Offshore & subsea

Snorre Expansion Project is the largest project for improved recovery on the Norwegian continental shelf and provides valuable production and activity benefitting Equinor, partners and society.

ROVOP Limited, an independent operator of underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), has marked a major business achievement after reporting record revenues and employee numbers for the company.

The topside and hull of Appomattox, Shell's largest floating platform in the Gulf of Mexico, were integrated at Kiewit Offshore Services (KOS), Ingleside, Texas prior to installation.

Nexans will provide a total of 27 km of complex umbilicals with power, fibre-optic and hydraulic elements for the next development phase of the most prolific oil and gas field on the Norwegian continental shelf.

First local Jack Up rig to be used for natural gas drilling campaign.

The Alexander Sannikov is the company’s first icebreaker to be built under the 'Arctic Time' programme.

The agreement covers all OKEA fields in the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Equinor is to acquire Barra Energia’s 10% interest in the BM-S-8 licence in Brazil’s Santos basin.

The DAV MX™ CircSub is a dart activated downhole bypass tool from Churchill Drilling Tools.

Al Yasat Company for Petroleum Operations (Al Yasat), a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract, for the full development of the offshore Bu Haseer field, to Abu Dhabi’s National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC).

MODEC, Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, MODEC International Inc., has been awarded a contract by ConocoPhillips Australia, as operator of the Barossa joint venture, for the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for Australian waters.

Following FEED and subject to requisite government approvals, project sanction and an authorisation to proceed with the next phase, SBM Offshore will construct, install and then lease and operate the FPSO for a period of up to 2 years.

The capital expenditures for the project are estimated at NOK 7.8 billion, helping extend the productive life of the Troll field beyond 2050.

This FID adds momentum to Shell’s North Sea production growth, following the decision to redevelop the Penguins field in the northern North Sea.

Panoro Energy has announced that following the progress on commissioning, the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (‘FPSO") vessel, BW Adolo has now left Singapore and is in route to the Tortue field, part of the Dussafu block offshore Gabon.