Upstream news

John Chillingworth, Lucion Marine, explores how IHM is the key to managing hazardous materials danger.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has consented to the start on the Conoco Phillips-operated installation Ekofisk 2/4 VC in the North Sea.

Subsea 7 has announced the award of a sizeable contract by Shell as part of the deepwater Vito development, approximately 150 miles south of New Orleans, in the US Gulf of Mexico. 

TechnipFMC and DOF Subsea (DOF) announce that the Skandi Recife, a Brazilian-flagged flexible lay and construction vessel owned by the joint venture formed between TechnipFMC (50%) and DOF (50%), commenced its 8 year charter contract with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras). The vessel will work in the Campos, Santos and Espírito Santo basins. 

Eland Oil & Gas PLC, an oil & gas production and development company operating in West Africa with an initial focus on Nigeria, has announced that its joint-venture subsidiary Elcrest Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd (Elcrest) has successfully drilled and completed the Opuama-9 well.

The findings are reported in MEI’s latest North America Gas Outlook to 2030, which explores gas supply and demand projections to 2030.

SDx is a data-centric SaaS solution that creates and maintains the 'digital twin' of an industrial facility.

Seismic crews will now be able to deploy the 508XT solution in marsh zones and water depths of up to 25 m.

Reflecting equity volumes produced since the effective date of 1 January 2018 and the deposit paid upon the signing of the transaction, Equinor has paid Petrobras an adjusted cash consideration of US$2 billion.

Advanced Smart Meter Verification diagnostics to deliver real time intelligence and calibration of Coriolis and magnetic flow meters for a complete process overview and greater operational certainty.