Offshore & subsea

A new report published by OGUK shows domestic oil and gas production in 2019 met nearly two thirds of the UK’s oil and gas demands.

In the first part of a two-part article, Harald Holden, Ignacio Marré and Heidi Gryteland Holm, 4Subsea and Randi Næss, Lundin Norway, discuss the design parameters that must be considered during the design phase of a subsea exploration well.

The contract is expected to start in 3Q20, with a duration of about 30 – 45 days.

First data from the 21 631 km2 regional 2D seismic survey offshore Sakhalin Island has been sent out to pre-funding customers and is now available to all industry customers.

TechnipFMC will design, manufacture, deliver and install subsea equipment including subsea production system, flexible flowlines and umbilicals for connection to the Angel platform.

The FPSO is currently operating in the OCTP Block, offshore Ghana, and is chartered to Eni.

The Papa-terra field in the Campos Basin is operated by Petrobras, with Chevron holding the other interest.

Beach Energy and Diamond Offshore are engaging in discussions with regard to the future operations of the Ocean Onyx rig and the Victorian Otway Basin offshore drilling campaign, with a view to agreeing a new contract in due course.

The project will cover both frontier and mature areas where new broadband seismic is needed to enable the interpretation of the internal reflectors of the main Brent Group reservoir level.

BG International, a subsidiary of Shell, and Aker BP have terminated contracts for the Maersk Developer and the Maersk Reacher respectively.

Nine seismic surveys have been carried out on the Troll field by Equinor and other licensees, with the most recent one completed last summer.

The SubseaIntel tool has been substantially upgraded to help streamline and improve subsea intelligence-gathering and is being re-launched this week.

The company has been granted patents for its diverless under water inspection in lieu of drydocking (UWILD) and valve inspection and repair technology in the UK and Australia.

SKK Migas, the country's upstream oil and gas regulator, has cut this year’s production outlook for both crude oil and gas to 725 000 bpd and 5727 million ft3/d respectively.

Oil production in March was 4.4% lower than the NPD’s forecast, due to technical problems at some fields.