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The Strategic Shift to Subsea Tiebacks

Jul 18, 2024

A potentially cost-effective, efficient means to develop remote oil & gas fieldsSubsea tieback projects are transforming the offshore oil and gas industry by enabling efficient extraction from remote fields and satellite reservoirs, an approach aiming to significantly reduce capital…

OneSubsea Scoops 'Sizeable' Contract for Work at Troll Gas Field in North Sea

May 24, 2024

OneSubsea, a joint venture between SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea 7, has secured a contract from Equinor for work at Troll gas field in the North Sea.The contract, whose value was not disclosed, is for for Phase 3, Stage 2 of Equinor’s North Sea Troll Project…

SLB OneSubsea and Subsea7 Win Contract for OKEA’s Bestla Project

May 07, 2024

OIlfield services company SLB  on Tuesday announced its OneSubsea joint venture and Subsea7 has been awarded a 'sizeable' integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract from OKEA.The contract will see the…

Decarbonization Offshore O&G: Navigating the Path Forward

Apr 25, 2024

In recent years, the oil and gas industry has faced mounting pressure to address its environmental impact. This has led many companies to set decarbonization targets – we are tracking more than 460 targets set by independents, majors, and NOCs across the sector…

Vår Energi Strikes Oil in North Sea

Apr 17, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has made an oil discovery at Ringhorne Nord in the North Sea, while drilling the exploration well with Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible rig.The discovery was made in wells 25/8-23 S and 25/8-23 B…

Equinor, DNO Wrap Up Appraisal of Two Wells in Heisenberg Discovery

Mar 21, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas companies Equinor and DNO have completed appraisal well and sidetrack that further delineated the 2023 Heisenberg oil and gas discovery, which is now estimated to hold recoverable volumes in the range of 24 to 56 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe)…

EnergyPathways Gets Subsea Support for Low-Emission Gas Field in Irish Sea

Feb 22, 2024

Mermaid Subsea Services has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with EnergyPathways and MCS Group, through its UK subsidiary MCS Subsea Solutions, to advance the development of the Marram field.Under the terms of the MoU signed on February 9…

Beacon Offshore Makes FID for Winterfell Discovery in Gulf of Mexico

Jan 15, 2024

Beacon Offshore Energy has announced that several of its subsidiaries have taken final investment decision (FID) to develop the Winterfell discovery in the Gulf of Mexico, with the first oil expected in the second quart of 2024.The Winterfell discovery…

Wood Gets BP’s Topside Modification Job in North Sea

Jan 10, 2024

Engineering company Wood has been awarded a major contract to deliver topside modifications in support of BP’s latest subsea tieback in the UK North Sea.Wood’s operations business will deliver engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning…

Shell Takes 100% Working Interest in GoM Kaikias Field

Dec 14, 2023

Supermajor Shell reports it now has 100% working interest in the Kaikias field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico after acquiring a 20% stake from Mitsui's MOEX North America.The field Kaikias, located in the prolific Mars-Ursa basin, approximately 130 miles from the Louisiana coast…

Norway: Lime Petroleum to Farm Into North Sea Oil & Gas Field

Nov 07, 2023

Rex International's subsidiary Lime Petroleum has entered into sale and purchase agreements with the Norwegian oil firms DNO and OKEA to acquire a stake in a Norwegian North Sea License containing the Brasse field, which is expected to start commercial production in 2027…

Production Starts from Seagull North Sea Oil and Gas Field

Nov 06, 2023

Oil major BP said Monday that production had started from the Seagull oil and gas field in the UK North Sea.Seagull has been developed by Neptune Energy as a subsea tieback to the BP-operated central processing facility (CPF) of the Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) in the central North Sea…

Ithaca Energy Takes Full Ownership of North Sea Discovery

Nov 02, 2023

UK North Sea-focused oil company Ithaca Energy has completed the acquisition of the remaining 40% stake in the Fotla offshore discovery and three exploration licenses - P.213 Area C, P.345 Area A and P.2536 - from Spirit Energy. The acquisition…

SLB, Plexus in North Sea P&A Deal

Oct 24, 2023

Oil and gas engineering services firm Plexus Holdings said Tuesday it had won a contract award for Exact and Centric equipment for a North Sea Plug and Abandonment ('P&A') project secured through its licensor SLB (ex-Schlumberger) for an unnamed  'leading North Sea operator…

Kosmos Energy Makes Oil Discovery Near Lucius SPAR in U.S. GoM

Oct 11, 2023

Oil and gas company Kosmos Energy has made an oil discovery at the Tiberius exploration well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico near the Occidental-operated Lucius SPAR production facility.According to Kosmos, the Tiberius exploration well tested a four-way structural trap in the outboard Wilcox trend…

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