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    (Images courtesy Schlumberger)
    Subsea safety module with integral mud mat deployed on wire offshore the UK.
    When a subsea well needs to deliver treatment fluids to the reservoir or flowline, OWHA enables operators to review their legacy preliminary budgeting tools, and in many cases...
    July 1, 2020
    (Images courtesy Ulstein Verft)
    The hull of the CLV Nexans Aurora arriving at the Ulstein Verft shipyard in Ulsteinvik, Norway in June.
    The Aurora’s stand-out feature will be its high-capacity cable-handling spread.
    July 1, 2020
    (Image courtesy TechnipFMC)
    The subsea power distribution station consists of a transformer, variable speed drive, and power transmission umbilical and connectors.
    Eighteen technologies from 14 companies from around the world received the Spotlight on New Technology Award.
    July 1, 2020
    (Courtesy BW Offshore)
    Remote collaboration from BW CATCHER to DNV GL in Aberdeen as well as BW Offshore base offices in Aberdeen, Oslo, and Singapore.
    Augmented reality platform proves to be useful tool for remote collaboration.
    July 1, 2020
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    Despite COVID-induced disruptions, the energy transition continues to gain momentum.
    July 1, 2020
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    The double whammy of oil price instability and the spreading COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on the market, reversing most of the modest upward trends that had been made ...
    July 1, 2020
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    Rystad Energy anticipates that capex on offshore wind will surpass upstream oil and gas spending in Europe in 2022.
    July 1, 2020
    (Source: Westwood State of Exploration 2020 Report)
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    Westwood Global Energy Group’s ‘State of Exploration 2020’ report reveals an increase in drilling globally last year, with improved performance.
    July 1, 2020
    (Courtesy Aquaterra Energy)
    Aquaterra will supply a smaller Sea Swift platform for the Zandolie gas field.
    Repsol and Petrobras discover oil offshore Mexico and Brazil. Aker Energy is working on a revised, phased development of the deepater Pecan oilfield offshore Ghana.
    July 1, 2020
    (Courtesy Allseas)
    The Pioneering Spirit lifting the Brent Alpha topsides.
    Norway has introduced temporary tax relief measures that have had immediate effect, boosting offshore project activity.
    July 1, 2020
    (Courtesy Baker Hughes)
    The rig count in the US Gulf of Mexico has fallen by 50% from Jan. 3, 2020, to June 19, 2020, from 22 to 11 rigs.
    Operators are adjusting their budgets and strategies in response to the 2020 oil price crash.
    July 1, 2020
    (Courtesy Aker Solutions)
    The main advantage with this concept is that the system is kept subsea and not taken onboard the rig.
    Subsea 7 has contracted Aker Solutions to deliver umbilicals for Murphy Exploration and Production Company - USA’s King’s Quay development in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico.
    July 1, 2020
    (Courtesy Excelerate Energy)
    The Excelerate Sequoia can operate as both an FSRU and an LNG carrier.
    Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering has delivered the FSRU Excelerate Sequoia to Excelerate Energy L.P.
    July 1, 2020
    (Courtesy Odfjell Drilling)
    The Odfjell Drilling-operated semisubmersible Deepsea Yantai has spudded Dugong, Neptune Energy’s first operated exploration well in the northern Norwegian North Sea since its Duva discovery in 2016. The prospect is 158 km (98 mi) west of the coastal town of Florø in a water depth of 330 m (1,082 ft), and close to the Snorre field production facilities. Its reservoir is at a subsurface depth of 3,250 to 3,400 m (10,663-11,155 ft).
    The offshore drilling industry is facing its second wave of bankruptcies in four years.
    July 1, 2020
    (Photo by Øyvind Gravås, courtesy Equinor)
    Equinor launched the world's first operational deepwater floating large-capacity wind turbine, Hywind, in 2009. In June, it joined the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s national Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence.
    Ten organizations have joined the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s national Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence.
    July 1, 2020
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    Offshore projects are being delayed or postponed indefinitely and companies along the supply chain are facing substantial difficulties.
    July 1, 2020
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    The latest personnel changes and company news for the offshore oil and gas industry.
    July 1, 2020
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    The energy industry should move faster along the digital transformation process, if it is to withstand the repercussions of the volatile oil price and COVID-19.
    July 1, 2020