Offshore news
Can the North Sea survive?
Kyrah McKenzie, Wood Mackenzie, UK, considers the implications of the oil price crash and coronavirus for the North Sea upstream industry.
Wellesley Petroleum given drilling permit by NPD
Well 6204/11-3 will be the first exploration well to be drilled in production licence 829.
Petrobras starts binding phase for sale of Tataruga offshore field stake
The company has also announced it is mothballing the Merluza platform.
Lloyd's Register welcomes OGA Energy Integration Project report
Lloyd's Register conducted a detailed technical study on behalf of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) into potential options for decarbonising the offshore energy system.
Royal IHC to provide Yinson with FPSO equipment
The equipment will be placed onto the Anna Nery FPSO vessel on behalf of Yinson.
ExxonMobil to use Noble Corp drillship for Guyana project
The drillship Noble Sam Croft will begin drilling in 4Q20 after the rig finishes its current programme offshore Suriname.
TGS submits offer for PGS data library
TGS has made a US$600 million offer for part of PGS's multi-client data library.
Hurricane Energy reports risk of material downgrade
Hurricane has concluded that there is a reasonable probability that the oil water contact in the Lancaster field is shallower than the range of oil water contacts envisaged in the 2017 Competent Person’s Report by RPS Energy.
OGA: offshore energy integration can deliver 30% of UK’s net zero target
The Oil and Gas Authority's Energy Integration Project report has found that oil and gas platform electrification is essential to cutting sector production emissions in the near term, and critical to the industry’s social licence to operate.
Spirit Energy drills dry well near Ivar Aasen field
The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks in the Middle Jurassic (Sleipner Formation) and the Upper Triassic (Skagerrak Formation).