Upstream news

With co-funding from the Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC), KBC will collaborate with INPEX Corp. and Heriot-Watt University to generate new data for enhanced prediction of mercury solubility in oil and gas processing.

The company has announced that the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible Mærsk Deliverer has been awarded a three-year contract by Inpex Australia and joint venture participants for drilling at the Ichthys gas and condensate field.

The company will supply equipment which detects and protects workers from hazardous gases to 23 platforms across the North Sea, under three new contracts worth more than £1 million.

The company has been awarded a 75% interest and operatorship of the Lixus Offshore Licence, Morocco, in partnership with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines.

The company has completed construction of the seventh well at production platform number two of Vladimir Filanovsky field.

The company announced it has signed a Joint Venture agreement with Zamil Offshore to target the Maintenance, Modifications and Operations (MMO) market in Saudi Arabia.

The Alliance Agreement between Neptune and TechnipFMC has been signed for an initial five-year term with options for further extensions.

The company has been appointed Well Operator by Tullow Oil for the next phase of its Thames Decommissioning Project, following the award of a contract worth around US$16 million.

The project is part of the ADNOC strategic development programme to increase the NASR field’s capacity to 65 000 bpd.

Eight months after its sister ship, Kaombo Norte, came on stream, Kaombo Sul will add 115 000 bpd and bring the overall production capacity to 230 000 bpd.