Offshore & subsea

Significant upgrades have been carried out on the hull and the platform deck of Njord A to extend its lifetime for another 20 years of production.

The operations in the reservoir section are still at an early stage and it has yet to be confirmed if commercial volumes are present.

Shell said in the new environmental development plan of the Jackdaw field that it aims to start production from the field, which will supply 6.5% of Britain's gas output, by 3Q25 or 4Q25.

The agile biomimetic autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), named RoboFish, is made up of several self-contained modules with self-managed battery and actuator control for full-body, autonomous movement around underwater structures.

Reach Subsea has joined forces with OCTIO to strengthen its capabilities in survey and inspection data gathering.

Esso Australia has made a final investment decision to develop additional gas from the Gippsland Basin Kipper field.

Production was temporarily shut down last month due to a faulty component in the Rhum Subsea Control Module that has now been replaced.

The operations offshore Norway are expected to start from the end of 4Q22, upon termination of the works in which the Scarabeo 8 rig is currently engaged.

From the anticipated closure date of 30 March 2022, certain Oceaneering staff based in Norway will transfer, along with decommissioning assets including well and pile abrasive cutting and recovery systems and associated tooling.

The contract, with an unnamed client, could see the harsh environment jack-up rig Maersk Resolve employed in the UK sector of the North Sea for the majority of 2022.

IOG has started up the Elgood and Blythe gas fields in the UK North Sea this week.

Joint efforts by FAR and operator Petronor to farm down their interests in the Esperanca Blocks 4A & 5A and Sinapa Block 2 offshore Guinea-Bissau have been unsuccessful.

KCA Deutag will engineer and install carbon-reduction technologies on two CAT J rigs.

PTTEP will take over operating the Yadana gas field, offshore Myanmar, following TotalEnergies' decision to withdraw from the project.

Unity has deployed its Surface Intervention System for a major international operator in the North Sea.