Upstream news
Saipem awarded onshore drilling contracts in Middle East and South America
The new contracts are worth a total of US$70 million.
Mammoet completes load-out of platform’s topside in Turkmenistan
Mammoet has carried out the load-out of the Garagol Deniz Drilling Platform A's topside.
Nexans to provide deepwater high voltage dynamic cable for Jansz-Io Compression project
Nexans will use its new cable-laying vessel, the Aurora, to install the cables.
Drydocks World Dubai starts FSO conversion project
The extensive modification and life extension work on the Aframax tanker will include the provision of a new hull coating, designed to make the FSO’s performance reliable for uninterrupted service for the next 20 years for offshore operation.
Xodus acquires Ocean Geo Solutions
Ocean Geo Solutions’ current workforce, including geophysicists, cartographers and support staff will continue to operate out of its Houston office.
Baker Hughes’ Subsea Drilling Systems and Akastor’s MHWirth complete merger
The new company will be known as HMH, and Baker Hughes and Akastor will own equal equity.
Shell restarts Olympus platform
Shell's remaining assets in the Mars corridor in the Gulf of Mexico, Mars and Ursa, remain shut in.
Petrobras begins sale of stakes in GoM fields
Petrobras' share of production from the fields in the first half of 2021 was 11.3 thousand boe/d.
Heerema removes Shell's Goldeneye platform in UK North Sea
Operations included removing the 1280 metric t topside and the 3019 metric t jacket before transportation to the AF Environmental Base in Norway for recycling and reuse.
Net Zero Technology Centre launches well P&A collaboration initiative
The collaboration initiative will aim to enable faster, lower cost validation and qualification of new technologies to deliver future well P&A programmes or campaigns.