Offshore & subsea

SPS has been used to permanently reinstate deck areas on-board Modec’s, ABS Classed, FPSO, Baobab Ivoirien MV10 whilst on station 25 km off the Ivory Coast.

Michael Harrison, Belzona, UK, discusses the importance of surface-tolerant repair and protection in offshore operations.

The company, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, provided its divers with the innovative Compact Bailout Rebreathing Apparatus (COBRA), during a recent contract with BP North Sea.

Paul Dailly, Founding Partner and Head of New Ventures, Kosmos Energy shares his thoughts about the future of exploration.

The storage vessel will be prepared for extended operation of the Njord and Hyme fields, as well as tie-in of two new field developments in the Norwegian Sea, Bauge and Fenja.

Eni announces the approval of the Plan of Development (POD) for the Merakes field located in the East Sepinggan PSC in the Makassar Strait, offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Longitude Engineering has developed a cost effective decommissioning barge concept for the safe removal of small oil and gas platforms for the PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP), a subsidiary of the Thai state owned oil company.

Aker BP ASA, operator of production licence 790, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 34/2-5 S. The well is dry.

MMT has extended its contract with Simon Møkster Shipping AS for the DP2 multipurpose support vessel Stril Explorer.

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway have given Wellesley Petroleum (Wellesley) consent for exploration drilling of well 35/12-6 S in production licence 925 in the North Sea.

The award scope initially covers the refurbishment and upgrade of the existing subsea control system.

Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) is an adaptive drilling process that allows greater control of the annular pressure profile throughout the wellbore.

The agreement between the two companies provides a mechanism to allow a transition of the contract to an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract at a later stage.

Total has acquired several assets located in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the Cobalt International Energy company’s bankruptcy auction sale.

Noting a significant upturn in marine activity supporting the UKCS oil and gas sector, Aberdeen-based Seacroft Marine Consultants Limited has reported more than £500,000 in new contracts won in the first 3 months of 2018.