Offshore news

Island Offshore Subsea AS provides Riserless Light Well Intervention (RLWI) project management and engineering services for plug & abandonment (P&A), riserless coiled tubing and well completion operations.

Erin Energy Corporation has announced that it has completed the drilling of the Oyo-NW well and, based on preliminary evaluation, it has discovered hydrocarbons in the Miocene Formation.

On 31 January, Shell acquired nine exploration blocks for the Mexican Gulf of Mexico in the deepwater bid round.

According to Rystad Energy, the UK offshore oil and gas industry is stirring back to life, fuelled by a robust uptick in the number of field development projects on which operators are expected to reach a final investment decision (FID) this year.

The company has announced one of its largest US Gulf of Mexico exploration finds in the psat decade from the Wale deepwater well.

Noble Energy, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to divest a 7.5% working interest in the Tamar field, offshore Israel, to Tamar Petroleum Ltd. for cash proceeds of approximately US$560 million and 38.5 million shares of Tamar Petroleum. 

Spirit Energy is extending the life of one of its key North Sea fields by tapping into new reserves this year.

Total announces a major oil discovery in the Ballymore prospect, located deep offshore in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (Eastern GoM). The well was drilled to a final depth of 8898 m and encountered 205 m of net oil pay in a high quality Norphlet reservoir. 

The new exploration discoveries are Capercaillie, which it a 100% owner of, and Achmelvich, which it has a majority stake in.

The agreement is for Shell’s stake in Blocks 15, 16 and 17 and Block G12/48.