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The contract includes the fabrication of over 165 000 t, consisting of six major topside platforms and jackets, 12 bridges and six bridge support platforms and jackets, as well as over 40 miles (70 km) of 36-in. oil export trunk lines and more than 55 miles (90 km) of 230kV composite subsea cables.

More than 90 companies and institutions were invited to bid on the packages, and 16 Saudi and international companies were chosen in the fields of engineering, supply and construction.

The assets are located in the eastern North Sea and are considered to be non-core by Total.

In total, seven oil and gas discoveries were made in the South American country in 2Q19.

Wood Mackenzie's supply forecast indicates there will be an additional call for Permian-to-Gulf Coast crude capacity of up to 500 000 bpd, with FID for the new capacity likely to be reached in the mid-to-late 2020s.

The Welltec Annular Isolation was deployed to provide long length openhole zonal isolation at a field in the Republic of Congo earlier this year.

The company will provide MODEC with three 34-megawatt (MW) SGT-A35 gas turbine power generation packages for an FPSO vessel.

The survey, covering an 8 x 6.13 km grid, was conducted offshore Romania in the Black Sea at approximately 1000 m water depth.

Over 300 oil and gas leaders will gather in Houston, Texas, US, at the 10th Annual Operational Excellence in Oil & Gas Summit on 4 -6 November to share best practice and discuss the latest strategies and tools to enhance efficiency, reliability, safety, and drive Operational Excellence to the frontline.

The contracts were awarded by Tatweer Petroleum - Bahrain Field Development Company W.L.L.