Aberdeen upstream news

A recent report by Wood Mackenzie for the Oil & Gas Technology Centre stated the growth in offshore renewables, hydrogen and CCUS could more than double the economic impact of the UKCS, contributing £2.5 trillion to the UK economy and creating over 200 000 new jobs.

TechnipFMC will design, manufacture, deliver and install subsea equipment for Ithaca Energy's Captain EOR project.

Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP will give the opening address at Subsea Live, a new TV studio-based event organised by Subsea UK for later this month.

The Aberdeen-headquartered organisation has been awarded contracts by several global oil and gas upstream operators in the UK and internationally, as well as attaining work with new customers in downstream and utilities.

A series of tests were successfully performed on a Weatherford test rig in Houston, US, to demonstrate and verify the integration and functionality of the managed pressure drilling and automated well control technology.

The company’s environmentally acceptable corrosion inhibitor product line has been developed to enable E&P organisations to economically extend the life of their assets in a sustainable way.

The agreement will see i-Energy act as exclusive agents for HPR ROV in the Middle East, enabling the firm to offer its full suite of specialised ROV systems to the region.

‘Subsea Live’ will explore how the subsea supply chain can capitalise on the opportunities presented by the energy transition and the blue economy.

Destined for the Seagull campaign in the UK Central North Sea, the technology will allow the operator to manage the field’s high bottom hole temperatures.

The facility will provide simulations which re-create conditions within production and injection wells that will assist clients to not only maximise the absolute recovery, but increase the economic recovery of a field.