Saipem’s FDS2 (pictured) and Constellation will perform the Payara offshore operations using a combination of J-lay and reel-lay.
ExxonMobil sticks with Saipem for third deepwater Guyana project
ExxonMobil has awarded Saipem a wide-ranging subsea construction contract for the proposed Payara development in 2,000 m (6,562 ft) water depth in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana.
Nov 14th, 2019
The company plans to acquire dozens more offshore, island, and land rigs by 2025.
ADNOC to boost offshore rig numbers
Nov 14th, 2019
The company has anchored the FPSO Liza Destiny to its mooring system at the Liza Phase 1 location offshore Guyana.
Hookup continuing at Liza field offshore Guyana
Nov 14th, 2019
The 2,500-ton structure was installed earlier this week using the HL-5000 barge.
Another South Pars platform installed offshore Iran
Nov 14th, 2019
Cambo oil and gas field layout.
Siccar Point lodges plan for Cambo west of Shetland
Nov 14th, 2019
Regional Reports
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Timor Leste awards offshore gas-prone PSC
Nov 11th, 2019
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Senegal, Mozambique planning licensing rounds
Nov 8th, 2019
Brazil118
Analyst calls for tax, licensing reforms to boost Brazil bid rounds
Nov 8th, 2019
Drilling Completion
The company plans to acquire dozens more offshore, island, and land rigs by 2025.
ADNOC to boost offshore rig numbers
Nov 14th, 2019
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Shelf sells two jackups
Nov 13th, 2019
Zeus is in block 12, between the Karish and Tanin leases, offshore Israel.
Energean identifies Zeus as next drilling target offshore Israel
Nov 13th, 2019
Field Development
The Bison, Iguana and Gajah Puteri gas fields are on the Natuna Sea block A offshore Indonesia.
Offshore Indonesia gas field trio close to start-up
Nov 14th, 2019
Saipem’s FDS2 (pictured) and Constellation will perform the Payara offshore operations using a combination of J-lay and reel-lay.
ExxonMobil sticks with Saipem for third deepwater Guyana project
Nov 14th, 2019
The 2,500-ton structure was installed earlier this week using the HL-5000 barge.
Another South Pars platform installed offshore Iran
Nov 14th, 2019
Subsea
Saipem’s FDS2 (pictured) and Constellation will perform the Payara offshore operations using a combination of J-lay and reel-lay.
ExxonMobil sticks with Saipem for third deepwater Guyana project
Nov 14th, 2019
Illustration of the Hywind Tampen project with the Gullfaks field in the background. (Dimensions and distances are not realistic.)
JDR adapting power cables for Hywind Tampen floating wind farm
Nov 14th, 2019
The company uses ROV machine-vision technology combined with fast acquisition, processing, and reporting of data for its underwater inspection in lieu of dry-docking projects.
i-Tech 7 inspects Borr semisub in the North Sea
Nov 13th, 2019
Geosciences
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Eni highlights benefits of latest reservoir simulator
Nov 13th, 2019
The company will focus on its Manta ocean bottom node technology.
Seabed Geosolutions to focus on OBN seismic technologies
Nov 13th, 2019
The two companies will jointly identify marine seismic opportunities in the Middle East North Africa region.
Polarcus, ARGAS to pursue MENA marine seismic opportunities
Nov 12th, 2019
The CGG team at the company’s expanded Abu Dhabi Regional Geoscience Center.
CGG expands Middle East geoscience capability
Nov 12th, 2019
Peninsular Malaysia Mega-Merge data-set will involve broadband reprocessing of legacy 3D data from field tapes, and acquisition of new broadband 3D seismic.
Consortium to acquire, re-process Malay basin broadband data
Nov 8th, 2019
Pipelines
Kellas Midstream owns and operates gas infrastructure in the UK central and southern North Sea including the Central Area Transmission System (CATS) pipeline, which transports gas from the central area to the CATS reception and processing terminal at Teesside, northeast England.
BlackRock, GIC to acquire Kellas Midstream
Nov 14th, 2019
Sandvik
Sandvik supplying CRA materials for corrosive Abu Dhabi wells
Nov 11th, 2019
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Gas leak shuts down South Pars pipeline
Nov 11th, 2019
The TurkStream route in the Black Sea.
Gas injection under way through TurkStream pipelines
Nov 11th, 2019
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Noble secures stake in East Mediterranean offshore gas pipeline
Nov 7th, 2019
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Production
Eigen’s Ingenuity service, deployed in a cloud environment using the latest DevOps tools, is generating a visualization and integration platform for real-time operational data at Brage.
Eigen to pilot digital twin at North Sea Brage field
Nov 13th, 2019
The FPSO Prof. John Evans Atta Mills operates at the TEN field development offshore Ghana.
Equipment, well issues slow production from offshore Ghana fields
Nov 13th, 2019
The company acquired 85% interest in the Captain field in the UK North Sea.
Ithaca concludes Chevron North Sea transaction
Nov 11th, 2019
Rigs & Vessels
The company plans to acquire dozens more offshore, island, and land rigs by 2025.
ADNOC to boost offshore rig numbers
Nov 14th, 2019
The company has anchored the FPSO Liza Destiny to its mooring system at the Liza Phase 1 location offshore Guyana.
Hookup continuing at Liza field offshore Guyana
Nov 14th, 2019
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Shelf sells two jackups
Nov 13th, 2019
Deepwater
Saipem’s FDS2 (pictured) and Constellation will perform the Payara offshore operations using a combination of J-lay and reel-lay.
ExxonMobil sticks with Saipem for third deepwater Guyana project
Nov 14th, 2019
Cambo oil and gas field layout.
Siccar Point lodges plan for Cambo west of Shetland
Nov 14th, 2019
The FPSO Prof. John Evans Atta Mills operates at the TEN field development offshore Ghana.
