Offshore news

Byron has closed the previously announced acquisition of the South Marsh Island 58 (‘SM58’) lease block including the SM58 #E1 producing wellbore and the SM69 E platform and flowlines.

Each contract is for engineering studies and includes an option for Woodside to proceed to the execute phase with an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract.

Fabienne Ellington has joined the manufacturer of Thermoplastic Composite Pipeline (TCP), Airborne Oil & Gas, as its first vice president Asia and Middle East.

Political and economic instability may affect Lebanon’s second offshore licensing round, according to GlobalData.

Magma sought to further improve the thermal insulation properties of m-pipe in order to maintain flow temperature for a number of current projects. Shawcor’s Thermotite® ULTRA™ was identified as having the required thermal insulation to achieve this.

The system, Sonardyne’s wide-area Sentry Integrity Monitoring Sonar (IMS), has been deployed on the seafloor at more than 2000 m (6500 ft) water depth.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate is giving a green light to using the C platform on the Gullfaks field in the North Sea until 30 June 2036.

The fully-managed crew Wi-Fi portal is a key component in a new service package powered by Fleet Xpress that incentivises ship owners and operators to enhance connectivity for crew.

New contracts include projects with Repsol, Total and DEA Group. Neodrill’s CAN technology delivers a smarter well foundation through the installation of conductors at pre-rig stage.

Following the recent news that ExxonMobil Corp has discovered a significant gas field offshore Cyprus via the Glaucus-1 exploration well, Daniel Rogers, Upstream Oil & Gas Analyst at GlobalData,offers his insight on the matter.