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The fabrication yard delivered to the aggressive schedule and fabricated the 4000 t, 4-deck topsides in less than 12 months with no follow-on work.

Trintes is currently producing over 1000 bpd through artificial lift including ESP (electrical submersible pumps) and PCP (progressive cavity pumps) technology.

On 2 September the Visund Nord IOR (improved oil recovery) project came on stream, two months ahead of schedule. The project has further been delivered with no serious HSE incidents and well below budget.

Keith Myers, Westwood insight, explains how the latest Guyana discovery opens the way to a new 10 billion bbl oil province and transformation for one of South America’s smallest countries.

Mark Cullens has been appointed to the new role of Director of Strategic Development for OPITO, the global, not-for-profit skills body for the energy industry.

According to GlobalData, the wide variance in economic performance among operators in the unconventional horizontal wells that were refractured in Haynesville, Louisiana, US, during 2017- 2018 highlights the need for refracturing techniques to evolve to increase success cases for operators.

Wood and Abyssal are to provide the latest digital technology aimed at improving the design, constructability, operation and inspection of subsea assets globally.

Tom Box will join the company as Vice President, while Gary McWilliam has taken on the role of Applications Manager for the Eastern Hemisphere.

Yokogawa TechInvent AS, has received orders to provide 59 high-performance FluidCom chemical injection metering valves for two offshore oil fields that are being developed by Equinor ASA.

Petrofac has received a provisional letter of award for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract worth US$600 million with Sonatrach for EPC1 of the Tinhert Field Development Project in Algeria.