Offshore & subsea

The Atlantic region has recently been awarded three new contracts in the North Sea.

Project to deliver industry’s first all-electric actuated boosting system.

The concession is located offshore Abu Dhabi and consists of three major gas and condensate development projects Hail, Ghasha and Dalma as well as other offshore oil, gas and condensate fields including Nasr, SARB and Mubarraz.

Fully assembled and tested, the topside for the Johan Sverdrup processing platform is leaving the Samsung Heavy Industries yard on time, below budget and with no serious incidents.

The Petroleum Safety Authority has given the company consent for exploration drilling of well 7132/2-2 in production licence 857.

The company has provided an update relating to the Puesto Flores Concession in Rio Negro Province.

The company has provided an update in relation to its TLP-103C well at the Tilapia licence.

According to the agreements, the Strategic Cooperation Areas are located in the Pearl River Mouth Basin offshore China.

An expected US$210 billion will be spent on offshore oilfield services globally next year, according to Rystad Energy’s latest project sanctioning report.

The FEED work involves undertaking activities required to finalise the costs and technical definition for the proposed development to enable a final investment decision, targeted for mid-2019.

The company has announced the award of a contract by Shell for the Shearwater Fulmar Gas Line (FGL) Re-Plumb Project, located approximately 140 miles east of Aberdeen.

BP Trinidad and Tobago has announced the sanction for two new gas developments offshore Trinidad, Cassia Compression and Matapal.

Gas from the Aasta Hansteen field is now available to the market for the first time, and together with the Polarled pipeline the field opens a new region for gas export to Europe.

Production has started from the Aasta Hansteen gas field. The deep-water gas development is located in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea, 300 km from the mainland of Norway and in water depths of 1300 m.

The Norne field is in production licence 128 in the Norwegian Sea, around 300 km west of Sandnessjøen and 200 km from the Helgeland coast.