Offshore news

Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued conditional approval to Hilcorp Alaska LLC for its Liberty Project oil and gas development and production plan.

The company has announced that the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 (GWF-2) Project off the north-west coast of Australia has commenced gas production.

The award will see the firm continuing to support all of the operator’s North Sea facilities, including the Lomond, Everest and Armada installations.

The company received a notification of award for orders valued at more than NOK 1.7 billion from the China National Offshore Oil Corporation to provide the subsea production system and umbilicals for the Lingshui 17-2 gas field.

The Samo-1 well will be drilled in 1000 m of water depth to a planned depth of approximately 3100 m.

The company has announced that its deepwater drillship the Pacific Bora has been awarded a contract by Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (a subsidiary of Eni SpA) for drilling operations in Nigeria.

Following over a year of development, BiSN’s award-winning Wel-lok M2M technology was deployed via E-line in collaboration with Altus Intervention in AkerBP’s Valhall A-30 well in the Norwegian North Sea.

Rowan Norway Limited has been awarded a contract for drilling two wells at the Gudrun field by use of the Rowan Stavanger jack-up rig. The rig has furthermore been awarded five options for drilling of single wells.

The contract in Saudi Arabia is for the floatover, from Oman to Saudi Arabia, and installation of multiple platform topsides.

The advanced ultra-deep water drillship, Maersk Viking, is capable of drilling in water depths of 3600 m.