Offshore news
Seabed Geosolutions completes OBN survey in Santos Basin
The survey started in late 2018 and covered the Buzios field, lying in approximately 2000 m water depth.
Rystad Energy: Best year for discoveries on NCS since 2014
Rystad Energy estimates the discovery to hold recoverable resources of around 70 million boe.
RusselSmith to deploy Saab Seaeye electric ROV for subsea operations
The Cougar XT electric underwater robotic vehicle will boost RusselSmith's subsea operations in Africa.
MOL to purchase stake in Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oilfield
The company has acquired a 9.57% stake in the supergiant Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oilfield.
Wood Mackenzie comments on Nigeria's raising of deepwater royalties
The change applies to all deepwater production sharing contracts, regardless of vintage.
Drilling of Tambak-1 well begins
The Tambak-1 well is located approximately 4.5 km north of the Mako South-1 location and is designed to both appraise the extent of the Mako gas field as well to test the underlying Tambak prospect.
Kosmos Strikes Oil in Offshore Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea
The discovery was the first well drilled in Kosmos’ infrastructure-led exploration (ILX) in offshore Equatorial Guinea.
Viewport3 awarded pre-removal scanning contracts
The contract scopes will see the company providing two North Sea operators with the intelligence they need to make decisions about the removal of items from the seabed, reduce ad-hoc engineering and minimise time spent offshore.
Shearwater GeoServices to conduct South Africa seismic project for Total
The survey at block 11B-12B will be Shearwater’s first project offshore South Africa.
A/S Norske Shell awards OneSubsea integrated subsea compression frame agreement
Project to deliver the industry’s longest deepwater tieback using a subsea multiphase compression system.