Offshore International - Jan 10th, 2023
 
 
Updates from the offshore regions of Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Asia and the North Sea
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January 10, 2023
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The Borr Norve jackup has started drilling the first production well on the Hibiscus/Ruche Phase 1 development in the Dussafu Block offshore Gabon.
The Exxon Mobil-led consortium group has confirmed so far plans for six floating production vessels in the country, home to the world's largest offshore discovery in more than a decade.
In this Feb. 15 webinar, Energy Maritime Associates' David Boggs will cover recent industry trends, updates on projects under construction and a forecast for new orders.
Altera Infrastructure has contracted Aker Solutions to upgrade the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO for redeployment for the Rosebank field development, 130 km west of Shetland.
ONGC has awarded Shelf Drilling a new three-year contract covering continued use of the Trident II jackup in the Mumbai High region offshore western India.
Horisont Energi has an option agreement with Haugaland Næringspark to locate the CO2 terminal for the Errai carbon capture and storage project in Gismarvik, Rogaland.
Murphy Oil Corp. said it failed to encounter commercial hydrocarbons after concluding drilling at a well in Block 5 of the Salina Basin in offshore Mexico.
PGNiG Upstream Norway has contracted CIMC Offshore’s Deepsea Yantai semisub for a well on the Tomcat prospect in PL1055 in the Norwegian Sea.
TotalEnergies’ appraisal well of the Isabella gas-condensate discovery in the UK central North Sea has encountered hydrocarbons.
Energinet has received Certificates of Conformity for its section of the recently completed $2 billion offshore Baltic Pipe gas project.
The 12,000-ft seventh-generation West Dorado drillship has been sold to Eldorado Drilling, a newly established company owned by a group of investors.
The discovery, previously called Iris-Hades, is located about 20 km northwest of the Asgard Field in the North Sea and will be developed with a subsea facility tied back to Asgard B platform.
Shelf Drilling has secured a further 12-month extension to a drilling contract offshore Angola for the Shelf Drilling Tenacious jackup.
Talos estimates gross recoverable resources in the range 20 MMboe to 30 MMboe, comprising 40% oil and 60% liquids.
ONGC’s Sagar Samrat mobile offshore production unit (MOPU) has started operating at the offshore WO-16 cluster of four marginal fields in the Arabian Sea.
PTTEP HK Offshore has discovered sweet gas off Sarawak with the Paprika-1 well in Block SK410B.
Caio Mário Paes de Andrade's CEO term has been terminated early, Jean-Paul Terra Prates has been nominated for the position, and João Henrique Rittershaussen has been named interim CEO.
Aker BP and its co-venturers will consider an alternative development solution for the Shrek gas-condensate field in PL838 in the Norwegian Sea.
The total volume of natural gas Turkey has discovered in the Black Sea now amounts to 710 Bcm after a new field was located and a previous find was revised higher.
The project is expected to be the world’s largest offshore CCS facility, with capacity to reduce CO2 emissions by 3.3 mtpa.
Petrobras has initiated the contracting process for two new FPSOs for the Atapu and Sépia shared reservoirs in the presalt Santos Basin offshore Brazil.
Indonesia has approved the first plan of development for the Tuna offshore gas field with total estimated investment of $3.07 billion up to the start of production.
Equinor has restarted production from the Njord Field in the Norwegian Sea, six years after the Njord A platform and Njord B FSO were taken off station for upgrades in Norway.
CNOOC has started production from the Kenli 6-1 Oilfield 5-1, 5-2, 6-1 Block Development Project in the southern Bohai Sea offshore eastern China.
Petrobras has completed the sale of its interest in the producing Papa-Terra Field in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil to 3R Petroleum Offshore.
Insights and commentary on ESG and next steps for the energy transformation
This March 7 webinar will cover the latest analysis and updates on proposed field development options offshore Egypt, Israel and Cyprus.