Offshore

Subsea Integration Alliance, a non-incorporated tie-up between Subsea 7 and SLB's OneSubsea, has been awarded a contract by BP for its Cypre gas project offshore Trinidad and Tobago.

Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), the leading representative body for the UK’s offshore energy industry, latest insight report expects over two thousand North Sea wells involved in oil and gas extraction to be decommissioned at a cost of around $23.7 billion over the next decade.

Existing data is everywhere, and not often easy to consume. It can be found in different databases, projects, and directories. Interpreting newly acquired data can take weeks. The information needed to make the best decisions is either lost in a sea of data or comes after the window of opportunity for action has closed. SLB is changing the data workflow and digital operations are advancing to help customers make the right decisions, at the right time, with the right information. Digitally assisted operations with Wellbore on DELFI help customers make better decisions during or just after data acquisition, when these decisions count the most. With existing data, Wellbore on DELFI leverages the OSDU™ Data Platform to break down barriers between users and their data. Users quickly analyze data and select relevant wells for automated interpretation, conditioning, and better operational planning.

NORM Solutions, part of ASCO's environmental service division, has won multiyear contracts with four leading operators to provide safe management and decontamination of naturally occurring radioactive material on North Sea installations as they are decommissioned.

On Wednesday evening, Nov. 16, a celebration of 25 years of production from Hibernia oil field offshore Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) was held at the St. John’s Convention Centre. What follows are the comments delivered by Energy NL CEO Charlene Johnson.

The area of interest in the deep-water Orange Basin is located offshore between Port Nolloth and Hondeklip Bay, about 188 km (117 miles) from the coast at its closest point, in water depths of as much as 3,000 meters.

Offshore U.S. oil and natural gas installations are “at significant risk” of cyber-attack, according to a federal watchdog that warned of a potential disaster on par with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout.

Offshore Energies UK, the leading representative body for the UK’s offshore energy industry, expects billions of pounds will be spent to decommission the infrastructure that has kept the UK’s energy flowing for the past 50 years, according to a report published by the group.

A milestone many never imagined feasible for the Hibernia project, the initiative that helped revolutionize the economy of Newfoundland and Labrador and created the province's oil industry, is commemorating 25 years of oil production.

Resoptima is partnering with Aker BP, Sval Energi and NORCE to develop specific solutions that will help reduce CO2 emissions associated with oil and gas asset development and production activities.

Waldorf is among several smaller companies seeking to acquire North Sea assets being offloaded by larger energy players, who are seeking to offload oil and gas exploration projects to raise money for renewable investments.

(WO) — The UK’s offshore industry will be hit hard by the chancellor’s latest tax changes, which threaten to drive out investors, drive up imports and leave consumers increasingly exposed to global shortages, Offshore Energies UK warned.

Neptune Energy and its partners said Wednesday that hydrocarbons have been encountered in the Calypso exploration well in the Norwegian Sea. The operations are still at an early stage, and Neptune has not determined if commercial volumes are present.

TotalEnergies SE and Eni SpA are preparing to explore for natural gas in previously contested waters off the coasts of Lebanon and Israel, following last month’s accord between the two nations.

Oil and gas investments could be driven out of UK waters if Chancellor Jeremy Hunt carries out threats to raise the windfall tax to 35%, Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has warned.

Prime Mapping is a tubular field service carried out before running-in-hole that provides actual casing and tubing data enhancing drilling and completion operations. Prime Mapping can be run on the rig floor or at the yard by Vallourec trained technicians at any time, for tubulars from any supplier. The data is obtained using a portable device called In-Pipe Rover which uses laser and/or ultrasound technology. Prime Mapping provides full-length internal diameter (ID), wall thickness (WT), and outside diameter (OD) map with thousands of data points per pipe, providing calculated ovality, eccentricity, out-of-roundness, bore and metal volume. This actual geometric data is essential for packer setting and cement displacement, and mitigates casing wear while drilling, as it allows operators to optimize their casing and tubing strings before running, thus obtaining higher downhole performance. By performing the service in any field, Prime Mapping saves time, costs, and CO2 emissions for operators who no longer need to send pipes back to UT benches.

Join our expert, Mahmoud ElGizawy, to learn how automated survey management solutions can allow operating companies and service providers to access the most advanced directional survey correction algorithms to optimize drilling applications in real-time by providing accurate wellbore positioning data. This allows timely correction to the wellbore trajectory without requiring additional tools or onsite personnel. The automated survey solutions maximize reservoir production by accurately placing the well in the planned spot while avoiding collision with other wells in close proximity.

Senior executives from the most active majors and independents in the Gulf of Mexico will convene to discuss regional operations and outlook at next week's Deepwater Executive Summit in Houston.

A panel of federal government speakers did its best to sort out the regulatory situation in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico during last week's Annual General Meeting of the International Association of Drilling Contractors, including the impact of legislation that will affect offshore activity in federal waters.

The well encountered 30 m (98 ft) of high-quality, hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone. It is located approximately 365 km northwest off the coast of Luanda and was drilled in 1,100 m (3,608 ft) of water by the Valaris DS-9 rig.

Neptune Energy announced Friday that drilling has commenced on the Calypso exploration well in the Norwegian Sea, with a target depth of approximately 2,960 meters (9,711 feet).