Upstream news
Aker BP receives consent for exploration and production drilling in the North Sea
The Petroleum Safety Authority has granted the company consent to drill on the Bøyla field.
MissionEase chosen for Nexans cable layer
The high-end Nexans cable laying vessel has been designed by Skipsteknisk in Ålesund and will be constructed by Norwegian yard Ulstein Verft.
DOF Subsea Asia Pacific awarded IMR contract extension
The company has been providing services on the Chevron-operated Gorgon and Wheatstone Projects and other assets since February 2015.
Texo Group awarded ENSCO 100 main contractor shipyard project
This is the first contract win for Texo Group’s MODU business unit, having won the contract through a competitive tendering process.
BHGE launches Subsea Connect and Aptara™ TOTEX-Lite Subsea System
Subsea Connect, the Aptara™ TOTEX-lite subsea system and BHGE’s SPS Catalogue were unveiled to E&P customers at a launch event in Houston, USA.
Discover Exploration farms out Comoros PSC to Tullow Oil
As part of the transaction, Tullow will become the operator, and will partly carry Discover for a 3D seismic survey and the first exploration well.
New DynaEnergetics manufacturing facility opens in Blum, Texas
Expanded manufacturing capabilities increase production capacity of safe, efficient DynaStage™ perforating system
Caspian Sunrise provides update on its deep wells at its BNG Contract Area in Kazakhstan
The company has announced the spudding of a new deep well A8 within the Airshagyl field of the BNG contract area. It has reached a depth of 350 m without incident.
Chet Morrison Contractors completes EPCIC project on landmark development offshore Trinidad and Tobago
The Iguana field remained undeveloped for over 34 years until DeNovo became the operator in 2016, and is the first gas development campaign in the Gulf of Paria.
i-Tech Services wins first contract under new vessel charter agreement
The broad work scope for the 30 day campaign ranges from the provision of general visual inspection (GVI) services through to changing out subsea hardware in water depths of 1400 m, using the vessel’s 150 t crane.