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The semisubmersible West Phoenix drilled well 6507/2-5 S on the Ørn prospect in production license 942 in the Norwegian Sea.

Equinor finds gas in the Norwegian Sea, brings Utgard onstream

VAALCO pursues London listing to accelerate growth targets

Chevron and Schlumberger plan to accelerate deployment of DELFI solutions in Azure, with support from Microsoft.

Schlumberger enters tri-partite digital collaboration

The company provided its integrated deflection monitoring system services and equipment to support the installation of eight integrated template structures at Equinor’s Askeladd and Johan Castberg fields in the northern Norwegian Sea.

Ashtead supports Askeladd, Castberg subsea installations

Oil price spike after Saudi drone attack likely short-lived, says analyst

Field Development

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Azeri Central East construction contracts awarded

The company provided its integrated deflection monitoring system services and equipment to support the installation of eight integrated template structures at Equinor’s Askeladd and Johan Castberg fields in the northern Norwegian Sea.

Ashtead supports Askeladd, Castberg subsea installations

The company is working on the FPSO for Equinor’s Johan Castberg field development in the Barents Sea.

Kvaerner sets sights on more FPSOs, wind farms

Subsea

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Dril-Quip’s offshore Vietnam contract canceled

The company provided its integrated deflection monitoring system services and equipment to support the installation of eight integrated template structures at Equinor’s Askeladd and Johan Castberg fields in the northern Norwegian Sea.

Ashtead supports Askeladd, Castberg subsea installations

DOF Subsea now has six ROVs fitted with SPRINT-Nav technology.

Sonardyne delivers further subsea navigation package to DOF

Geosciences

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WesternGeco initiates shallow-water WAZ survey offshore Mexico

The company developed the GPR ocean bottom node in partnership with BGP.

Sercel, BGP develop compact node for seismic imaging

The SW Amundsen will acquire the 2,000-sq km (772-sq mi) survey over block COL-5, equipped with Isometrix multi-sensor streamer technology.

Shearwater to shoot 3D Isometrix survey offshore Colombia

The jointly developed concept uses AUVs which are pre-programmed to self-deploy to the ocean floor and reposition multiple times.

Woodside, Blue Ocean Monitoring form autonomous OBS venture

The GAIA digital subsurface platform is powered by the DELFI cognitive E&P environment.

WesternGeco teams with IHS on E&P data

Pipelines

Left to right: President of INTRA Services Alexander Shilov, Sakhalin Energy CEO Roman Dashkov, and STATS Group Technical Adviser – Global BD Support, Dave Vernon.

STATS enters Sakhalin-2 pipeline MoU

The Dons are a collection of oil fields that produce via subsea tiebacks to the Northern Producer floating production facility in the UK northern North Sea.

EnQuest installs two replacement North Sea pipelines

The Seatooth Pipelogger is a real-time, wireless technology that can operate at depths of up to 2,000 m (6,562 ft) without the need for periodic ROV inspection.

OE 2019: Upgraded Pipelogger to monitor subsea pipeline for Allseas

The Seven Seas is a construction/flex-lay vessel capable of operating in water depths up to 3,000 m.

Subsea 7 to install Lapa North East pipelines

The thermoplastic composite pipe flowlines will be deployed offshore West Africa.

OE 2019: Airborne wins TCP flowlines contract offshore West Africa

Business Briefs

VAALCO pursues London listing to accelerate growth targets

Chevron and Schlumberger plan to accelerate deployment of DELFI solutions in Azure, with support from Microsoft.

Schlumberger enters tri-partite digital collaboration

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Rosneft, FEFU to analyze ice impact on far north offshore structures

The partners are developing and testing a concept for drone operations that will allow UAV operators to act within hours of an inspection request, facilitating routine beyond visual line of sight in the North Sea.

Consortium aiming to speed up North Sea UAV response

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LOC to form Brunei operation for Shell support

White Papers

Floating Production Units in the Digital Era: Applying Digital Approaches to Drive Operational Efficiencies

New water-repellent coating system reduces maintenance requirements offshore

High-performance plastic solutions for drilling rigs

Wind Lidars Supporting Offshore Rigs

2019 Worldwide Survey of Active Heating Projects (as of Feb 2019)

Special Reports

2019 NOIA Supplement

2019 French Supplement

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The Buckskin development

Is the offshore industry all dressed up with no place to go?

The jackup Topaz Driller will drill the Etame 9P appraisal wellbore and then the Etame 9H development well offshore Gabon.

Vantage jackup drilling multiple targets for Vaalco offshore Gabon

The semisubmersible Transocean Enabler will drill well 7219/9-3 on the Mist prospect in the Barents Sea.

Equinor gets nod for further Castberg area well offshore northern Norway

The GAIA digital subsurface platform is powered by the DELFI cognitive E&P environment.

WesternGeco teams with IHS on E&P data

The company’s interests offshore Israel.

Strong results from initial Karish wells offshore Israel

Block 7 is in the Sureste basin offshore Mexico.

Talos tracking more oil prospects in block 7 offshore Mexico

Lincoln Crestal was the second of three wells this year on the Greater Warwick Area.

West of Shetland Lincoln oil well to be suspended as future producer

ANP approves production-sharing terms for Santos basin fields

The company’s various licenses offshore Ireland.

Providence seeking funds to maintain offshore Ireland operations

The anchor handler tug supply vessel Far Scout is under contract to Petrobras.

Petrobras extends Solstad vessel deals

The Amazon Warrior is designed to conduct high productivity acquisition in harsh environments.

Shearwater nets six-month South America 3D seismic survey

Purchase Of Oilfield Services 2015 To 2023

Oilfield service market growth expected to take a hit

The Algoa-Gamtoos license is in the Outeniqua basin offshore South Africa.

More prospects emerge close to Brulpadda offshore South Africa

Production from Vigdis comes through seven subsea templates and two satellite wells connected to the Snorre A platform in the Tampen area in the Norwegian North Sea.

Equinor granted production extensions at two North Sea fields

The pilot combined sensor technology originally designed by NASA for the Mars Curiosity Rover with a fixed-wing remote piloted air system, or drone, which circled the Clair field platform at a radius of 550 m (1,894 ft) for 90 minutes.

BP to extend North Sea drone methane monitoring