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SOCAR Petrofac JV Wins BP Contract

Dec 16, 2019

Petrofac, in a joint venture (JV) with the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), has secured a Project Management Services contract to support BP’s operations in Azerbaijan and Georgia.The three-year contract will support…

£10 billion+ Offshore Wind Decommissioning Bill

Dec 16, 2019

The UK’s offshore wind industry will need to lean on oil and gas expertise to help decommission wind farms as more than 3 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power reaches the end of its design life by 2034, an industry decommissioning conference heard in November…

Japanese Partners Buy into Sepetiba FPSO

Dec 13, 2019

Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) have purchased minority interests in the lease and operation of a newbuild floating production, storage and offloading unity (FPSO) from majority owner SBM Offshore. FPSO Sepetiba…

DNO Makes Small Find Offshore Norway

Dec 13, 2019

Oil firm DNO has made a minor oil and gas discovery in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said on Friday.The discovery, made in 341 meters of water, about 4 kilometers west of the Heidrun field…

Johan Castberg Oil to Export Direct to Market

Dec 13, 2019

Norway's Equinor plans to export oil from its upcoming Johan Castberg field directly to the market, ditching the option of building an onshore reloading terminal, it said on Friday.'Johan Castberg partners ... have studied a possible development…

Yothaka East-2 Sidetrack Disappoints

Dec 13, 2019

Tap Oil on Friday shared an update on the Yothaka East-2 appraisal well drilled in the G1/48 concession Manora Production License, operated by Mubadala Petroleum, in the Northern Gulf of Thailand.Operations on the sidetrack of the Yothaka East…

Keppel Delivers Jackup Rig to Grupo R

Dec 13, 2019

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) through its wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has delivered the KFELS B Class jackup rig, Cantarell III, to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Grupo R.As part of the deal, Grupo R has…

OneSubsea to Supply 20K SPS for Chevron's Anchor

Dec 12, 2019

Oilfield services company Schlumberger announced Thursday that its subsea arm has received a contract from Chevron to provide an integrated subsea production and multiphase boosting system for the deepwater Anchor field in the US Gulf of Mexico…

W&T Takes Over as Magnolia Operator

Dec 12, 2019

W&T Offshore announced it has acquired a 75% working interest in and operatorship of the Magnolia field in the central region of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico from ConocoPhillips for $20 million. The oil-weighted producing property, located in Garden Banks blocks 783 and 784…

Transocean Wins Contract in Trinidad and Tobago

Dec 12, 2019

Offshore driller Transocean announced Thursday that the semisubmersible Development Driller III has been awarded a one year contract off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago.The contract is expected to commence in the second quarter 2020 and will…

Polarcus Wins 4D Job in Brazil

Dec 12, 2019

Polarcus said it has been awarded a seismic acquisition program in Brazil commencing in the third quarter of 2020.According to Polarcus, the 10-month program comprises 4D acquisition in obstructed areas with a multi-azimuth component.

Comment: Equinor’s New E&P El Dorado

Dec 12, 2019

It’s been quite a month for Equinor — new stakes in European wind; new Gulf of Mexico deepwater acreage; new frame contracts for major suppliers plus an endorsement from the International Energy Agency for its energy mix.Not bad — oh, and an…

Petrofac Lines Up North Sea Engineering Work

Dec 12, 2019

Services firm Petrofac said it has secured two new framework agreements (FA) for the provision of engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) services in the North Sea.The first, a three-year FA awarded by EnQuest as part of a multi-contractor framework…

Geoscience Packages Reveal APAC Prospectivity

Dec 12, 2019

French-based geophysical services company CGG reports it has completed JumpStart multi-client geoscience packages for the North West Shelf (NWS) of Australia and the Banda Arc in the Asia-Pacific region, and made both packages available to help…

Chevron Hits Go on Anchor

Dec 12, 2019

US supermajor Chevron announced Thursday it will move ahead with the high-profile Anchor project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, targeting first oil production in 2024.The $5.7 billion deepwater project is the first ultra-high pressure development to reach a final investment decision (FID)…

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