Offshore news

The fire-resistant RADOX® OFL (Oil & Gas Flexible Lightweight) cable solution provides the offshore industry with a safe way to reduce platform weight.

In the upstream business, approximately US$11 billion is forecasted to sustain and grow currently producing assets, including about US$4 billion for Permian unconventional development and about US$1 billion for other international unconventional development.

The acquired fields, which are mostly operated by Equinor, will add additional daily production of approximately 150 000 bpd for the company, which is owned by Eni and HitecVision.

The contract will see Aker Solutions deliver front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the first platform in a potential series of future assets within BP’s Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT) portfolio.

The survey was performed in August in water depths of 600 m using the Fugro Equator, a dedicated geophysical survey vessel, and the Fugro ES-V AUV, and completed with zero HSSE incidents.

Under this contract, Unique Group will design, manufacture and deliver a classed saturation diving system to be integrated on COOEC’s vessel, including technical support during and post installation.

The jack-up drilling rig HAKURYU-11 started the drilling operation based on the subcontract with PetroVietnam Drilling & Well Services Corporation on 19 November at Vung Tau, offshore Vietnam.

Energy companies using the system will be able to access a reliable supply of up to 100 MW of power over distances of up to 600 km and at a depth of 3000 m via a single cable, paving the way for greater access to offshore hydrocarbons.

The Senegal North Ultra-Deep Offshore (SN-UDO-19) 3D survey will covers over 5100 km2.

The one-month project for Shell will commence in 4Q19 and will cover an area of approximately 600 km2 in the western Black Sea.