Upstream news
Wison acquires sole control of buoyant tower technology
Wison Offshore Technology, Inc. (WOT) has recently finalised the acquisition of all interests in a technology concern incorporated in 2011 as a joint venture (JV) between Horton Wison Deepwater (HWD, predecessor to WOT) and General Marine Contractors, LLC (GMC).
Malaysia offers substantial gas investment opportunities - Wood Mackenzie
The most prospective basins for new discoveries and undeveloped gas resources in Malaysia are in offshore Sarawak, which Wood Mackenzie estimates has 17 trillion ft3 of discovered and undeveloped gas that is commercially viable.
Workshop to focus on domestic capacity building in South Sudan
The workshop in Juba, South Sudan, will focus on domestic capacity building amongst South Sudanese companies across the oil value chain, and focus on training executives on securing contracts within the local oil and gas sector.
Aqualis completes acquisition of Braemar Technical Services
Following the completion of the transaction, Braemar will be the largest shareholder in AqualisBraemar with an initial shareholding of approximately 26%, potentially increasing to 33% depending on business performance.
China’s NOCs to be fourth highest upstream investors in Africa over next five years, according to GlobalData
The company’s latest research reveals that the combined upstream investment in Africa from CNPC, Sinopec and CNOOC will be just over US$15 billion between 2019 and 2023.
Penspen partners with Ankaa Consulting to expand asset integrity services in Asia
Penspen currently provides asset integrity services to a number of clients in the region,
CGG awarded multi-year processing contract by ADNOC for OBN seismic project
CGG will perform high-end time and depth imaging of massive volumes of very high-spec data from what is believed to be the world’s largest ocean-bottom node (OBN) seismic survey to date.
SOFEC selects BMT and Sonardyne for deepwater turret mooring monitoring offshore Mozambique
The new system will involve monitoring of the turret mooring system on a new-build FLNG facility being built in South Korea for ENI’s Coral South project offshore Mozambique.
Acteon acquires TerraSond
Headquartered in the US, TerraSond is a multidisciplinary geospatial and geophysical business with experience working for clients in oil and gas.
Rigless P&A technology enables safe pressure testing of suspended mudline wells
Unity’s Temporary Abandonment Cap Test Tool (TACTT) was deployed to support an end of life project located in the Southern North Sea.