Offshore news

Production was temporarily shut down last month due to a faulty component in the Rhum Subsea Control Module that has now been replaced.

The operations offshore Norway are expected to start from the end of 4Q22, upon termination of the works in which the Scarabeo 8 rig is currently engaged.

From the anticipated closure date of 30 March 2022, certain Oceaneering staff based in Norway will transfer, along with decommissioning assets including well and pile abrasive cutting and recovery systems and associated tooling.

The contract, with an unnamed client, could see the harsh environment jack-up rig Maersk Resolve employed in the UK sector of the North Sea for the majority of 2022.

IOG has started up the Elgood and Blythe gas fields in the UK North Sea this week.

Joint efforts by FAR and operator Petronor to farm down their interests in the Esperanca Blocks 4A & 5A and Sinapa Block 2 offshore Guinea-Bissau have been unsuccessful.

PTTEP will take over operating the Yadana gas field, offshore Myanmar, following TotalEnergies' decision to withdraw from the project.

Unity has deployed its Surface Intervention System for a major international operator in the North Sea.

The Canje block offshore Guyana is directly adjacent to the prolific Stabroek block where ExxonMobil has discovered in excess of 10 billion barrels of oil.

After final commissioning of the Saturn Banks Reception Facilities at the Bacton terminal, backgassing of the pipeline system was successfully completed over the past week.