Offshore news
Equinor given drilling permit in production licence 960
Well 7018/5-1 will be drilled from the West Hercules drilling facility.
Archer secures North Sea contract extension
Archer has secured a two-year contract extension with a major North Sea operator.
API publishes new offshore crane safety standards
The API has a published a suite of standards developed to support proper construction, safe operation and maintenance of offshore pedestal-mounted cranes for natural gas and oil platforms, as well as training for offshore crane operators.
Maersk Drilling awarded three-well contract offshore Angola
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a three-well contract from Total E&P Angola.
Peterson and OneSubsea agree logistics services contract in Trinidad and Tobago
Peterson has agreed a project logistics services contract with OneSubsea to support their work on the Matapal project in Trinidad and Tobago.
Siemens Energy and Bentley Systems create asset performance management solution
The new service aims to help operators enhance asset performance, eliminate downtime, and reduce maintenance costs.
Shell to use Bentley digital twin platform for deepwater projects
Shell’s Deepwater business has selected Bentley’s digital twin approach to streamline its capital projects process and accelerate time to first oil.
Dvalin field given start-up approval
Operator Wintershall DEA estimates that it can recover 18 billion m3 of gas from Dvalin.
TGS starts coring project offshore Nigeria
The project covers an area of approximately 82 000 km2 offshore Nigeria and will incorporate 17 seabed heat flow measurements and 253 seabed cores.
Westwood Global Energy Group comments on Premier Oil reverse takeover by Chrysaor - part two
Westwood Global Energy Group has published a note giving a preliminary assessment of the deal from each company’s perspective and the outlook for the merged company and the wider North Sea M&A market.