Offshore news
Petrobras awards McDermott Sepia field project contract
The contract entails engineering, procurement, construction and installation of subsea risers and flowlines for the first phase of the Sepia field, offshore Rio de Janerio.
DeepStar selects Upwing Energy-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries partnership for study of electric submersible pump topology
The study, targeting deepwater offshore and subsea well applications, is sponsored and funded by the Nippon Foundation - DeepStar Joint Ocean Innovation programme and supported by Chevron, Shell, Petrobras and Equinor.
Eni makes oil discovery offshore Angola
The new discovery, in Block 15/06, is estimated to contain up to 250 million bbls of light oil in place.
Unity launches shallow intervention system
In its first deployment, the Surface Intervention System (SIS) was mobilised off the coast of Tunisia to set two frac sleeves on two wells.
NPD gives go-ahead for start-up of Trestakk field
Equinor, the operator of the field located in the Norwegian Sea, estimates recoverable volume to be 67 million bbls of oil and 1.4 billion m3 of gas.
Equinor increases share in Caesar Tonga field
The company’s share will increase from 23.55% to 46%.
Siccar Point Energy announces Blackrock exploration well results
The Blackrock exploration well is located in the West of Shetland.
Aqualis Offshore and Braemar Technical Services to join forces
Aqualis ASA has entered into an agreement to acquire the Offshore, Adjusting and Marine business lines from Braemar Shipping Services Plc.
Royal Dutch Shell forecast to spend US$1.5 billion in UK decommissioning through to 2025, says GlobalData
The company’s latest research reveals the top five companies with the greatest ABEX exposure from producing fields in the UK.
The main challenges of fully monetising natural gas resources
Regina Chislova, Project Director of EPOCH 2019, explores various options to monetise gas resources, considers the challenges that companies can face, and describes a real example of such a project.