Offshore news
Dräger opens facility in Louisiana
The new location offers Dräger’s full portfolio of safety products and its offering of rental and safety services for the oil, gas and chemical industries.
Velesto Drilling drilling rig contracted by ConocoPhillips
The contract is for the provision of the NAGA 7 jack-up drilling rig to undertake drilling services for ConocoPhillips, which entails drilling up to three wells offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, sometime in the first half of 2021.
PGS to carry out 3D exploration programme for supermajor offshore Egypt
The survey will be acquired using an Extended Long Offset configuration, with the Ramform Tethys seismic vessel towing a wide multi-sensor GeoStreamer spread with an additional source vessel located several kilometres ahead.
Fugro announces sale of Seabed Geosolutions to PXGEO
The divestment includes Seabed’s ocean bottom node inventory, handling equipment, related technology and order backlog.
PTTEP makes discovery offshore Malaysia
The Sirung-1 wildcat well in Block SK405B was drilled to a total depth of 2538 m where it encountered a significant oil and gas column of more than 100 m, in the clastic reservoirs.
Updated volume estimate confirmed for Dugong discovery
Neptune Energy’s revised estimate of the indicative recoverable resources is 40 – 108 million boe, which will be subject to further detailed analysis and review.
Maersk Drilling rig to assist with well intervention, stimulation and accommodation at Valhall field
The Maersk Reacher rig will be used by Aker BP from July 2021 for a minimum of nine months.
Lundin Energy makes minor oil discovery near Solveig field
The licensees will assess the discovery, about 15 km south of the Edvard Grieg field, with regard to a possible tie-in to the Solveig field.
Noble Corp. and Pacific Drilling to merge
Pro forma for the acquisition, Noble will own and operate a high specification fleet of 24 rigs, with 11 drillships, 1 semisubmersible, and 12 jackups.
EMGS awarded 3D CSEM contract in Southeast Asia
The company expects that the acquisition, on behalf of an unnamed customer, will take place in the beginning of 3Q21.