Offshore news
Polarcus to undertake 4D seismic project offshore West Africa
The project duration is approximately two months and is scheduled to commence in 4Q19.
Oil & Gas UK’s key health and safety report urges offshore industry to remain proactive on safety
Findings from OGUK’s Health and Safety Report 2019 reveal that offshore helicopter operations were conducted without an accident last year, and the fatal accident rate per 100 000 flying hours dropped to zero for the first time since 2001, despite flying hours increasing by 12% to 77 286 in 2018.
CNOOC orders MacGregor pull-in system for a deepwater floating production unit in the South China Sea
The order is booked into Cargotec’s third quarter of 2019 order intake and delivery will take place during 2020.
KrisEnergy signs binding offer letter for sale of Andaman II production sharing contract
The Andaman II PSC is an exploration block over the North Sumatra Basin covering an area of 7400 km2.
Wood Mackenzie: Orca-1 discovery could make Mauritania and Senegal major LNG hub
Orca-1 is the third-largest discovery made so far this year, and the largest deepwater find.
Spirit Energy raises production from Chiswick field
First gas from a new well at Spirit Energy’s Chiswick field in the Southern North Sea was achieved in July 2019 and has added up to an additional 25 million ft3/d of gas to the field.
Lundin Petroleum finalises plan to electrify Edvard Grieg platform
Lundin Norway is the operator of the Edvard Grieg platform with a 65% working interest and the partners are OMV Norge and Wintershall DEA with 20 and 15% working interests respectively.
N-Sea Celebrates Successful Year End in Middle East
N-Sea has celebrated a successful end to 2019 for its Dubai division, with contract awards exceeding US$15 million, as well as significant growth of its workforce.
Well-SENSE’s FLI technology completes first round of offshore deployments
Over the last six months, Well-SENSE has conducted multiple offshore FiberLine Intervention projects for a range of international supermajors and applications.
Tambak-2 well closed
During operations to recover a failed packer, the well started flowing natural gas to surface. For safety reasons, the well was immediately shut in.