Upstream news
AUS$50 million in grants made available to support exploration in Beetaloo Basin
The grants are part of the Australian government’s Beetaloo Strategic Basin Plan to bring gas from the Beetaloo’s resources into the market by 2025.
Forum Energy Technologies appoints Brazilian partner
Deepsea Technologies will provide business development and engineering support on behalf of Forum Energy Technologies (FET) in Brazil, and deliver full servicing, repair, calibration, upgrades and modifications for FET ROVs and associated tooling.
Sparrows Group awarded trio of Angolan contracts
One of the awards is a three-year renewal to continue with the planned and corrective maintenance of all lifting equipment used on four FPSO vessels in the country.
CRP Subsea to supply Helical Buoyancy technology to Maersk Drilling
CRP Subsea has been awarded a contract by Maersk Drilling for the supply of low-drag VIV suppressing Helically Grooved Drill Riser Buoyancy.
Ashtead Technology and Ocean Atlantic Petroleum partnership secures contract with Total in Angola
Leveraging the comapnies' joint capabilities, Ashtead Technology has completed a multi-asset, Class-approved mooring inspection campaign for Total E&P Angola in the Girassol and Dalia fields, and has been awarded further work in the Pazflor and CLOV fields.
Equinor awards Heimdal and Veslefrikk decommissioning contracts
Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland SE will carry out removal, dismantling and recycling of the topsides and jackets of the Heimdal riser platform, Heimdal main platform and Veslefrikk A platform in the North Sea.
Halliburton provides Malaysian students with access to E&P software
The three-year donation provides students at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS access to Halliburton Landmark’s DecisionSpace® suite of exploration and production software.
EY report: UK energy sector recovery cycle has begun but new mindset needed
Diversification, decarbonisation and digitalisation are set to define the future of the UK's oilfield services sector, according to the latest EY UK Energy Services overview.
Why the time for hybrid modelling is now
Gerardo Munoz, Sr. Product Specialist, AspenTech, explains why many organisations in the oil and gas industry cannot afford to let the opportunity to adopt hybrid modelling pass them by.
Expro and FTAI Ocean create well intervention vessel alliance
The new alliance creates a full service offering for the riserless and riser-based well intervention and P&A markets.