Offshore news
Subsea 7 awarded gas field development contract offshore China
The contract scope includes transportation and installation of five steel catenary risers for CNOOC’s Lingshui 17-2 Gas Field Development Project.
DNV GL and DNO sign framework agreement for Norwegian Continental Shelf operations
DNV GL will support DNO in enhancing safety, maintaining compliance and reducing its environmental footprint.
BP awards Maersk Drilling three-well contract offshore Trinidad
The contract for the semi-submersible rig Maersk Discoverer has an estimated duration of 322 days and is expected to commence in July 2020.
MedcoEnergi announces first oil from Bualuang concession
The project is located in the Gulf of Thailand and comprises a new bridge-linked wellhead platform structure along with the retrofitting of extension structures to the existing platforms.
Total acquires interests in two blocks offshore Angola
Total has acquired interests in Blocks 20/11 and 21/09 in the Kwanza Basin, offshore Luanda.
BP drilling campaign confirms potential of gas resources offshore Mauritania and Senegal
Three appraisal wells drilled this year, GTA-1, Yakaar-2 and Orca-1, targeted a total of nine hydrocarbon-bearing zones. The wells encountered gas in high quality reservoirs in all nine zones.
SOCAR/Petrofac joint venture secures project management services contract with BP
The three-year contract will support both onshore and offshore activity for BP operated projects in the Caspian Sea area including Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG), Shah Deniz, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC), South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) and Western Route Export Pipeline (WREP).
Transocean announces contract award for semisubmersible
The contract is expected to commence in 2Q20 and will contribute approximately US$91 million of contract backlog, excluding mobilisation reimbursement.
CGG geoscience packages reveal prospectivity of North West Shelf and Banda Arc
CGG has completed JumpStart™ multi-client geoscience packages for the North West Shelf (NWS) of Australia and the Banda Arc in the Asia-Pacific region.
Equinor completes agreements for safety and automation systems
The framework agreements cover operation of all the company’s installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and onshore plants in Norway.