Offshore news

The President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire Alassane Ouattara, and Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi met in Abidjan to celebrate production start-up from the Baleine field, situated off the eastern coast of Côte d’Ivoire, and to review Eni's activities in the country.

BW Energy has completed the acquisition of the FPSO Cidade de Vitoria from Saipem S.p.A. The FPSO is currently producing approximately 10 000 bpd of oil from the Golfinho field offshore Brazil, supported by the Company’s local operating organisation.

McDermott has been awarded a sizeable engineering, procurement, removal and disposal contract by Santos. The offshore decommissioning award is for the full removal and disposal of the Campbell platform structure, which is part of the Varanus Island Hub offshore infrastructure in Western Australia.

MODEC, and Terra Drone Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), for the technical development of inspection drones for FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading system), a typical offshore platform.

The company has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with industrialisation and energy services company, TAQA, to sell its entire 49% stake in Arabian Geophysical and Surveying Company (ARGAS).

Dana Petroleum and NEO Energy have announced the signing of a sale and purchase agreement under which NEO Energy will acquire Dana’s full equity in the Western Isles FPSO.

Located in the Malacca Strait, the project has received industry funding and will deliver early products in December 2023 and final results in August 2024.

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.