Upstream news

Subsea7 has announced the award of a sizeable contract by Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center AS (TP-OTC) to provide inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services for the Sakarya gas field development in the Black Sea.

Seatrium has been awarded a contract for a deepwater new-build floating production unit in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Baleine is the first net zero emission Upstream project (Scope 1 and 2) in Africa, made possible through the adoption of advanced technologies, which minimise the operations’ carbon footprint.

Signing ceremony in Houston formalises five-year extension to the relationship between the two companies.

Jennifer Knopf, Dr. Ulf W. Naatz, and Neil Lawrence Tobin, Vink Chemicals, discuss mercaptan removal strategies in the oil and gas industry and highlight a way to effectively manage and control their presence.

Gulf Keystone, an independent operator and producer in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has provided an operation and corporate update.

Connor Docherty, SPM Oil & Gas, a Caterpillar company, highlights advances in durable pump consumables and how they promote greater operational efficiency.

The US Energy Information Administration has reported that from January 2021 through September 2024, crude oil production in Argentina increased by 50%, and natural gas production rose by 27%, lifting output of both fuels near the records set in the early 2000s.

Golak Patnaik, Principal Analyst, Asia Pacific Upstream Research, Wood Mackenzie, looks back at 2024’s upstream highlights for the Asia Pacific region, revealing the distinct dynamics at play in its varied oil and gas markets.

Equinor has made a discovery 17 km west of the Troll field in the North Sea. The discovery is currently estimated at 2 – 12 million boe.