Offshore & subsea

The Luanda facility will service BHGE’s product company capabilities in oilfield services, oilfield equipment, turbomachinery & process solutions, and digital services.

“The transaction adds production for the first time to Lukoil’s West African portfolio, and fits with the Russian company’s aims of developing its offshore expertise and grow its presence outside its Russian stronghold," says Jean-Baptiste Bouzard, senior research analyst at Wood Mackenzie.

The initial deployment is expected in 2021 on a 20 000-psi well in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Dorado-2 appraisal well is in Commonwealth waters approximately 160 km north of Port Hedland, Australia, and 2 km away from the Dorado-1 discovery, made in July last year.

The combined flow from both wells during a 72-hour production test earlier this week reached and maintained the planned production rate of 20 000 bpd.

The Marine XII license covering 571 km2 is located on the continental shelf of the Republic of Congo 20 km from the shore with the sea depth of 20 - 90 m.

As part of the agreement, Sonangol, Angola’s state oil company, will receive a 10% equity interest.

The discovery was made at Gladden Deep in Mississippi Canyon block 800.

"Angola is open for business", said Paulino Jerónimo, CEO of the National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels.

A fully equipped laboratory in Houston, Texas, will provide calibration services for pressure, temperature, conductivity and sound velocity sensors.

The agreement between Güralp and Sonardyne was announced at the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers conference in London, UK, yesterday.

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.