
U.S.-headquartered oilfield services player Halliburton and Italy’s energy giant Eni have celebrated a deepwater automation achievement with the deployment of a closed-loop drilling system off the coast of Indonesia.

Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2), a subsea link said to be the UK’s largest-ever electricity transmission project and the longest high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable in the country, has entered the major construction phase, with detailed marine engineering surveys progressing along the offshore cabl