Offshore news
Petrofac and MODS agree North Sea digital technology partnership
Petrofac has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with MODS, a digitalisation and dimensional control service company, to deploy its flagship product ‘Virtual Manager Enterprise’ (VME) at scale in the North Sea.
Aquaterra Energy to design offshore platform for Chevron
The company is to design and support installation of a Sea Swift offshore platform off the coast of Angola.
Empyrean confident of upgrade to Mako field resource size
Gaffney Cline and Associates has been commissioned by the operator on behalf of the Duyung PSC partners to update its view of the Mako field.
Gas module to accelerate production from Fram field
A new gas module that was recently put onstream on the Troll C platform will accelerate and boost production from Fram by substantial profitable volumes.
Survey completed at Thali licence
The Geoquip Marine survey vessel MV Investigator completed its survey at the NJOM-3 well site on the Thali block offshore Cameroon on 7 February 2020.
Africa Oil farm-in of South Africa interest approved
The government of South Africa has approved Africa Oil Corp's acquisition of a 20% participating interest in the Block 3B/4B Exploration Right from Azinam Ltd. by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Africa Oil SA Corp.
Trident Energy begin 4D seismic surveys offshore Equatorial Guinea
The results of the surveys in the Ceiba and Okume fields are due to become available in 4Q20.
Fugro to take surveys in Pecan field offshore Ghana
The surveys will obtain critical seabed and sub-seabed information to facilitate the planning and emplacement of the Pecan subsea infrastructure and the FPSO ship.
Hurricane Energy provides operational update
Hurricane is planning an accelerated Lancaster Area work programme, focussed on drilling an additional production well on Lancaster in 2020.
Ocean Infinity establishes marine technology and data company
The launch of Armada will initially add fifteen bespoke designed marine robots to Ocean Infinity’s current fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles.