Offshore & subsea

The licences are situated in the Moray Firth and East Shetland Platform.

Engineers undertook the DG1 and DG3 24 000 and DG4 36 000 running hours service on the generator engines on-board the 113 m long vessel at A&P Tyne’s facilities in the North East of England.

PGNiG Upstream Norway holds an 11.92% interest in the Ærfugl project in the Norwegian Sea. The operator is Aker BP, while the other partners are Equinor Energy and Wintershall DEA.

A final investment decision is planned to be taken by May 2022.

The two companies are to form a strategic partnership for marine seismic acquisition services and the creation of a new streamer technology company.

2H’s new office is in La Défense, a major business district in Paris.

Rystad Energy forecasts that 2019 production will average 1.95 million bpd, with some months potentially touching the 2 million bpd ceiling.

The contract is with DeepOcean to support the hook-up and commissioning of the Valhall Flank West project, operated by Aker BP.

Over the past six months, the company has been awarded contracts for the Total Tyra redevelopment project, an inspection, repair and maintenance campaign for Repsol Sinopec, a decommissioning contract with Spirit Energy, and a scale squeeze scope for Premier Oil’s Huntington field.

Kevin Swann, senior research analyst, North Sea upstream at Wood Mackenzie, said: “The deal continues the UK trend of smaller companies taking on assets from the majors."

Ismael Ripoll will be responsible for leading the team which specialises in finite element analysis, covering a variety of areas including steel and flexible pipelines, pressure vessels and structures.

The Petroleum Directorate of Sierra Leone, in partnership with GeoPartners and Getech, have announced the re-opening of the 4th licensing round as of 21 May 2019.

Azinam Ltd has received governmental approval and completed the previously announced transaction to acquire an operating interest in Block 3B/4B in the Orange Basin, offshore South Africa.

The option agreement for the bareboat charter of the FPSO Dhirubhai-1 has been extended until 1 September 2019 against an additional compensation.

Effective immediately, the one-year contract will be delivered by Wood’s team based in Perth, Australia.