Dutch offshore survey company Fugro has expanded its geotechnical vessel fleet with the Fugro Quest vessel. According to Fugro, the vessel is equipped with advanced deep-water technology. "Fugro uses this type of vessel to determine the exact composition of the soil; the resulting data are essential to establish the optimal location and design of offshore... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies’ Awari Exploration Well Offshore Suriname Fails to Deliver
(OED) Oil and gas company TotalEnergies has completed drilling the Awari exploration well offshore Suriname without encountering commercial hydrocarbon volumes. The news was shared Monday by APA Corporation, TotalEnergies' partner in Block 58, where the well was drilled. APA holds 50% working interest, while TotalEnergies is the operator on the block with a 50% working interest.... Continue Reading →
FPSO Anna Nery heads towards the Marlim field in the Campos Basin
(TN) The FPSO Anna Nery left the BrasFELS shipyard, in the city of Angra dos Reis (RJ), and headed for its final destination, the Marlim field, in the Campos Basin. The vessel has the capacity to produce up to 70,000 barrels of oil per day and process up to 4 million m³ of gas per... Continue Reading →
Karoon completes drilling well in Patola and results exceeds expectations
(PN) Australian Karoon Energy announced that it has concluded the drilling of the PAT-2 well in the Patola prospect, located in the Santos Basin. The well was drilled with the Noble Developer rig (formerly known as Maersk Developer) and reached a total depth of 2,313 meters. According to the company, the preliminary interpretation of the... Continue Reading →
Angola: Chevron Extends Jack-up Drilling Rig Contract
(OE) Oslo-listed offshore drilling company Shelf Drilling has secured a contract extension for its Shelf Drilling Tenacious jack-up rig. The contract is in direct continuation of its current contract for drilling operations offshore Angola until November 2023. The contract includes an additional one-year option. According to Shelf Drilling's fleet status report, the BMC Pacific 375... Continue Reading →
Valaris rig sets off for Mexico to tackle upcoming drilling gigs
(OET) Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has revealed that one of its rigs has completed its task in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) with Murphy Oil, a Houston-based oil and gas company. As a result, the rig moved to Mexico to embark on drilling assignments, which were secured earlier this year. Back in January... Continue Reading →
Energy Crisis Drives Demand for Offshore Drilling Rigs. ‘Greener’ Rigs Get Better Dayrates, Westwood Says
(OE) Oil and gas exploration is likely to continue to have an important role in the decades to come, a view reinforced by the 2022 energy crisis and growing energy security needs, according to energy intelligence group Westwood. In the offshore drilling space, Westwood says that the year 2022 has seen a continued increase in... Continue Reading →
Four more wells on Tullow’s drilling agenda off Ghana
(OET) London-headquartered oil and gas company Tullow Oil is planning to drill four new wells at a field located offshore Ghana, which are expected to be brought on stream in 2023. Tullow Oil announced it is planning to drill two new production wells at Jubilee South East before the end of the year, and a... Continue Reading →
Westwood: Equinor Leads the Way in Adoption of Low-emission Offshore Drilling Rigs
The availability of emission-lowering upgrades for offshore rigs has been on the rise, but adoption of these new technologies is slow outside of Norway and the US Gulf of Mexico due to limited regulatory and financial incentives, energy intelligence group Westwood has found. According to Westwood the biggest users of rigs fitted with emission reduction... Continue Reading →
Mozambique’s Coral Sul FLNG Ships First LNG Cargo
(OE) The Italian oil and gas company Eni, the operator of the the Coral South project offshore Mozambique, said Monday that the first shipment of LNG produced from the Coral gas field, in the ultra-deep waters of the Rovuma Basin, had departed from the Coral Sul FLNG facility. The Coral Sul is Mozambique's first LNG project... Continue Reading →