Offshore news
Tambak 2 Well spudded
The Tambak-2 well is primarily designed as an appraisal of the southern area of the Mako gas field in the West Natuna Basin, offshore Indonesia.
Rigged for the future
To be competitive in today's oil and gas industry is first and foremost about upgrading the user experience and not by producing new rigs, says Andreas Grydeland Sulejewski, Neptune Software.
Dolphin Drilling announces contract with Shell
The company has won a contract with AS Norske Shell in Norway to provide rig support for the drilling and completion of a gas producer well on the Knarr field.
Conductor-supported platforms: demystifying the industry’s best-kept secret
Rob Gill, Aquaterra Energy, asks why the industry is reluctant to adopt conductor-supported platforms for shallow water field developments.
Weatherford signs four-year contract for deep-set safety valves with Petrobras
Under the terms of a deal with Petrobras, Weatherford will deliver 24 Optimax™ deep-set safety valves in the next four years.
CGG completes 4D seismic results for BP Angola survey
The enhanced imaging volumes from the Greater Plutonio development in the Lower Congo Basin were delivered four weeks early for the project.
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate gives go-ahead for new facility on Valhall
Start-up of the Valhall West Flank facility in the North Sea will take place this autumn.
Benthic awarded geotechnical contract offshore Mozambique by TechnipFMC
The contract is for the Golfinho development, a deepwater discovery off the coast of Mozambique that will be developed as a subsea system tied back to an onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility.
Equinor awards Saipem wireless subsea drone contract
The contract is the first signed in the industry for the use of advanced wireless drone services.
Rystad Energy: Europe’s gas demand set to grow as Dutch giant folds
The Netherlands recently announced that production at Groningen – Europe’s largest gas field – will be halted in 2022, eight years earlier than initially planned.