Offshore & subsea

Panoro Energy has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Government of Equatorial Guinea on the key terms and conditions for the award of offshore Block EG-23.

Transocean has announced a 365-day contract extension for the Deepwater Asgard with an independent operator in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Researchers from Petrobras, the Geological Survey of Brazil (SGB), and 10 universities from the states that make up the geographical region of the Equatorial Margin, as well as two research institutions from the Southeast, has embarked for a scientific expedition on the Hydroceanographic Research Vessel (NPqHo) "Vital de Oliveira," operated by the Brazilian Navy.

Special task force for upstream oil and gas business activities (SKK Migas) in collaboration with production sharing contract (PSC) Prima Energy Northwest Natuna Pte. Ltd. (PENN) have concluded discussions on the revision of the plan of development (PoD) I for the Ande-Ande Lumut (AAL) Oil Field.

Ocean Installer has secured a new subsea line modification (SLM) project award from Equinor on Åsgard A.

Fincantieri and Saipem have signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate commercial and industrial opportunities for cooperation in the field of autonomous subsea vehicles and their integration with surface and underwater units.

DNO ASA has announced completion of an appraisal well and sidetrack that further delineated the 2023 Heisenberg oil and gas discovery in Norwegian North Sea license PL827SB.

CNOOC has announced that the company has made a major oilfield discovery of Qinhuangdao 27-3 in Bohai Sea, which adds over a 100 million t of oil equivalent proved in-place volume.

ExxonMobil Guyana has announced a discovery at Bluefin in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, the company’s first discovery of 2024.

Up to 30 upstream projects larger than 50 million boe could reach FID in 2024, an increase from 22 in 2023, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie.

The company has announced the award of a contract by Woodside Energy to provide subsea installation services for the Trion development.

Wellvene has signed an agreement with integrated completions provider Marwell AS to bolster its significant growth in Norway and bring new products to the region’s growing well intervention market.

Perenco UK has announced a decommissioning milestone with the successful completion of the plug & abandonment of three subsea wells at the Gawain field in the UK Southern North Sea, including the removal of the associated subsea infrastructure.

Liberty Petroleum has been awarded two offshore exploration blocks in Australia’s Gippsland basin.

The President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire Alassane Ouattara and the Chief Executive Officer of Eni Claudio Descalzi met in Abidjan to discuss Eni’s activities in the country, including the successful results of the exploration well Murene 1X on the discovery named Calao.