Offshore & subsea

The bareboat charter for the Samsung Santorini is approximately two years in duration and provides for the option to purchase the ship.

The Australian government is proposing to levy AUS$0.48/bbl on all offshore oil producers in order to cover the cost of decommissioning the Laminaria-Corallina oilfields, located in the Timor Sea.

FEED contracts for the FPSO and wellhead platform design for the Dorado project, offshore Western Australia, are being finalised and are expected to be awarded over the next few months.

The Weizhou 11-2 oilfield phase II project, located in the Beibu Gulf, is expected to reach its peak production of approximately 6000 bpd in 2022.

The programme work offshore Guyana is planned to be completed in 1Q22.

The contract is for the drilling of three firm wells and two optional wells offshore Israel, with the first firm well expected to spud in 1Q22.

The Prosperity FPSO will utilise a design that largely replicates the design of the Liza Unity FPSO, and will be designed to produce 220 000 bpd.

The FPSO is located in UKCS Block 13/28a on the Blake and Ross Fields, 72 miles north east of Aberdeen, since 1999.

The Lingshui 17-2 gas field is expected to reach peak production of 328 million ft3 of natural gas and 6751 bpd of condensate in 2022.

TotalEnergies will operate Blocks 6 and 8 offshore Suriname, with Qatar Petroleum and national company Staatsolie also holding interests.

4Subsea will monitor and analyse wellhead integrity to ensure safe operations for the Balder Future drilling and completion operations.

John Wiseman, Fairfield Energy, looks at how the unique challenges presented by the decommissioning of the Dunlin Alpha platform were overcome by the company working together collaboratively with its supply chain partners.

The two companies have started exclusive negotiations with a view to combining Keppel O&M and Sembcorp Marine.

The joint venture will support the Azeri Central East project operated by BP.

Applied Petroleum Technology has ramped up its presence in Houston to support US operators involved with shale oil as well as companies engaged in offshore E&P in the Gulf of Mexico.