Equipment, well issues slow production from offshore Ghana fields
Nov 13th, 2019
Business Briefs
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Costain wins North Sea FEED work
Nov 14th, 2019
Mike Henry will succeed Andrew Mackenzie as CEO of BHP.
BHP names new CEO
Nov 14th, 2019
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Faroe team form new North Sea E&P independent
Nov 13th, 2019
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Schlumberger to recruit more UAE nationals
Nov 13th, 2019
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ADNOC enters AI partnership
Nov 12th, 2019
White Papers
Protection of splash zone areas of offshore facilities with ultra-high solids glass flake epoxies
Oct 1st, 2019
Driving Toward a Sustainable Future: Applying Smart Technology to Meet Offshore Challenges and Optimize Asset Performance
Sep 30th, 2019
Floating Production Units in the Digital Era: Applying Digital Approaches to Drive Operational Efficiencies
Jun 17th, 2019
New water-repellent coating system reduces maintenance requirements offshore
May 28th, 2019
High-performance plastic solutions for drilling rigs
May 3rd, 2019
Special Reports
Noia2019
2019 NOIA Supplement
May 1st, 2019
French2019
2019 French Supplement
May 1st, 2019
Port Fourchon2019
Port Fourchon
Apr 1st, 2019
Buckskin3
The Buckskin development
Jun 17th, 2019
Noia
Is the offshore industry all dressed up with no place to go?
May 1st, 2018
Illustration of the Hywind Tampen project with the Gullfaks field in the background. (Dimensions and distances are not realistic.)
JDR adapting power cables for Hywind Tampen floating wind farm
Equinor has awarded JDR Cable Systems a design/manufacturing contract for the Hywind Tampen wind farm project in the Norwegian North Sea.
Nov 14th, 2019
The FPSO Prof. John Evans Atta Mills operates at the TEN field development offshore Ghana.
Equipment, well issues slow production from offshore Ghana fields
Tullow Oil predicts average full-year production from the Jubilee field offshore Ghana of around 89,000 b/d this year, below expectations.
Nov 13th, 2019
Zeus is in block 12, between the Karish and Tanin leases, offshore Israel.
Energean identifies Zeus as next drilling target offshore Israel
Energean plans a 5.4-km (3.36-mi) subsea tieback of its recent Karish North discovery offshore Israel to the FPSO Energean Power.
Nov 13th, 2019
The semisubmersible Mærsk Developer was built in 2009.
Shell contracts Maersk semisub for offshore Trinidad and Tobago wells
Shell subsidiary BG International has contracted the semisubmersible Mærsk Developer for a two-well development drilling program offshore Trinidad and Tobago.
Nov 13th, 2019
Locations of the Joe-1 and Jethro-1 discovery wells offshore Guyana.
Offshore Guyana partners assess implications of heavy oil analysis
Analysis of oil samples taken from the recent Jethro and Joe discovery wells offshore Guyana suggests that both fields contain heavy crudes with a high sulfur content.
Nov 13th, 2019
A representation of the Apsara oil field in block A offshore Cambodia.
Indonesian fabricator to construct first-phase Apsara platform
KrisEnergy has conditionally contracted PT Profab1 to supply a minimum facilities wellhead platform for the Apsara oil field development in block A offshore Cambodia.
Nov 13th, 2019
The company will focus on its Manta ocean bottom node technology.
Seabed Geosolutions to focus on OBN seismic technologies
Fugro subsidiary Seabed Geosolutions has agreed to sell its entire shallow water ocean bottom cable recording equipment spread for around $10 million.
Nov 13th, 2019
The Global 1201 is a multi-purpose DP-2 heavy-lift and pipelay vessel.
TechnipFMC in talks to sell S-lay vessel
TechnipFMC is looking to sell its offshore construction vessel G1201 as it looks to optimize its subsea fleet.
Nov 13th, 2019
The Bourbon Evolution 802 will feature three-axis stabilized antennas from Cobham, developed for and approved by Inmarsat for the Global Xpress satellite network.
Bourbon opts for Inmarsat broadband service for offshore vessels
Bourbon has agreed to adopt Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress on more than 100 offshore support vessels.
Nov 13th, 2019
Lankhost supplied three Lankforce slings in different dimensions for the Dolphin platform module lift.
Slings adapted for Dolphin platform module lift
Lankhorst Ropes has provided slings to Seaway 7 for a heavy-lift operation for Shell’s Dolphin platform accommodation upgrade project in the East Coast Marine Area offshore Trinidad and Tobago.
Nov 12th, 2019
The two companies will jointly identify marine seismic opportunities in the Middle East North Africa region.
Polarcus, ARGAS to pursue MENA marine seismic opportunities
Polarcus has signed a memorandum of understanding with Arabian Geophysical and Surveying Company to collaborate on seismic projects in the Middle East North Africa region.
Nov 12th, 2019
Illustration of the Apsara oilfield development production barge.
Quarters, helideck in place at offshore Cambodia oilfield barge
KrisEnergy has issued an update on its Apsara oilfield development in Cambodia’s offshore block A.
Nov 12th, 2019
The anchor handler tug supply vessel BOS Turmalina will continue supporting activities at the Atlanta field in the Santos basin.
BOS Turmalina to remain on duty at Atlanta offshore Brazil
Solstad Offshore has renewed its charter contract for the anchor handler tug supply vessel BOS Turmalina with Enauta Energia offshore Brazil.
Nov 12th, 2019
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Southeast Asia to boost OFS market
A fresh wave of offshore project sanctions across Southeast Asia could boost greenfield investments in the oilfield service market by almost 70% in 2020, according to Rystad Energy.
Nov 11th, 2019