Offshore & subsea

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.

The company will provide three emergency rescue and response vessels to support BP’s operations in the Caribbean.

24 blocks offshore in the Cuban economic exclusive zone of the Gulf of Mexico are being offered.

The title transfers of exploration permit WA-359-P, which contains the giant Ironbark gas prospect offshore Western Australia, are to be transferred to new joint venture partners BP Developments Australia, Beach Energy and New Zealand Oil & Gas.

The company said the floating production system, located in the first producing field in the Norphlet area, will produce around 175 000 boe/d of oil and gas.