Upstream news
Bilfinger to deliver fabric maintenance campaign services on TotalEnergies’ Elgin and Franklin platforms
The contract supports a 270-day campaign on the installations and will start in March 2022, creating 300 fixed-term positions.
Worley receives funding for Enhanced Subsea Gas Tieback Project
The company's Aberdeen office has been given funding for full pre-production testing of its pseudo dry gas liquid removal system.
Liza Unity FPSO starts production offshore Guyana
Production at the Liza Unity FPSO vessel is expected to reach its target of 220 000 barrels of oil later this year.
Magseis Fairfield confirms North Sea 4D OBN contract
Start-up is expected during 2Q22 and the project will run for approximately 1 month.
TGS to carry out seismic reprocessing project offshore East India
The project, in support of India's licence round schedule, encompasses over 250 000-line km of existing 2D data across an area of over half a million km2 offshore India's east coast.
TotalEnergies withdraws from North Platte project
TotalEnergies will resign as operator of the North Platte deepwater project in the US Gulf of Mexico.
GlobalData: overall global oil and gas contracts activity improved in 4Q21
In 4Q21, the oil and gas industry saw an increase of 77% in overall contract value.
GEODynamics introduces data analytics tool to predict proppant and fluid flow
The field-proven StageCoach model accurately predicts how proppant and fluid will flow through wells to measurably improve well productivity by 10-15%.
Drilling rig arrives at Pavo-1 well site
The Noble Tom Prosser jack-up drilling rig has completed the move to the Pavo-1 well location offshore Western Australia and has concluded the jack-down and other pre-drill operations.
ReconAfrica increases stake in Kavango Basin licence
ReconAfrica is to acquire half of NAMCOR’s 10% carried participating interest in the approximate 6.3 million acres petroleum exploration licence in the Kavango Basin, Namibia.