Offshore news
Unity and Petrofac complete North Sea plugging and abandonment pressure testing
Unity deployed its Temporary Abandonment Cap Test Tool (TACTT) to pressure test two suspended mudline wells in the North Sea in support of an end of life campaign undertaken by Petrofac for a multinational operator.
The Crosby Group acquires Feubo
The acquisition includes the Feubo facility located in Hattingen, Germany, which will become Crosby’s centre of excellence for offshore mooring components.
Lundin Petroleum awarded 12 licences in Norwegian licensing round
The award includes 7 licences in the North Sea, 2 licences in the Norwegian Sea and 3 licences in the Southern Barents Sea.
Aker Solutions awarded contract for electrification of Troll B and C platforms
The electrification of the platforms, located in the Norwegian North Sea, will aim to reduce CO2 and NOx emissions.
Total selects Maersk Drilling for exploration drilling campaign offshore Angola and Namibia
Maersk Voyager will be employed offshore Angola and Namibia for a campaign which includes the deepest water depth ever drilled offshore.
Equinor awarded 23 production licences in Norwegian continental shelf
8 of the production licences are in the North Sea, 8 in the Norwegian Sea and 7 in the Barents Sea.
BW Offshore extends lease for FPSO Polvo
The firm period agreed with PetroRio for the lease and operation of the FPSO Polvo has been extended to 3Q21 (from 3Q20), with options until 3Q22.
Equinor given permission to use mobile drilling facility in Bauge field
The consent applies to the drilling and completion of two wells on the Bauge field in production licence 348.
SapuraOMV announces first gas production from Larak field
The SK408 gas fields are part of discoveries made by SapuraOMV Upstream in a drilling campaign in 2014.
Shelf Drilling awarded jack-up deal by Chevron for Gulf of Thailand operations
The contract is expected to commence in August 2020 and run through April 2022 with an option to extend.