Offshore news

The Leviathan 5 Well is expected to be completed soon, after reaching the final depth planned and verification of the existence of natural gas in three layers of the Leviathan reservoir (Sands A, B and C).

The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project’s floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility–Ichthys Venturer–safely sailed away from waters near its construction site in Okpo, South Korea en route to Australia.

MRC Global Norway AS is set to provide high alloy valves, manifolds, fittings, tubing, enclosures, tube clamps and other items for Statoil’s Johan Castberg project.

Independent Oil and Gas plc has announced that it has submitted the Field Development Plan to the UK Oil and Gas Authority for the Blythe Hub, which comprises the Blythe and Elgood fields.

CGG announced today the award by Petrobras of a contract to process the seismic data from a 3D Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) survey covering a full-fold area of 2180 km2 in Brazil’s deepwater Santos Basin.

Scope of contract includes longest subsea multiphase boosting tieback in the UK North Sea.

Pan Petroleum Gabon B.V., one of Panoro Energy ASA’s subsidiaries, has approved the operator’s proposed work programme and budget to move forward with the development of the Dussafu oilfields.

Subject to regulatory approval, JDR Cable Systems is set to be acquired by TELE-FONIKA Kable.

Nature Group, the oil, gas and maritime waste collection and treatment company, has secured a five-year contract with Maersk Oil in the Central North Sea.

Centrica plc and Stadtwerke München GmbH have reached an agreement to combine Centrica’s European oil and gas exploration and production business with Bayerngas Norge AS.