintenance contract with BP and a new four-year metering contract.

The project is taking place in the Viking Graben.

The WilPhoenix semi-submersible will be used for a one well workover on the Rhum gas field in the UK North Sea.

Well 30/2-5 S will be drilled from the West Hercules drilling facility.

TMC has secured a contract from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd to supply the marine compressed air system to a newbuild FPSO the yard is constructing for SBM Offshore.

Petrobras has discovered oil in the southeast area of the Búzios field and in the pre-salt of the Albacora field.

The contracts cover the engineering, procurement and construction of seven modules for the gas treatment, gas compression, utilities and flare systems for the FPSO Anna Nery.

The world’s largest crane vessel, Heerema Marine Contractors’ Sleipnir, safely transported the topside module onto the Neptune-operated Gjøa platform in a three-hour operation.

The increase in demand has been triggered by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.