Vår Energi and its partners have submitted a Plan for Development and Operations (PDO) to Norway's Ministry of Energy for the Gjøa Subsea Projects in the North Sea after taking a final investment decision on the developments.The Gjøa Subsea Projects comprise the coordinated development of the Ofelia, Gjøa Nord and Cerisa discoveries through subsea tie-backs to the existing Gjøa and Duva infrastructure…
Energy services company EnerMech has completed a pipeline flushing and cleaning contract for Subsea7 as part of an offshore field decommissioning program in the Gulf of Mexico.The scope covered the flushing and cleaning of a long-distance deepwater…
Tampnet, the world’s largest offshore high-speed, high-capacity communications provider, has been selected by an international energy major to deliver advanced connectivity solutions to two development projects in the US Gulf.The projects in…
Norwegian oil and gas company DNO has reduced its estimate of recoverable resources at the Carmen gas-condensate discovery in the North Sea, a field once hailed as Norway's largest hydrocarbon find in a decade, following the results of an appraisal well…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 36/4-2 in production license 1153, operated by Aker BP with 40% working interest.Aker BP’s partners in the license are INPEX Idemitsu Norge with 30%…
Equinor and its partners are advancing plans for a fourth development phase at the Johan Sverdrup field after appraisal drilling confirmed additional oil volumes in the area, supporting a new subsea tieback project aimed at sustaining production from Norway's largest oil-producing field…
South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution has signed separate memoranda of understanding with Belgium's Jan De Nul and Dutch marine contractor Boskalis to cooperate in the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable sector.Under the agreements…
Viridien and Aker BP have entered into a five-year strategic partnership agreement to strengthen collaboration on multi-client ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic acquisition, imaging and technology development for exploration on the Norwegian Continental Shelf…
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured a three-well drilling contract with BP for the semi-submersible rig Noble GreatWhite offshore United Kingdom.The contract is expected to last between 150 and 210 days and carries a dayrate of $320…
OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, has secured a contract by BP to provide a subsea boosting system for the Thunder Horse project, a development in the deepwater portion of Gulf of America.As part of the engineering…
Aker BP has increased its ownership interest in the Johan Sverdrup oil field, following the completion of a redetermination process conducted under the field's unit agreement.Aker BP's ownership interest in the Johan Sverdrup Unit will rise to 31…
Petronas, through Malaysia Petroleum Management (MPM), has signed a memorandum of understanding with regional exploration and production operators and Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) to jointly evaluate opportunities for improved and enhanced oil recovery in offshore acreages…
Norwegian oil companies have agreed to a wage deal with three labour unions, preventing any strike action that would have disrupted output, negotiators for both sides said on Friday.Labour unions had said nearly 8% of Norwegian offshore oil and gas workers planned to strike if wage mediation failed…
Baker Hughes announced Tuesday a major contract extension with Petrobras to provide integrated solutions for well construction across Brazil’s Santos Basin.Baker Hughes will expand the company’s comprehensive well construction operations in several of the basin’s oilfields…
Well-Safe Solutions has secured its first contract to provide full well operatorship and asset execution services for an unnamed client in the UK North Sea.The contract expands the company’s service offering into integrated well lifecycle services…
