Offshore news
Noble Corp. to divest four jack-up rigs for US$292 million
The Noble Roger Lewis, Noble Scott Marks, Noble Joe Knight, and Noble Johnny Whitstine are to be sold and the current drilling contracts novated to ADES.
Vaalco signs binding letter of intent for FSO at Etame
According to Vaalco, compared to the current FPSO solution the Cap Diamant FSO will reduce storage and offloading costs at the Etame field offshore Gabon by almost 50%, as well as lower total operating costs by approximately 17% to 20% through to 2030.
Spirit Energy discovers more gas at North Sea field
The Grove North East development well (49/10a-G7) encountered carboniferous reservoir units at the target depth, with around 250 ft (gross) gas-bearing B & C sandstones present.
Sapura Energy to carry out FEED for Dorado wellhead platform
The wellhead platform will be an unmanned installation, located in 90 m water over the Dorado oil and gas field in the Bedout Sub-basin.
Techouse to carry out sulfate removal unit FEED study for Valhall IP platform
The overall aim is to increase production and extend the lifetime of the Valhall wells by reducing scaling caused by sulfate.
Petrobras, Shell and Strohm to bring TCP Flowline and Riser to Brazil’s pre-salt
The TCP Flowline and Riser joint industry project will see Strohm develop, qualify and test its composite pipe technology with the two operators to make it fully field-proven and commercially available to the oil and gas industry.
BW Energy makes discovery at Dussafu licence
The discovery of the Hibiscus North exploration well (DHBNM-1) in the Dussafu Block, offshore Gabon, will add to the gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block, which is currently estimated to be approximately 105 million barrels gross.
Petrobras starts up Sépia field production
The FPSO Carioca has started producing oil and natural gas from the field, located in the Santos Basin.
Production starts from CNOOC oilfield in South China Sea
The Luda 6-2 oilfield is expected to reach its peak production of approximately 10 000 bpd in 2022.
Kawa-1 exploration well offshore Guyana spudded
Frontera Energy Corp. and CGX Energy expect the Kawa-1 well to reach total depth in the first half of December 2021.