Offshore news
Ocean Installer secures major contracts from Statoil
The company has secured two contracts, comprising work from 2018 through 2020 on the Snorre, Troll, Njord, Åsgard, Bauge, Fenja and Dvalin fields.
Appraisal well spudded within Fogelberg gas discovery in Norway
The well results will be used to precisely estimate the reserves and plan the development of the discovery, in which PGNiG Upstream Norway holds a 20% interest.
InterMoor completes a well abandonment campaign for Spirit Energy.
Following consolidation of the former OIS Ltd decommissioning personnel into InterMoor, the decommissioning team have added four further wells to the 128 they have successfully abandoned for Operators in the North Sea since 1996.
Westwood Insight: Why so many oil and gas projects fail to produce as planned
Half of oil and gas fields are not producing to expectations when onstream, and a new Westwood study shows that this is mainly due to unexpected reservoir issues.
Repsol Sinopec chooses Sparrows Group for crane management on North Sea assets
International specialist equipment and integrated engineering services company, Sparrows Group, has secured a three-year contract with Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited to provide crane management services across its operating assets in the North Sea.
Rockhopper Exploration signs letter of intent with Diamond Offshore Drilling
Rockhopper Exploration plc, the oil and gas company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin and the Greater Mediterranean region, has provided the following update relating to Sea Lion Phase 1, in the North Falkland Basin (RKH 40% working interest).
Qatar Petroleum signs an agreement for exploration in South Africa
Qatar Petroleum entered into an agreement with Total of France to acquire a 25% participating interest in the Exploration Block 11B/12B, offshore South Africa.
Deep Sea Mooring picks up Quadrant contract
Pre-lay mooring and anchoring solutions to be deployed on Transocean GSP Development Driller 1 rig.
N-Sea awarded £40 million of international contracts
These projects will be delivered with a variety of vessels on behalf of customers in the oil and gas, renewables and utilities.
Ophir has been awarded Block 10 and Block 12 in Mexico's offshore bid round 2.4
Both of these licences are located in the Ridges basin, which features a proven hydrocarbon system and material prospectivity.