Offshore news
Wood Mackenzie: ‘Play-opening’ find may prove catalyst for South Africa’s gas-to-power programme
Total plans to follow up the discovery with 3D seismic and wells on up to four more similar prospects on the block, 11B/12B.
Subsea Expo attracts record attendance numbers Subsea UK’s flagship event hailed huge success
More than 6500 visitors made their way to Europe’s largest subsea event, Subsea Expo, in Aberdeen this week.
Black Sea Oil & Gas moves forward with Midia Gas Development Project
BSOG, together with its co-venture partners, are pleased to announce that they have approved the FID to proceed with the Midia Gas Development Project, offshore Black Sea.
Total makes significant discovery offshore South Africa
The company has made a significant gas condensate discovery on the Brulpadda prospects, located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, 175 km off the southern coast of South Africa.
Seadrill announces new joint venture with Sonangol, Angola
The new joint venture, Sonadrill, will operate four drillships, focusing on opportunities in Angolan waters.
ExxonMobil announces two new discoveries offshore Guyana
The company has announced that it made two additional discoveries offshore Guyana at the Tilapia-1 and Haimara-1 wells, bringing the total number of discoveries on the Stabroek Block to 12.
Shearwater GeoServices awarded four Ocean Bottom Seismic contracts by Aker BP and Equinor
The projects will be executed by two of Shearwater’s multi-purpose vessels using proprietary technology during the 2019 North Sea summer season.
Wood and KBR win Crux FEED project offshore Western Australia
The Crux facilities will be an important source of backfill gas supply to the Shell-operated Prelude floating liquefied natural gas facility.
Aker BP awarded drilling permits in the North Sea
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP ASA a drilling permit for wells 24/9-15 S and 24/9-15 A.
TechnipFMC awarded EPCI contract for pre-salt field in Brazil
The contract is for the Petrobras Mero 1 pre-salt field, located in the Santos Basin, at 2100 m of water depth offshore Brazil.