Petrobras has signed the Integrated Natural Gas Processing System (SIP) contract with CNOOC Petroleum Brasil and, together with partners, concluded the process of CNOOC’s adhesion to the existing contracts of the Santos Basin Integrated Natural Gas Flow System (SIE-BS). With these contracts, CNOOC w
The crane on the process module at Tyra II has been put into permanent use, representing a milestone in the hook-up and commissioning campaign of the field redevelopment project in the Danish North Sea. Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) reported on 23 December that the crane on the process module (T
The Njord field in the Norwegian Sea has commenced production again, following an extensive six-year upgrade of the platform and the floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO). Production from the Njord field resumed at 16:30 on 27 December, extending the planned field life for another 20 years. C
Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras has begun the contracting process for two floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) production units for the shared reservoirs of Atapu and Sépia deepwater oil fields. The platforms P-84 (Atapu) and P-85 (Sépia) will each have a daily production capaci
German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea is set to implement AGR Software’s iQx time and cost estimation and tracking software for its drilling and well projects in Norway. According to Wintershall Dea, the development will play a role in enabling greater standardization for its well and drilling
China’s oil and gas company CNOOC Limited has commenced operations from its oilfields onshore power project located in Bohai Bay, which will supply electricity to 39 offshore production platforms. The main facilities of the Bozhong-Kenli project include four offshore electric power platforms and one
UK-headquartered IOG plc is planning to drill the second Blythe production well directly after the Southwark A1 well in the first half of 2023 as part of the Saturn Banks Project – Phase 1 in the UK Southern North Sea. In an announcement from 22 December, IOG stated that all subsea work had been com
Malaysian FPSO provider Yinson has secured another contract extension with Addax Petroleum for a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel carrying out operations in Nigeria. Yinson revealed on 22 December that it had received a new short-term extension of the contract for FPSO Ado
Allseas has won a contract with Aker BP for the delivery of offshore transport and installation (T&I) services for a new processing platform topsides facility with well bay area and living quarters. Allseas will provide offshore T&I services for the Hugin A PdQ, formerly NOA PdQ, processing platform
Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has granted a second one-year extension for the Petroleum Exploration License 87 (PEL 87) located in the Orange Basin. Canada-based Sintana Energy reported on 21 December that Namibia’s Minister of Mines and Energy had granted a second one-year extension to the
Japan and Saudi Arabia have signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) for cooperation in the areas of circular carbon economy (CCE) and carbon recycling as well as clean hydrogen, ammonia and derivatives. The MoUs were signed during the first ministerial meeting of the Saudi-Japanese Ministerial Dial
Lime Petroleum, a Norwegian subsidiary of Singapore’s Rex International, has completed the acquisition of a stake in the Repsol-operated Yme field located offshore Norway. Lime Petroleum entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Kufpec Norway in August for the acquisition of a 10 per cent inte
China’s oil and gas player CNOOC Limited has started production from another oilfield development project in the Bohai Sea. The project represents the sixth that the company brought on stream offshore China since September. CNOOC revealed on 26 December that the Kenli 6-1 oilfield 5-1, 5-2, 6-1 bloc
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a suite of technological processes which involve capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the gases discarded by industry and transporting and injecting it into geological formations. According to the Global Status of CCS 2022 report, as of September 2022, 196 commerci
