The data available to produce the definitive map of the world’s ocean floor has more than doubled, just two years after the launch of an international effort to produce a complete map by the year 2030. Following the efforts of The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project, coverage of the world’s
Subsea 7 has received a substantial contract, between USD 150 million and USD 300 million, from Equinor for the Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 project, located in the North Sea, 160 kilometers west from Stavanger in Norway. The EPIC contract comprises project management, engineering, procurement, constructi
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and BP today announced the sanction of the MJ project (also known as D55) in Block KG D6, offshore the east coast of India. MJ is the third of three new projects in the Block KG D6 integrated development plan and its approval follows sanctions for the development of
C-Innovation, an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore and its family of companies, has been awarded a contract to perform riserless light well intervention (RLWI) activities for BP in the Gulf of Mexico. The initial contract calls for both mechanical as well as hydraulic acid stimulations, which will
The global offshore wind operation and maintenance (O&M) market is expected to grow by 17% annually to EUR 11 billion by 2028, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables. Europe is the largest contributor with EUR 6.7 billion in value, while the Asia Pacific region is keeping
Equinor and its partners will disclose a dataset from the Sleipner field – the world’s first offshore CCS plant – in a push to advance innovation and development on the field of CO2 storage. Since 1996, the Sleipner field has been used as a facility for carbon capture and storage by Equinor as opera
Rosenberg WorleyParsons has been awarded contracts for modifications on the Neptune operated Gjøa semi-submersible platform. The Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation & Commissioning (EPCIC) contracts cover topside modifications to be carried out on the Gjøa platform as part of the Du
AW-Energy (AWE) has completed the installation of a new substation for its SURGE2 project in Peniche, Portugal. “The previous substation used for project SURGE (2012 – 2014) is replaced by an improved new substation with a higher rating, which is better suited for project deliveries and the maritime
SAExploration said it has completed the largest shallow water ocean bottom marine seismic project in the company’s history. The project, located in the Arabian Sea off the coast of India, utilized over 20 vessels, which included three ocean-bottom node deployment vessels and two seismic source vesse
Well-Safe Solutions has bee awarded a contract to decommission up to twenty-one wells on the Schooner and Ketch fields in the UKCS, operated by DNO North Sea (ROGB). The Schooner and Ketch fields, located in the UK Southern North Sea, ceased production in August 2018, with 20 platform wells and a si
DeepGreen Metals and Allseas Group have formed a strategic partnership, bringing DeepGreen’s expertise in exploring for high-grade metals obtained from seafloor polymetallic nodule deposits together with Allseas’ offshore engineering capabilities. DeepGreen recently engaged Macquarie Capital and Fea
Oceaneering International has secured a contract to perform the first-ever deepwater Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) survey in Mexican waters. The geophysical survey will be performed for BHP at its Trion development. Oceaneering will use the DP-2 Ocean Investigator, equipped with their OS-VI AU
Total has started up production from the Culzean gas condensate field located 230 kilometers off the coast of Aberdeen, in the UK. With a plateau production of 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, Culzean will account for around 5% of the UK’s gas consumption, bringing to 18% the proportion of
Subsurface Imaging, part of CGG’s Geoscience division, has been awarded a contract by Equinor for the processing of seismic data from the Johan Sverdrup Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM) system in the North Sea. Managed out of CGG’s Oslo office and located inside Equinor’s offices in Stavanger, a
