ExxonMobil has started oil production from the Liza field offshore Guyana ahead of schedule. Production from the first phase of the Liza field, located in the Stabroek Block, is expected to reach full capacity of 120,000 barrels of oil per day in coming months, and the first cargo is set to be sold
JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation, together with PETRONAS Carigali, has started commercial oil production from Layang field. The company’s subsidiary JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Malaysia) is the Operator of Block SK10 offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, where the field is situated. Layang, in
Altibox has acquired 100% of shares in Skagenfiber and its projected fiber optic cable between Norway and Denmark, thus completing the international Euroconnect-1 ring. Skagenfiber, once live towards the end of 2020, will attract an international clientele of data centre operators and telecom carrie
HullWiper is joining forces with GAC Qatar in preparation to launch its hull cleaning solution at the Qatari port of Ras Laffan in early 2020. GAC Qatar has been granted a license by the country’s Environment Ministry to operate hull cleaning equipment in its waters. HullWiper’s Remotely Operated Ve
Subsea 7 has received a sizeable contract by Chevron U.S.A for the subsea installation services at the St. Malo field, located in the Walker Ridge area of the Gulf of Mexico, 250 miles south of New Orleans. Subsea 7’s scope of work includes project management, engineering, procurement, construction
TGS, along with its joint venture partner PetroData, plans to start Nigeria’s first regional multi-client multibeam and seafloor sampling (MB&SS) study. The study will cover an area of approximately 80,000 square kilometers of the offshore Niger Delta and will incorporate around 150 cores from the s
Helix Robotics Solutions has been awarded three scopes of work for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm project by EDF Renewables. Gary Aylmer, Helix Robotics Solutions vice president – Europe and West Africa, said: “This is a significant award for Helix as it represents an expansion to our
The Marine Institute and Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon Vigo have signed a contract for the construction of Ireland’s marine research vessel, following the completion of the vessel design by Skipsteknisk. The building of the vessel is planned to complete in 2022. Supporting the Government’s natio
TGS has completed a new multibeam and coring program covering over 213,0000 square kilometers in the Campos and Santos basins of offshore Brazil. This study, known as a SeepHunter campaign, includes the results of 342 conventional cores and 29 jumbo piston cores and heat probes. In additon, advanced
NTT is set to start the construction of a large-capacity submarine cable, MIST, between Singapore, Myanmar and India (Mumbai and Chennai). The construction will be part of a strategic joint venture for international submarine cables in South East Asia, with Orient Link from December 2019. The MIST c
Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) said that letter of intent from September this year for a large OBN survey has not been finalized due to contract delays to its client. Namely, the final contract award is subject to its client obtaining a separate contract award from their partners. AGS has learned that it
The wave energy device by Ocean Energy Ltd, funded by the Government of Ireland through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), has arrived in Hawaii on a one-year testing cycle. The Cork-based company will be testing its 500kW wave energy converter at the U.S. Navy Wave Energy Test Site
Vår Energi and license partner Mime Petroleum have submitted the revised plan for Development and Operations of Balder and Ringhorne, the Balder Future project, to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Vår Energi and Mime Petroleum plan to extend the Balder and Ringhorne production lifetim
Forum Energy Technologies has completed a three-month upgrade to its hyperbaric testing facility, which, according to the company, will result in an operational time saving to client of more than 35 per cent. Located at the company’s Kirkbymoorside base in North Yorkshire, UK, the pressure test tank
