Upstream project news

The surveys will obtain critical seabed and sub-seabed information to facilitate the planning and emplacement of the Pecan subsea infrastructure and the FPSO ship.

Hurricane is planning an accelerated Lancaster Area work programme, focussed on drilling an additional production well on Lancaster in 2020.

Following the agreement, Shell will assume the operation of the Fuerte Sur, Purple Angel and COL-5 blocks.

Rystad Energy has predicted that of the top 30 high-impact wells to be drilled in 2020, five are located in North America, seven in South America and six in Africa.

Grupo R is to lease the La Muralla IV platform for Shell to operate in the deepwaters of the Gulf of Mexico.

The company has been awarded contracts by Saudi Aramco, Eni and Noble Energy.

Equinor has said the target is expected to be met primarily through significant growth in renewables and changes in the scale and composition of the oil and gas portfolio.

The company will provide subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines, transportation and installation, pre-commissioning of one jacket and topsides for the Ruby Project offshore Trinidad and Tobago.

Valeura Energy has received notification from its joint venture partner Equinor indicating that it intends to discontinue participation in the deep gas appraisal programme in Turkey's Thrace Basin.

The company secured contracts in the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea during the second half of 2019.