Offshore news

LUKOIL Marine Lubricants have successfully taken home two awards which recognise their continual development and contributions within the marine industry.

An expected US$210 billion will be spent on offshore oilfield services globally next year, according to Rystad Energy’s latest project sanctioning report.

The FEED work involves undertaking activities required to finalise the costs and technical definition for the proposed development to enable a final investment decision, targeted for mid-2019.

The company has announced the award of a contract by Shell for the Shearwater Fulmar Gas Line (FGL) Re-Plumb Project, located approximately 140 miles east of Aberdeen.

BP Trinidad and Tobago has announced the sanction for two new gas developments offshore Trinidad, Cassia Compression and Matapal.

Gas from the Aasta Hansteen field is now available to the market for the first time, and together with the Polarled pipeline the field opens a new region for gas export to Europe.

Production has started from the Aasta Hansteen gas field. The deep-water gas development is located in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea, 300 km from the mainland of Norway and in water depths of 1300 m.

The Norne field is in production licence 128 in the Norwegian Sea, around 300 km west of Sandnessjøen and 200 km from the Helgeland coast.

The company will provide helicopter services in support of OMV’s forthcoming drilling programme at the PL 644 field in the Norwegian Sea.

The company has confirmed its readiness to continue the operatorship in the Bongkot gas field and to become the operator in the Erawan field starting from 2022.