Offshore & subsea

Aker BP has received consent to drill two exploration wells in the North Sea.

Statoil has signed agreements to enter two additional offshore exploration licenses in Suriname. The agreements cover two blocks in the Guyana basin

The Barryroe Partners have been granted a two year extension to the term of the first phase of SEL 1/11 to July 2019 and overall term to July 2021.

Lundin Petroleum has announced the successful completion of the drilling and production testing of Alta appraisal well 7220/11-4.

Bibby Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has announced a multimillion pound contract with a global energy player, Maersk Oil UK, to provide both late life production enhancement and decommissioning support in the North Sea.

The new Norsel High 3D acquisition comprises a minimum of 1600 km2, covering 4 blocks that are included in the round.

Trendsetter Engineering has successfully completed live well operations with their new 15 000 psi subsea hydraulic intervention system (referred to as STIM).

Royal Dutch Shell plc has reached an agreement to sell its interest in the Corrib gas venture for up to US$1.23 billion.

DeepOcean will perform remote hyperbaric tie-in of the oil export pipeline on the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea.

Premier Oil has made a key oil discovery in the Zama-1 exploration well in Block 7, offshore Mexico.

Statoil ASA has signed an agreement with Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção for the acquisition of 10% interest in the BM-S-8 licence in Brazil’s Santos basin.

Removal of the Murchison platform has been completed successfully by HAF Consortium.

Cyberhawk, the world’s leading engineering company using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), has been named a finalist in two categories at this year’s Energy Innovation Awards.

The field produces 300 000 bpd. The concession will be operated by the North Oil Company (NOC), which was established a year ago as a partnership between Total (30%) and Qatar Petroleum (70%).

SBM Offshore announces that Shell E and P Offshore Services B.V. (Shell) has notified the company of the fact that Shell is exercising its right under the charter agreement to purchase the FPSO Turritella.