Offshore & subsea

The round, which closed last week, attracted a total of 115 bids across 258 blocks and part-blocks, from a total of 76 companies.

In 2023 the company plans to participate in 25 exploration wells, most of them around existing infrastructure.

The systems will be deployed across two of OceanPact’s vessels to support inspection, repair and maintenance services for Petrobras' oilfields.

The project, supported by industry funding, is expected to complete by the end of 2023, with fast-track products available by June.

The contract includes the drilling of one firm well, ‘Tomcat’, in PL 1055 in the Norwegian Sea, with the option to drill two further wells in 2024.

Production from the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea has resumed, following an upgrading project in which both the platform and the floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) were brought ashore.

The MOU aims to strengthen mutual cooperation to help enhance operational performance across North American natural gas and oil operations.

The survey area covers a mature part of the North Sea that includes the Sleipner East, Sleipner West, Gina Krog, Volve and Utgard fields.

Planning and engineering work will begin in December 2022, with decommissioning activity commencing in 2023 and expected to continue until 2025.

Rudranil Roy Sharma, Director, Energy & Environment Practice, Frost & Sullivan writes an overview of the current Oil & Gas sector in the MENA Region.

The Zeus-1 well encountered 105 meters of net gas pay in carbonate reservoirs that re-enforces the promising outlook for the area and its development.

The company has been chosen to supply the automation and Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSS) systems for P-79, an FPSO vessel in the Petrobras fleet.

TotalEnergies, and its co-venturers QatarEnergy and Petronas Petróleo Brasil have won the Agua Marinha block in the Open Acreage under Production Sharing Regime.

CGG has announced the sale of its US land seismic multi-client library to Bon Ton Seismic LLC.

The Aberdeen-based project and risk management consultancy company, has announced a one-year contract with Ithaca Energy for the use of its digital project management system.