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First Oil Flows from Eldfisk North Field Offshore Norway

10 hours ago

Eldfisk North project, operated by ConocoPhillips at the Greater Ekofisk Area in the North Sea, has achieved first oil production.In December 2022, the Norwegian authorities approved the Eldfisk North Plan for Development and Operation with original production start scheduled in the second quarter of 2024. The permit for the start-up of the field was issued to ConocoPhillips in February 2024.The Eldfisk North Project is located in PL018…

Into the Deep: Offshore Production Increasingly Finds Deeper Waters

11 hours ago

Offshore energy is on a growth trajectory. Rystad Energy wrote in February 2024 that upstream oil majors were diving in to deeper waters. “Despite tightened budgets, frontier drilling is fueling optimism for a productive year, particularly deepwater projects in the Atlantic Margin…

Liza Unity is First FPSO to Earn ABS REMOTE-CON Notation

May 07, 2024

The ABS-classed Liza Unity has received the first REMOTE-CON notation for an floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) from ABS. The notation demonstrates the vessel’s alignment with remote-control functions and signifies that the design…

CNOOC Starts Production at Gas Field in Bohai Sea

May 07, 2024

China’s state-run China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has brough on stream a gas field in the Bohai Sea, offshore China.CNOOC’s Bozhong 19-6 Gas Field 13-2 Block well site development project is located in central Bohai Sea, with an average water depth of approximately 23 meters…

Tyra II: Reaching Full Technical Capacity Delayed as Equipment Repair Works Begin

May 06, 2024

The technical issue, which has temporarily impacted the commissioning of the facilities at Denmark’s largest offshore gas development, has been identified with repair works currently ongoing as the timeline for reaching Tyra II full technical capacity gets delayed for the third quarter of 2024…

US Oil and Gas Production Rebounds

May 01, 2024

U.S. oil and gas production rebounded sharply in February after extensive disruption the previous month caused by freezing wells and other outages stemming from Winter Storm Heather in the middle of January.Nationwide crude and condensates output jumped by 0…

Exxon to Shut Two Platforms in Guyana for Two Weeks for Pipeline Connection

Apr 30, 2024

Exxon Mobil Corp will shut down two offshore oil production projects in Guyana for two weeks each, between July and August, to connect a natural gas pipeline, the company's country head Alistair Routledge told reporters in Georgetown on Tuesday…

BW Energy Inks $150M Deal for MaBoMo Production Facility Offshore Gabon

Apr 30, 2024

Oil and gas company BW Energy has signed a sale and leaseback agreement with a Minsheng Financial Leasing (MSFL) for the MaBoMo production facility on the Dussafu license, offshore Gabon.The agreement will provide $150 million of gross sales…

Petrobras Q1 Oil Production Up 4.4%

Apr 29, 2024

Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras said on Monday that its crude oil production during the first quarter rose 4.4% compared to the same period last year.Petrobras pumped 2.24 million barrels per day (bpd) in the period, the firm said in a statement…

Full Tyra II Gas Development Ramp-Up Impacted by Technical Issue

Apr 29, 2024

The operational occurrence which has temporarily impacted the commissioning of the Tyra Redevelopment Project (Tyra II) has pushed the planned ramp-up of the facilities to full capacity for one month.An operational occurrence related to the…

BP Suspends Production at Azerbaijani Platform for Maintenance Works

Apr 29, 2024

BP, as the operator of the Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli (ACG) field development in the Caspian Sea, has kicked off planned maintenance (turnaround - TAR) works on the Deepwater Gunashli platform.In accordance with the plan, production from…

Aker BP’s Hanz Field Comes Onstream in North Sea

Apr 22, 2024

Aker BP-operated Hanz field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea, which is tied into the Ivar Aasen platform, has started production.Hanz is operated by Aker BP with 35% working interest, with partners Equinor owning 50% and Sval Energi 15% stake…

Full Capacity Operations at Tyra II Gas Development Up for Potential Delays

Apr 18, 2024

The Tyra Redevelopment Project (Tyra II), operated by TotalEnergies, has faced an operational occurrence which has temporarily impacted the commissioning of the facilities at Denmark’s largest offshore gas development.According to an update from TotalEnergies…

Búzios Field Hits 1 Billion Barrels of Oil Production Offshore Brazil

Apr 18, 2024

Petrobras, in a consortium with CNOOC, CNODC, and PPSA, has marked a new milestone with the Búzios field, which has reached 1 billion barrels of oil (bbl) produced since the start of operations in 2018.The milestone was reached on March 31,…

BP Starts Oil Production at Major New Platform Offshore Azerbaijan

Apr 17, 2024

BP, as the operator of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) project, has started oil production from the new Azeri Central East (ACE) platform as part of the ACG field development in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea.The ACE platform is the…

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