Offshore & subsea

A new centre for well control training has opened in North East England to train drilling personnel in the oil and gas industry.

These new orders follow the successful integration of a Perry XLX delivered to Oceanica in 2020. This marked the first time Rio De Janeiro based company added a work-class ROV to its fleet in its 40-year history.

Marine engineering and propulsion specialist Royston has completed the overhaul of diesel generators on board the semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit Stena Spey.

With all offshore preparation activities safely executed and successfully completed within schedule, the remaining Dunlin structure was left ready for an efficient lifting campaign by HMC’s vessel Sleipnir. More than 95% of the Dunlin Topsides will be recycled and reused at a recycling facility in Vats, Norway.

The N05-A platform will run entirely on wind energy from the nearby Riffgat wind farm, which will help to reduce the carbon footprint of the operation.

Longboat Energy, the emerging full-cycle North Sea E&P company, has announced that the Cambozola exploration well in licence PL1049 offshore Norway was dry and will now be plugged and abandoned.

The Sapura 3000 is a versatile heavy lift pipe laying vessel, equipped with a 3000 short t revolving mast crane, capable of executing deep and shallow water projects.

With a stable, business orientated administration and superb travel and communication facilities, Malta could be an excellent choice to become the ‘energy hub’ of the Mediterranean both for LNG supplies and renewables.

The company has announced the award of a major contract by Petrobras for the development of the Búzios 8 field located approximately 180 kilometres off the coast of Rio de Janeiro at 2000 m water depth in the pre-salt Santos basin.

The GTA gas field, which is set to produce around 2.5 million t of LNG per year, is located offshore on the border between Mauritania and Senegal.

The study, supported by the Net Zero Technology Centre in Aberdeen, will cover the initial phase of a staged process to determine how retrofitted wells can reduce the carbon footprint of an operating platform.

Equinor has now transferred its participating interests in four Russian joint ventures to Rosneft and is released from all future commitments and obligations.

Equinor and Halten East partners Vår Energi, Spirit Energy and Petoro have decided to invest about NOK 9 billion in the development of the area neighbouring to the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea.

To mark the occasion, the company has just launched a brand-new website to showcase its track record in delivering project optimisation.

Equinor’s Gullfaks asset team will analyse the resulting 4D seismic images to optimise recovery and value from the field.