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Chrysaor awards long-term gig to DOF platform supplier
Norwegian offshore vessel provider DOF has been awarded a contract for one of its vessels by the North Sea operator Chrysaor. Skandi Aukra vessel; Source: DOF DOF said on Thursday that the platform...
View ArticleEquinor mulls concept for Barents Sea oil field, hands out study contracts
Norwegian oil and gas player Equinor has awarded contracts for concept studies to further progress the Wisting project development, located in the Barents Sea, towards a final concept select decision....
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Aker BP kicks off production from Norwegian Sea project
Oil and gas company Aker BP has started production from Ærfugl phase 1 project development located in the Norwegian Sea. Aker BP is the operator of the project and its partners are Equinor,...
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BP making progress at Ironbark well off Australia
Oil major BP is making progress with the drilling of the Ironbark well, located offshore Australia, and it has reached the depth of 1811 metres. Ironbark well location; Source: Cue Energy BP received...
View ArticleShelf Drilling selling five stacked rigs
Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling is selling five of its stacked drilling rigs. The rig owner has also won a couple of new short gigs while some of the other contracts have been suspended....
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DOF Subsea makes management changes
DOF Subsea has appointed Martin Lundberg as acting chief financial officer (CFO) with responsibility for the corporate finance functions in the DOF Subsea Group. Illustration (Courtesy of DOF Subsea)...
View ArticleGhana orders Eni and Springfield to combine offshore oil fields
The government of Ghana has imposed its terms and conditions for the Italian oil major Eni and domestic explorer Springfield E&P for the unitisation of their adjacent oil and gas fields located in...
View ArticleVIDEO: Step right up for a virtual tour of FPSO now producing off Nigeria
Malaysian FPSO operator Yinson has released a video showing the inside workings of its Abigail-Joseph FPSO, which is now in production on a field located offshore Nigeria. Yinson’s video of the...
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SBM Offshore starts topside integration on Liza Unity FPSO
Dutch FPSO provider SBM Offshore has begun the topside integration phase on the Liza Unity FPSO in a yard in Singapore. Once completed, the FPSO will be deployed at ExxonMobil’s Stabroek offshore...
View ArticleLundin bites dust at Polmak well
Swedish oil and gas company Lundin has not been able to find any hydrocarbons at the Polmak well exploration well in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. Lundin said that it completed exploration well...
View ArticlePTTEP taps CGG for Malaysia seismic data reprocessing
Subsurface Imaging, part of CGG’s Geoscience division, has secured two large-scale seismic reprocessing contracts from PTTEP. Over the course of the next year, CGG, through its offices in Kuala...
View ArticleLOC Mexico MWS services for Protexa
LOC Mexico, a subsidiary of marine and engineering consultancy LOC Group has secured its third contract this year from Permaducto, an enterprise part of the Mexican oilfield services and...
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AGR begins decommissioning work on Kinsale field off Ireland
Energy services company AGR has begun decommissioning work on Ireland’s first indigenous gas wells on PSE Kinsale Energy’s gas fields in the Celtic Sea. In July, PSE Kinsale Energy ceased gas...
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ExxonMobil makes non-commercial discovery at Tanager-1 well off Guyana
U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has made another oil discovery at the Tanager-1 well off Guyana but the discovery was deemed non-commercial. The Tanager-1 well was drilled in the nearby Kaieteur Block,...
View ArticleBPC preparing to spud Bahamas well in December
Stena Drilling’s Stena ICEMax drillship is preparing to set sail soon to the Bahamas to spud the Perseverance #1 well for the Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC). BPC said on Tuesday in an operational...
View ArticleMermaid books $84 million loss in Q3
Subsea services provider Mermaid has reported net loss of $84.1 million for the three-month period ended 30 September 2020. This result compares with loss of some $6.2 million in the corresponding...
View ArticleU.S. readies first Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale for 2021
The U.S. government agency Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is planning the first Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale for 2021, which outlines all available areas in the region-wide auction....
View ArticleGlobal upstream M&A deals to gain momentum for the rest of 2020?
Global oil and gas operators entered 2020 unaware of what the events in the first quarter will bring, including the extent and the aftermath of those events. As the Covid-19 pandemic decimated the...
View ArticleEquinor to boost Johan Sverdrup output
Once again, the Equinor-operated Johan Sverdrup field is increasing its daily production capacity, expecting to reach around 500,000 barrels of oil per day by the end of the year. This is around...
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Vantage wins more drillship and jack-up rig work
Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has secured more work for its jack-up rig in Indonesia and a drillship in India. Platinum Explorer drillship; Source: Vantage Drilling In its fleet status...
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