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Geoequip Marine completes North Sea geotechnical site investigation
Operations involved drilling over 2000 m and acquiring more than 1400 high quality samples and over 900 m of seismic PCPT data.
US Department of the Interior to offer 78 million acres for Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale
Lease Sale 254, scheduled for March 2020, will be the sixth offshore sale under the 2017 – 2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program.
i3 Energy begins drilling at Serenity field
The SA-01 appraisal well in the Serenity field in the North Sea has been spud.
Norway government reports on status of major projects
Thirteen of the projects reported on are being developed by Equinor. Eight of the company's projects have reduced costs since submitting their plans for development and operation, one project remains unchanged, while four projects have reported higher costs.
Keppel Offshore and Sete Brasil reach settlement
The settlement is in relation to engineering, procurement and construction contracts for the construction of six semi-submersible drilling rigs for subsidiaries of Sete Brasil.
Interra Resources begins drilling in Kuala Pambuang block in Indonesia
The KP-1 exploration well is located onshore southern Central Kalimantan in Indonesia.
Report on Newfoundland oil and gas potential published
The report by Nalcor Energy-Oil and Gas and Beicip-Franlab, in partnership with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has identified an additional 3 billion bbl of oil and 5.8 trillion ft3 of gas potential offshore Newfoundland.
Petrofac to provide support to Greater Buchan development
Petrofac will provide facilities and well support to Jersey Oil and Gas' Greater Buchan Area development in the North Sea.
Production begins at Johan Sverdrup
Johan Sverdrup has expected recoverable reserves of 2.7 billion boe and the full field can produce up to 660 000 bpd at peak.
Subsea 7 awarded contract by Shell for Pierce depressurisation project
Project management and detailed engineering has commenced at Subsea 7’s office in Aberdeen, with offshore activities scheduled for 2020 and 2021.