NOIA Special Issue

Understnading the gas price/drilling disconnect.

May 1st, 2003

NOIA Special Issue

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JIP to investigate subsea gas/carbon dioxide separation

Aker Solutions and various major operators are collaborating in a joint industry project on subsea gas separation.

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Petrobras starts up fourth FPSO of 2019

Petrobras has started production through the FPSO P-68 from the Berbigão field in the presalt Santos basin.

The Northern Drilling semisub West Mira.

Wintershall Dea cleared to resume drilling on Maria offshore mid-Norway

Wintershall Dea has secured approval from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority to use the Northern Drilling semisub West Mira for activities on the Maria field in the Norwegian Sea.

Senegal license round features mostly ultra-deepwater

Senegal’s state oil company PETROSEN will open the country’s first offshore licensing round in January at the MSGBC Basin Summit & Exhibition.

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Saipem, Subsea 7 merger talks making waves through subsea market

Saipem is reportedly considering a combination with Subsea 7 in a deal that could rank as one of the European oil services industry’s biggest-ever deals.

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.

The company plans to acquire dozens more offshore, island, and land rigs by 2025.

ADNOC to boost offshore rig numbers

ADNOC Drilling has committed to a rig fleet expansion to support parent company ADNOC’s upstream growth plans in the UAE.

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

SBM Offshore has issued updates on its current FPSO construction programs.

The 2,500-ton structure was installed earlier this week using the HL-5000 barge.

Another South Pars platform installed offshore Iran

Pars Oil and Gas Co. has completed installation of the third platform for phases 22-24 of the South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf.

Cambo oil and gas field layout.

Siccar Point lodges plan for Cambo west of Shetland

Siccar Point Energy E&P has submitted an application to Britain’s Oil and Gas Authority to develop the deepwater Cambo oil and gas field 125 km (78 mi) west of Shetland.

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.

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.

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.

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.