Aker Solutions has won a contract from Wintershall Dea to provide the subsea production system for the Dvalin North development offshore Norway, shortly after the plan for the development and operation (PDO) of the gas field was submitted. The Dvalin North gas field is located around 200 kilometers
QatarEnergy and Japan’s Qatar Petroleum Development Company (QPD) have signed a new agreement for the continued development and production of two oil fields located in Qatar’s territorial waters. Under the five-year deal, QPD, owned by Cosmo E&P and Sojitz, will continue to act as the operator of th
RWE and Harbour Energy have established a partnership to investigate options to capture, transport and store CO2 from RWE’s gas-fired power stations via Viking CCS, Harbour Energy’s CO2 transport and storage network. The partnership is expected to lead to the transportation and storage of captured C
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), on behalf of the Federal Government, is planning to hold a mini-bid round for seven offshore blocks in order to spur new exploration and drilling activities in the country’s deep waters. The seven blocks in the Mini Bid Round cover an ar
Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras has awarded Norwegian seismic company PGS with a 4D production contract over the Barracuda-Caratinga field in the Campos basin offshore Brazil. The Ramform Victory will most likely be rigged to acquire the Barracuda-Caratinga 4D survey, supported by PGS Apollo a
International Petroleum Corporation (IPC) has signed a letter of agreement with Petronas for the extension of the Block PM 307 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) covering the Bertam Field offshore Peninsular Malaysia. IPC Malaysia is the operator and holds a 90 per cent participating interest and IPC
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has via helicopter medevaced an injured crewmember from an oil tanker vessel located approximately 58 miles southwest offshore Southwest Pass, Louisiana. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call at 4:58 a.m. on 20 December from personnel on board crude oil tanker P
Carbon-Zero US, Cox Operating, Crescent Midstream and Repsol have established a partnership to develop one of the largest offshore hubs for permanent storage of carbon dioxide in the Gulf of Mexico area.
Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras has put into operation its new floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel P-71, ahead of the expected start of production in 2023. The P-71 platform vessel started production on Wednesday, 21 December. It is installed in the Itapu field in the
OMV Norge and its partners have submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Berling gas field, previously known as Iris Hades, to Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The Berling field, which stretches across three licenses with aligned ownership interests (PL644, PL644B and
DOF Subsea Asia Pacific has secured a contract to provide construction support for riser and spool installation including air and saturation diving for a brownfield expansion project in Malaysia. The award includes project management, engineering, procurement, transportation and installation servic
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is acquiring a 24.9 per cent shareholding in Austrian oil and gas company OMV from Mubadala Investment Company. Österreichische Beteiligungs AG (ÖBAG), an Austrian independent holding company, holds 31.5 per cent, with the remaining share capital in free float.
France’s TotalEnergies and Italian Eni, two oil and gas majors, have made a new gas discovery at the Zeus-1 well in Block 6 located offshore Cyprus. The Zeus-1 well encountered 105 meters of net gas pay in carbonate reservoirs, which, as the partners said, re-enforces the promising outlook for the a
Dutch FPSO operator SBM Offshore has resumed production from the floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Cidade de Anchieta, working offshore Brazil, following a shutdown that occurred at the beginning of the year. The FPSO’s production was interrupted in January when oil was obse
