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  • Volume 79, Issue 9

    • Volume 79, Issue 9

    (All images courtesy ANCAP)
    Uruguay open round offshore blocks.
    Geosciences

    Uruguay open round presents unique offshore frontier opportunity

    Oct. 22, 2019
    Uruguay is a reliable and stable country with above-ground risks minimized, which counterbalances the high exploratory risk.
    (All images courtesy Lebanese Petroleum Administration)
    Prospects mapped in Lebanon share the same trends as those discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean.
    Geosciences

    Lebanon offering more offshore blocks as majors prepare to start drilling

    Oct. 22, 2019
    Lebanon has opened more offshore blocks to exploration under the country’s second licensing round.
    (Courtesy ExxonMobil)
    The Saipem FDS2 has already laid the flowline network.
    Deepwater

    ExxonMobil-led consortium advancing Guyana’s first offshore projects

    Oct. 21, 2019
    Guyana’s first offshore oilfield project, Liza Phase 1, is on track to start production early next year.
    (Courtesy BP)
    The Greater Tortue/Ahmeyim LNG project is located on the maritime border of Mauritania and Senegal, West Africa.
    Deepwater

    Greater Tortue/Ahmeyim presses the ultra-deepwater envelope

    Oct. 21, 2019
    The Greater Tortue/Ahmeyim LNG project represents Africa’s deepest offshore project to date, and its development scheme is incorporating some of the industry’s latest digital ...
    (Courtesy Petrobras)
    The FPSO Pioneiro de Libra is Petrobras’ first extended well test-dedicated unit equipped to re-inject the gas produced.
    Deepwater

    Consortium advancing ultra-deepwater Mero project off Brazil

    Oct. 21, 2019
    Development of one of Brazil’s largest oil discoveries is in full swing in the presalt Santos basin.

    More content from Volume 79, Issue 9

    (Images courtesy Siemens)
    The Operations Intelligence Platform is designed to provide users with a wide range of up-to-the-minute information.
    Production

    Digital platform collates data to create ‘single source of truth’

    Oct. 21, 2019
    For a gas condensate field development project in the North Sea, Siemens has deployed an Operations Intelligence Platform that integrates data from 21 different IT sources.
    (Courtesy DNV GL)
    3D visual of risks (semi-transparent blocks), key points (green dots) and escape routes (blue lines).
    Production

    Digital twins supporting risk-based decision making for offshore installations

    Oct. 21, 2019
    With the influence of digital technologies, cloud-based tools, such as DNV GL’s MyQRA and Cloud QRA, can be used to develop living quantitative risk assessments which can be updated...
    (Courtesy Cognite)
    Visualization of well construction data contextualized with drilling operation and well production data from multiple systems.
    Drilling & Completion

    Digital well delivery requires contextualization

    Oct. 21, 2019
    Digitalization of well delivery—from well construction to completion—requires a shift in thinking about data ownership and data control.
    (All images courtesy ClockSpring|NRI)
    With the broad range of composite repair systems available, there is a proven solution for nearly every type of corrosion found offshore.
    Production

    Composites improving corrosion mitigation on offshore assets

    Oct. 21, 2019
    Composite technology has been used for decades to safely protect or rehabilitate steel. It has proven to be robust and long-lasting in a range of applications.
    Websiteimage Sunset
    Production

    Floating production growth raises optimism and concerns

    Oct. 21, 2019
    The floating production market is burgeoning once again, with the number of FPSO contracts expected this year set to exceed 2018, and then continue an upward growth trajectory...
    1910 Of Fdata Z01
    Vessels

    Worldwide offshore rig count and utilization rate

    Oct. 21, 2019
    The offshore drilling market has not changed much over the last month with small but somewhat positive results. The total number of jackups, semis, and drillships under contract...
    1910 Of Fdata Z02
    Vessels

    Will the appetite for stranded Chinese jackups continue?

    Oct. 21, 2019
    Bankruptcies, canceled contracts, and abandonment of newbuilds have left several China-based shipyards with an oversupply of jackups. The Chinese government has not allowed shipyards...
    (Source: Westwood Analysis)
    Notes: The number of high impact wells (frontier play tests and/or prospect bigger than 100 MMbbl or 1 tcf) that each NOC had an equity stake in outside of its home country from 2008 to the end July 2019. The nine most active NOCs in the period are highlighted in red and were in 84% of the total 270 wells in which non-domestic NOCs participated.
    Drilling & Completion

    Equinor, CNOOC lead NOC international exploration

    Oct. 21, 2019
    Westwood research shows that NOCs have participated in 270 high-impact exploration wells outside of their home country since 2008. The nine most active NOCs have spent a combined...
    (Courtesy Tullow Oil)
    The Stena Forth, having drilled the Joe discovery well offshore Guyana, was due to transfer across the Atlantic for a new campaign offshore Ghana.
    Regional Reports

