Offshore news

The project will comprise acquisition of a 10 000 km 2D long-offset broadband multiclient seismic survey. Advanced new acquisition and imaging techniques will provide better illumination of complex subsalt structures.

The Snorre Expansion contract covers the delivery of subsea production systems and includes 6 subsea templates and subsea production equipment.

Beryl, an already discovered but undeveloped gas field, lies in the shallower zone in the same location as the underlying Helang Gas Field (“Helang”) and Layang Oil and Gas Field (“Layang”) in Block SK10, Offshore Sarawak.

SBM Offshore has announced that on December 19, 2017 it completed the project financing of FPSO Liza for a total of US$720 million.

Global Offshore will focus the staff, vessels and subsea equipment needed to meet the demands of oil & gas companies operating around the world.

ROVOP Limited, an independent operator of underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), is to immediately increase its fleet by 50% to meet ongoing customer demand following a funding boost of £56 million.

Repsol has submitted a new Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for the Yme field in the North Sea. More eight billion kroner will be invested in the development. The planned start-up is 2020.

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given its consent for ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (ConocoPhillips) to dispose of the Ekofisk 2/4 H, Ekofisk 2/4 A, Ekofisk 2/4 FTP and Ekofisk 2/4 Q facilities in the North Sea.

Total has announced that it has taken the investment decision for the first large-scale development phase of the Libra project, located deep offshore, 180 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin in Brazil.

The contract covers the provision of subsea equipment including umbilicals, risers, flowlines and the subsea production system for the Fenja Project (previously known as Pil & Bue). Fenja is located in the Norwegian Sea and will be tied back to the Njord platform.