Offshore news

Saint-Gobain Seals has been selected by a major US oil and gas corporation to qualify its Fluoroloy® sealing solutions and polymer materials to enhance oil recovery for an ultra-high pressure field in the Gulf of Mexico.

The three new patents cover certain aspects of Upwing’s high-speed motor drives and seal-less downhole system with a magnetically supported rotor, which underpin key elements of the SCS downhole artificial lift system.

The PSA has given Aker BP consent to use the Deepsea Stavanger mobile drilling facility for production drilling on the Volund field in the North Sea.

Siemens becomes the second company, following Marnavi Offshore, to join MFDevCo as it establishes strategic collaborations for the cost-effective development of marginal gas fields.

The company has begun operations on a 4-month geotechnical campaign in the BM-C-33 and BM-S-8 blocks located off the coast of Brazil.

The company has released a report that provides the current status of, and contract information for, the company’s fleet of offshore drilling rigs.

The three-year agreement, which includes options to extend, is estimated to be worth up to US$95 million over the term.

The company has announced the signing of a binding conditional agreement as it takes its next step in building its portfolio in SE Asia.

The company has announced that it has signed a rig contract for infill drilling on the Stag oilfield, located offshore Australia.

PD&MS has won a two-year contract extension with Shell UK, extending an existing partnership through to April 2021, and securing in the region of 50 full time jobs.