Upstream news
Neptune Energy’s subsea wells in Norway digitised with gaming tech
The new digital twins of Neptune’s wells were developed using a data visualisation platform based on 3D gaming technology to enhance drilling and production efficiency, and reduce time and costs.
Harbour Energy signs up to World Bank zero flaring initiative
Harbour Energy has become a signatory to the World Bank’s ‘Zero Routine Flaring by 2030’ initiative.
Halliburton and Schlumberger secure drilling contracts with ADNOC
The two companies, along with ADNOC Drilling, will provide rigless services across six of ADNOC's artificial islands in the Upper Zakum and Satah Al Razboot fields.
ICR secures services contract with Shell UK
ICR will provide engineered composite repairs and weldless connectors for all of Shell's UK Continental Shelf assets.
Sercel makes first sale of new seabed nodal system
The sale to BGP Inc. includes 18 000 nodes that will be deployed in 4Q21 on a large-scale, long-term, multi-vessel operation in the Middle East region.
Express Engineering specified for European offshore carbon capture project
Express Engineering will participate in a long-term environmental project that will allow liquefied CO2 to be transported by undersea pipeline to a subsea storage facility located in the North Sea.
Ardyne and Equinor form well decommissioning JIP
Equinor and Ardyne are jointly funding the £1 million project, which will aim to develop a well decommissioning technology that will reduce the economic and environmental impacts of slot recovery and decommissioning.
FUELSAVE and Seadrill partner on decarbonising offshore drilling
Seadrill’s West Saturn drillship will be fitted with FUELSAVE’s combustion conditioning technology to reduce fuel consumption and harmful emissions while it operates in the Bacalhau field in Brazil.
Valaris awarded 16-well contract offshore Australia
Woodside has contracted the VALARIS DPS-1 semisubmersible for the campaign.
Petrobras sells Papa-Terra field offshore Brazil to 3R Petroleum
The field is located in the Campos Basin and began operating in 2013.