Offshore & subsea

Global oceans insights experts Miros, through local partner Belga Marine, has won a contract with Brazilian oil major Petrobras to update its existing oil spill detection efforts.

Seatrium Ltd (Seatrium) has announced the successful delivery of the floating production unit (FPU), Whale, for deployment in the Gulf of Mexico, in accordance with the contract secured in November 2019 with Shell Offshore Inc.

China merchant heavy industries (CMHI) has contracted TMC compressors (TMC) to deliver the completed marine compressed air system to a newbuild FPSO the Chinese yard is constructing for SBM Offshore.

Rune Christian Godejord and Trevor Ogilvie count more than 30 years’ experience in the energy industry between them, including in subsea oil and gas and topside controls across multiple regions.

The company has announced that it has been awarded contracts to perform front end engineering and design (FEED) for a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) for the Whiptail development project in Guyana.

Kosmos Energy has announced an oil discovery in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico at the Tiberius exploration well. Kosmos is operator of the well and has a 33.34% working interest alongside Occidental and Equinor ASA (both 33.33%).

Aker BP have agreed to pioneer the use of an unmanned surface vessel (USV) for subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) and survey work.

Vår Energi has reached an agreement with Petrolia NOCO (Petrolia) to sell its 12.25% stake in the Brage field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Turan Drilling & Engineering, a KCA Deutag and SOCAR AQS Company, has secured a contract extension, with a value of US$300 million, for the provision of offshore drilling operations and maintenance services in Azerbaijan.

The bureau of ocean energy management (BOEM) will publish its updated final notice of sale (FNOS) for Gulf of Mexico Oil and gas lease sale 261 in the Federal Register.

QatarEnergy has been awarded a new exploration block offshore the Arab Republic of Egypt as part of the 2022 EGAS International bid round.

Expro has announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of offshore services provider PRT Offshore.

Petrofac has been awarded a three-year contract extension in support of Repsol Sinopec Resources UK’s North Sea operations worth more than US$100 million.

The new business, which will adopt the OneSubsea name, will drive innovation and efficiency in subsea production by helping customers unlock reserves and reduce cycle time.

According to Wood Mackenzie, offshore development of new gas assets has been identified as a key piece to Colombia’s long-term energy security, but significant challenges remain.