Offshore & subsea

2023 was an active year on the Norwegian shelf. 92 fields were in operation at year-end, 27 projects were under development and many exploration wells were drilled.

Global Energy Group has been awarded a contract from Subsea7 to fabricate subsea spools and anode sled structure for the East Kameleon project, an Aker BP North Sea field development.

Equinor’s exploration well 30/4-4 in the North Sea is dry. The well was drilled about 7 km north of the Martin Linge field in the North Sea and 180 km west of Bergen.

Beacon Offshore Energy has announced that several of its subsidiaries have taken final investment decision to develop the Winterfell discovery which is operated by BOE Exploration & Production and will be developed as a cost effective/low emissions subsea tieback.

Valaris Limited has announced new contracts and contract extensions, with associated contract backlog of approximately US$1.14 billion, awarded subsequent to issuing the Company’s most recent fleet status report on November 1, 2023.

TotalEnergies has signed an agreement to acquire from Impact Oil and Gas Namibia Ltd an additional 10.5% participating interest in block 2913B and an additional 9.39% participating interest in block 2912, both operated by TotalEnergies in Namibia.

Wood has secured a contract from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for detailed engineering of the topsides facilities on Woodside Energy's Trion Floating Production Unit (FPU) in Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Petrofac has secured a three-year operations services contract from bp for its Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project in Mauritania and Senegal.

BW Catcher FPSO is owned and operated by BW Offshore and is leased out under a seven-year fixed term contract, with extension options for an additional 18 years.

The seventh phase of this multi-year project off the coast of Sabah encompasses over 5000 km of new 2D seismic data acquisition.

The company has announced that FPSO Sepetiba is formally on hire as of 02 January 2024 after achieving first oil and the completion of a 72-hour continuous production test leading to final acceptance.

Danos has announced it has secured a contract with bp to renew its comprehensive drilling logistical services for the integrated energy company’s Gulf of Mexico assets.

The company has been awarded a major integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI™) contract by Petrobras to deliver the Mero 3 HISEP® project, which uses subsea processing to capture carbon dioxide-rich dense gases and then inject them into the reservoir.

Ocean Installer, in consortium with Oceaneering, have been awarded a contract from TotalEnergies EP Angola and its Partners of Block 17 to execute the transportation and installation work of GIR FLEX project.

The company is celebrating 40 years in the subsea sector since the launch of its first subsea test tree system in the North Sea in 1983.