Oil & gas news

Shell launched a process at the end of November 2019 to sell its onshore upstream assets in the Western Desert to focus on expanding its Egyptian offshore gas exploration.

Keppel has said it has delivered the world’s fastest brownfield FPSO modification and upgrading project.

The contract, worth in excess of £100 million pounds, will see ASCO continue to provide a fully managed and integrated, logistics, materials management, waste and marine gas oil supply service.

Global contractor Dolphin Drilling has announced it has secured a one well plus one optional well with Wellesley Petroleum AS for a programme of drilling work on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

The company is to acquire a 12.5% interest in Block 2B located in the Orange Basin.

Wintershall Dea Norge AS is in the process of concluding the drilling of appraisal well 6604/5-2 S, located about 113 km southwest of the Aasta Hansteen field.

The company is seeking to commence drilling operations in the Tilapia oilfield during April 2020.

The overall site, which is being developed by Saudi Aramco, is expected to be the largest maritime industries complex in the Kingdom and the Middle East region in terms of production, capacity and scale.

The contracts are for the fabrication of some units of topside modules for a FPSO vessel, pipe racks and skids.

The company has completed consecutive as-built and post-construction, anchor-debris-clearance surveys using remotely operated vehicles (ROV) for McDermott International.