Offshore news

Petrofac will provide a five-year framework for Well Management and Well Operator support for 27 wells across the Affleck, Balloch, Dumbarton, Lochranza and Finlaggan fields located in the Central North Sea, UK.

Vår Energi and Lundin Energy Norway have joined Shearwater and Equinor to accelerate the development and commercialisation of a sustainable marine vibratory source technology.

The contract covers flexible and rigid pipe, umbilicals, pipeline end terminals, rigid jumpers, umbilical termination assemblies and a mooring system.

Wireline logging operations have been completed on the well, with the oil column deemed to be residual and uncommercial.

Nexstep, the Dutch National Platform for Re-use & Decommissioning, says it is the first time that wells from this many different operators will be removed together in one campaign.

Heerema will use the semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir, which runs on emission-reducing LNG and has a lifting capacity of 20 000 t, to install the jackets at the Marjan offshore field.

The company's new facilities in Angola will grant access to a global manufacturing footprint for chemical sourcing and production.

The contract is expected to commence in July 2022, with a duration of 21 months.

Drilling operations have been completed on the Anchois gas project within the Lixus licence, offshore Morocco.

The Transocean Enabler will drill one carbon injection well and a sidetrack for another carbon injection well drilled early 2020 in support of the Northern Lights Carbon Capture Storage Project.