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GlobalData: boosting investments allocation among oil and gas operators could strengthen production in DJ Basin
According to GlobalData’s latest report, ‘DJ Basin in the US, 2021 – Oil and Gas Shale Market Analysis and Outlook to 2025’, the Denver Julesburg Basin accounted for 7.02% of oil and 6.65% of natural gas production in the United States Lower 48 for 2020.
MODEC awarded EPCI contract for Bacalhau field FPSO
The FPSO will be the first application of MODEC's “M350 Hull”.
McDermott achieves deepest pipelay in India
The Satellite Cluster Project scope for Reliance Industries included subsea pipelines and the installation of jumpers, umbilicals, in-line structures, pipelines, subsea manifolds and associated structures and pre-commissioning of pipelines and umbilicals.
KCA Deutag awarded platform drilling contracts in Russia, UK and Norway
The combined value of the awards is approximately US$550 million and will account for 13 years of contract backlog.
Subsea Integration Alliance awarded Bacalhau field EPCI contract
The development will include 140 km of rigid risers and flowlines, 40 km of umbilicals and 19 trees, as well as associated subsea equipment, in water depths of approximately 2050 m.
Rystad Energy: 2021 last year global oil and gas taxes will approach trillion-dollar mark
From 2022, taxes will be limited to the low US$800 billion range, only ticking up in the early 2030s to about US$900 billion, before starting their final and uninterrupted decline to as low as US$580 billion in 2040 and about US$350 billion in 2050, according to Rystad Energy.
Repsol sells Vietnam and Malaysia E&P assets to Hibiscus Petroleum
The transaction follows Repsol's sale of producing assets in Russia, the cessation of oil production activities in Spain and the exit from exploratory activity in other countries.
Sercel launches shallow water nodal seismic system
GPR300 is specially designed for deployment in shallow waters down to depths of 300 m.
Neptune Energy digitises North Sea platforms
‘Digital twins’ have been created for the K9-A, L5-D and F3-B platforms in the Netherlands, Gjøa in Norway, and Cygnus in the UK Southern North Sea.
PGS and ION complete Egypt survey for Shell
The two companies have completed a survey offshore Egypt on behalf of Shell.