Offshore news
UK government faces triple legal challenge over major fossil fuel expansion in North Sea
The UK government is potentially facing three separate legal challenges as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and Uplift seek to stop up to 130 new oil and gas licences from going ahead.
BP starts production from Trinidad and Tobago’s Cassia C facility
Cassia C is expected to produce, at peak, about 200 – 300 million standard cubic feet a day of gas.
S&P Global Commodity Insights shows that two thirds of UK and Norway North Sea oil and gas production has lower-than-average greenhouse gas intensity
The analysis found that, on average, UK production in the North Sea was nearly three times more GHG intensive (23 kgCO2e/boe) than Norwegian production (8 kgCO2e/boe).
PCSB announces oil and gas discovery at the Nahara-1 well in Block SK306
The discovery is located in the shallow waters of Balingian Province about 150 kilometres from Bintulu, off the coast of Sarawak, offshore Malaysia.
Verdande: Securing higher production on the Norne vessel
The discoveries were proven in 2017 and 2020 respectively and contain a total of 36.3 million bbl of recoverable oil equivalent.
Valaris renews service and maintenance agreement with Survitec
Offshore drilling operator Valaris has confirmed it has renewed, for an additional three years, the service agreement it has in place with survival technology solutions provider, Survitec.
Neptune Energy confirms new discovery in the Norwegian Sea
Calypso is Neptune Energy’s third discovery in six months on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Equinor Energy AS concludes drilling of exploration well 6507/8-11 S
The well was drilled about 17 kilometres north of the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea and 240 kilometres west of Sandnessjøen.
PGS awarded Mediterranean survey contract
Ramform Hyperion will commence acquisition in late November and expect to complete mid-January 2023.
CGG wins multi-year extension of dedicated imaging centre for Brunei Shell Petroleum
In the past six years, CGG has successfully delivered land, marine, transition zone, OBC and high-density OBN seismic imaging results at the BSP centre.