Upstream project news
Colorado changes regulatory structure for oil and natural gas production
Senate Bill 181, signed in mid-April and also known as Protect Public Welfare Oil and Gas Operations, amends the Oil and Gas Conservation Act and gives counties and municipalities increased regulatory authority over oil and natural gas development in their jurisdictions.
EM&I complete diverless caisson repair in Angola
The repair was undertaken for an FPSO operator on a project in Angola.
Tendeka and Baker Hughes Norge to deliver sand-face completion equipment to Equinor fields
Equinor has signed three-year contracts with Tendeka AS and Baker Hughes Norge AS for providing sand screen services at a total value of around NOK one billion, including options for five two-year extensions.
Prospex Oil & Gas begins drilling second well in North East Romania
Drilling and testing at Bainet West are expected to take 15 - 20 days to complete.
Ampelmann reaches personnel transfer milestone in Nigeria
The offshore access provider has overseen more than 10 000 safe personnel transfers for Mobil Production Nigeria on the Jascon-55 vessel since January 2019.
Wood secures Equinor contracts for onshore and offshore facilities in Norway
The first contract is for FEED services for the GRAND project while the second relates to the Kollsnes MEG Upgrade project.
Workshop to focus on domestic capacity building in South Sudan
The workshop in Juba, South Sudan, will focus on domestic capacity building amongst South Sudanese companies across the oil value chain, and focus on training executives on securing contracts within the local oil and gas sector.
China’s NOCs to be fourth highest upstream investors in Africa over next five years, according to GlobalData
The company’s latest research reveals that the combined upstream investment in Africa from CNPC, Sinopec and CNOOC will be just over US$15 billion between 2019 and 2023.
CGG awarded multi-year processing contract by ADNOC for OBN seismic project
CGG will perform high-end time and depth imaging of massive volumes of very high-spec data from what is believed to be the world’s largest ocean-bottom node (OBN) seismic survey to date.
SOFEC selects BMT and Sonardyne for deepwater turret mooring monitoring offshore Mozambique
The new system will involve monitoring of the turret mooring system on a new-build FLNG facility being built in South Korea for ENI’s Coral South project offshore Mozambique.