Offshore news
Noble Corp. sells four jack-up rigs
Ownership of the Noble Roger Lewis, Noble Scott Marks, Noble Joe Knight and Noble Johnny Whitstine as well as employment of the crews has been transferred to a subsidiary of ADES International Holding Ltd.
3D survey begins offshore Sarawak
The Ramform Sovereign, owned by PGS, has commenced acquisition of a multi-client 3D survey in the Sarawak Basin.
Cairn completes sale of stakes in Catcher and Kraken fields
The firm consideration payable to Cairn by Waldorf Production Ltd. is US$455 million.
Production begins from Ærfugl phase 2
With the start-up of phase 2, the entire Ærfugl field is now in production.
VAALCO completes two well workovers at Etame field
The workovers have added a total of approximately 1050 gross bpd (540 net bpd to VAALCO).
McDermott delivers bridges and flare for Tyra project offshore Denmark
The Tyra field, operated by TotalEnergies, processes more than 90% of Denmark's natural gas production.
Neptune Energy and EDF complete methane study on UK offshore platform
Fixed wing and rotary drones equipped with methane-sensing equipment were deployed for the study on the Neptune-operated Cygnus gas production facility in the UK Southern North Sea, which assessed advanced methods for identifying and quantifying facility-level offshore methane emissions, and actions to reduce them.
Drilling at Sapote-1 well fails to find commercial hydrocarbons
The Sapote-1 well offshore Guyana encountered non-commercial hydrocarbons in one of the deeper exploration targets, following drilling by the Stena DrillMAX drillship.
Bureau Veritas wins 3-year multiservice contract for six North Sea assets
Bureau Veritas will deploy its digitalised delivery model BV Compliance for Ithaca Energy to deliver verification (including remote) certification and classification services, and environmental verification and audit services across the assets.
Equinor finds oil in Norwegian North Sea
Preliminary estimates show that between 3 and 10 million standard cubic meters of recoverable oil equivalents have been proven in in exploration well 6407 / 1-9 - Egyptian Vulture, corresponding to 19-62 million barrels.