Offshore news

Odfjell Drilling has announced that Equinor has exercised options for seven wells to extend the use of the Deepsea Aberdeen on the Breidablikk field.

ExxonMobil has started production at Payara, Guyana’s third offshore oil development on the Stabroek Block, bringing total production capacity in Guyana to approximately 620 000 bpd.

PETRONAS has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with Vietnam oil and gas group (PETROVIETNAM) to explore potential collaboration opportunities in the upstream, renewable energy, gas, and downstream sectors in Vietnam.

Kongsberg Digital has unveiled a developing collaboration with the Norwegian energy company Equinor, underpinning a stronger safety and sustainability focus in offshore operations.

SBM Offshore has announced that FPSO Prosperity has produced first oil as of 14 November 2023 and is formally on hire.

Diamond Offshore Drilling has announced it has entered into a drilling contract with an independent operator to utilise the Ocean BlackRhino for work offshore Guinea-Bissau.

The companies have announced the discovery of a total of 114 ft (35 m) of net pay at the Wei-1 well on the Corentyne block, approximately 200 km offshore from Georgetown, Guyana.

SBM Offshore and ExxonMobil Guyana Limited, an affiliate of ExxonMobil Corporation, have completed the transaction related to the purchase of FPSO Liza Unity.

McDermott has been awarded a transportation and installation contract by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for the KG-DWN-98/2 development project, located off the east coast of India.

PGS is awarded a 3D exploration contract in the Mediterranean. The Ramform Titan is scheduled to mobilise for the survey in December and the contract has a total duration of approximately 160 days.