    Global E&P

    Oct. 21, 2019
    North America Talos Energy and its partners may drill further targets on block 7 in the Sureste basin offshore Mexico after gaining a two-year extension to the license from CNH...
    (Courtesy Allseas)
    How the Pioneering Spirit might remove and transport the redundant Gyda platform jacket.
    Regional Reports

    Offshore Europe

    Oct. 21, 2019
    UK operators still wary on costs Cutting emissions and costs were two of the priorities for the North Sea highlighted at the SPE Offshore Europe 2019 plenary session in Aberdeen...
    (Courtesy Talos Energy)
    Talos Energy has secured a two-year extension to block 7 in the Sureste basin offshore Mexico.
    Regional Reports

    Gulf of Mexico

    Oct. 21, 2019
    Talos Energy ramps up its E&P activities in US, Mexican Gulf Talos Energy Inc. says that it has entered into two separate agreements with BP and ExxonMobil related to new exploration...
    (Courtesy Aker Solutions)
    Intelligent Subsea combines integrated field design, accelerated field development, and maximized performance throughout life of field.
    Subsea

    Subsea Systems

    Oct. 21, 2019
    Digital solutions aim to improve subsea projects Aker Solutions has launched Intelligent Subsea, an offering designed to accelerate field development and maximize performance....
    (Courtesy SBM Offshore)
    The FPSO Liza Destiny arrived in Guyana after a 42-day journey from Keppel Shipyard in Singapore.
    Vessels

    Vessels, Rigs, & Surface Systems

    Oct. 21, 2019
    ExxonMobil, SBM sign long-term FPSO accord SBM Offshore and ExxonMobil have signed a long-term agreement covering potential future FPSO orders. This agreement is non-exclusive...
    (Courtesy Business Wire)
    The waterflood in the St. Malo field is expected to advance Chevron's strategy of maximizing the company's existing resources in the Gulf of Mexico.
    Drilling & Completion

    Drilling & Production

    Oct. 21, 2019
    Chevron to increase production at St. Malo field Chevron Corp. has sanctioned a waterflood project in the St. Malo field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. This is the company’s...
    (Courtesy Carbon Trust)
    The objective of the competition is to accelerate the development and de-risking of floating wind technology.
    Field Development

    Offshore Wind Energy

    Oct. 21, 2019
    The Floating Wind joint industry project, managed by the Carbon Trust, has launched the Floating Wind Technology Acceleration Competition.
    (Courtesy S-Cube)
    Technological advances have now made FWI computationally feasible for 3D field schematic applications.
    Geosciences

    Cloud-based Full Waveform Inversion systems provides next stage of earth model building

    Oct. 21, 2019
    Until recently, the industry’s service sector has not made many advances in data-driven automated earth model building from raw exploration seismic data. But thankfully, that ...
    (Courtesy SPX FLOW)
    The long-stroke SST range of subsea tensioners feature quick reaction nuts to help divers work efficiently.
    Subsea

    Subsea tensioners help reduce diver fatigue, improve safety

    Oct. 21, 2019
    Through its Bolting Systems brand, SPX FLOW says it has long served the oil industry with long-life tooling for both topsides and subsea applications.
    (Courtesy TWMA)
    The TCC RotoMill technology utilizes frictional-based thermal desorption technology to separate NAF, debris, and associated materials into their three constituent parts.
    Drilling & Completion

    Thermal drilling waste management system reduces cost, environmental impact

    Oct. 21, 2019
    In 2018, drilling waste specialist TWMA was contracted by the license operator to mobilize drilling waste management services using offshore thermal processing for the 17½-in....
    (Courtesy Bosch Rexroth)
    The Subsea Valve Actuator.
    Subsea

    Autonomous subsea actuators less energy-intensive

    Oct. 21, 2019
    Bosch Rexroth has developed the Subsea Valve Actuator to address operational issues associated with electromechanical or electrohydraulic actuators on the seafloor, which typically...
    (Courtesy SMD)
    SMD describes the Quantum EV as a 'green' technology.
    Subsea

    SMD launches electric work class ROV

    Oct. 21, 2019
    SMD unveiled Quantum EV, its electric work class ROV at the recent Offshore Europe event.
    Websiteimage Sunset
    Business Briefs

    Business Briefs

    Oct. 21, 2019
    The latest personnel changes and company news for the offshore oil and gas industry.
    Websiteimage Sunset
    Production

    Living longer in the North Sea – keeping mature assets fit for the future

    Oct. 21, 2019
    The past year has marked a significant milestone in the North Sea’s history, with one of the world’s largest oil producers, Shell, celebrating 50 years of North Sea production...