Offshore & subsea

The firm period agreed with PetroRio for the lease and operation of the FPSO Polvo has been extended to 3Q21 (from 3Q20), with options until 3Q22.

The consent applies to the drilling and completion of two wells on the Bauge field in production licence 348.

The contract is expected to commence in August 2020 and run through April 2022 with an option to extend.

The company was drilling northwest of the Balder field in the central part of the North Sea when it made the discovery of several oil and gas-bearing intervals.

The three-day exhibition and conference, Subsea UK’s flagship annual event, with the theme of “New Perspectives” will focus on exploiting the Blue Economy, the energy transition and cross-sector collaboration to capitalise on emerging opportunities.

The project work scope covers the engineering, procurement, construction, transportation and installation of a SURF system and associated subsea production systems (SPS).

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract for the 7th generation drillship Maersk Valiant, which will be employed by Noble Energy for a one-well campaign offshore Colombia.

The FPSO will allow for the integration of potential future development phases, including gas export to shore and future subsea tie-backs.

Talos is the operator of Zama, located offshore Mexico, and holds a 35% working interest in Block 7 in a consortium with its partners Sierra Oil & Gas, a Wintershall DEA company, and Premier Oil plc.

Based on extensive mapping of the underground the remaining potential of the Statfjord area is still considerable, according to Equinor and its partners.

CGG has closed its strategic partnership transaction for marine seismic acquisition services with Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (Shearwater).

Both contracts are now firm until the end of December 2020 and will commence in direct continuation of the current contracts.

The one-month survey will cover parts of block A5 offshore Gambia in the rapidly emerging and prolific Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Conakry (MSGBC) Basin.

Royston has completed the overhaul of a critical power system onboard another Bluewater Services operated floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.

In a two-year deal valued in the region of US$50 million, Petrofac will integrate the services of its Operations, Projects and Well Engineering service lines.