Offshore news

The company's subsidiary RockRose Energy Limited has signed an agreement with Shell UK Limited and Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited to acquire a full ownership interest in its Shell-operated UK Southern North Sea assets.

bp has taken a final investment decision on the Kaskida project in the US Gulf of Mexico. This demonstrates bp’s long-term commitment to deliver secure, affordable and reliable energy.

Subsea7 has announced the award of a sizeable contract by bp to Subsea Integration Alliance, for the Murlach development (formerly Skua field), 240 km east of Aberdeen in the UK North Sea.

Deal marks largest commercial award for pipe supply in company’s 16-year history and a first project in the Brazilian pre-salt.

PETRONAS, through its subsidiary PETRONAS CCS Solutions Sdn Bhd, has signed a land rental agreement with Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd, to progress plans for its southern carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub in Pahang, Malaysia.

CNOOC and 80883 (RMB Counter) has announced that it has achieved a high yield well in Beibu Gulf, which produces over 1000 m3/d of oil.

Deltic Energy has announced that the Valaris 123 drilling unit has been mobilised and is on route to the Selene well location.

Valaris has announced that it has been awarded a multi-year contract with Equinor Energy do Brasil Ltda., a subsidiary of Equinor, for drillship VALARIS DS-17.

QatarEnergy has signed an agreement with Chevron to acquire a 20% working interest in a production sharing contract for block 5 offshore Suriname.

Parkmead has announced that further to the provisional award of three blocks as part of the 33rd UK offshore licensing round, the P2634 licence has now been formally awarded to Parkmead by the UK Government’s North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA).