Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a 3D broadband marine seismic acquisition campaign by ONGC in Western Offshore India. The project is scheduled to commence in Q1 2020.

Polarcus has commenced the acquisition of the latest phase of the Cygnus regional multi-client 3D survey in the Vulcan Sub-basin, offshore north-west Australia. The 1,500 sq. km Phase 3 South survey, covering the Skua, Swift and Montara area, completes over 7,200 sq. km of continuous XArray™ Triple Source coverage.

The Arctic region is largely under-explored due to its cold, harsh climatic conditions, frozen seas and lack of investment in infrastructure development. However, this picture is gradually changing. Dwindling oil and gas reserves worldwide is raising the case for exploration and production (E&P) companies to venture into the Arctic in search of hydrocarbons, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Fulkrum Technical Resources (FTR), a global provider of technical personnel specializing in QA/QC, inspection and vendor surveillance services to the energy industry, has announced a significant contract win in Mozambique, awarded by a major hydrocarbon exploration company.

DecomWorld – part of Reuters Events- has announced additions to the industry leading speaker faculty for their flagship Decommissioning and Abandonment Summit 2020.

The technology group Wärtsilä has introduced an agreement-based Power Solution for new normally unattended offshore installations (NUIs).

Unity, Europe’s largest provider of well integrity technology, services and engineering solutions, has successfully completed a preparatory P&A project in partnership with oilfield services provider Petrofac.

Equinor has been awarded 23 new production licenses by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy during the awards in predefined areas (APA) 2019 – 14 of the licenses are Equinor-operated and 9 are partner-operated.

Pipeline technology specialist STATS Group (STATS) has completed an extensive pipeline isolation campaign offshore and onshore Malaysia.

ANPG, State concessionaire for oil & gas rights in Angola, assigned Block 28 to Eni (as Operator with 60%), as a result of the international competitive Bid Round 2019. This result allows Eni to further consolidate its long-term presence in the Country.

On behalf of the Troll partners, Equinor has awarded Aker Solutions a front-end engineering and design contract (FEED) for topside modifications to accommodate power from shore at the Troll B and C platforms.

Subsea Expo 2020, set to be the biggest in the event’s 15-year history, has announced its program of speakers for the conference which will see 70 industry professionals take to the stage at P&J Live on 11-13 February 2020.

Maersk Drilling has secured a two-well contract extension from Aker BP for the ultra-harsh environment, low-emission jack-up rig Maersk Integrator.

Eni reports the start-up of its offshore Agogo oilfield, situated in the 15/06 Block in the Angolan waters. The start-up takes place just nine months after its discovery thanks to the operational synergies facilitated by the Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) Ngoma, West Hub production center, situated 15km from the oilfield.

After a journey of 2,300 nautical miles, the Fast4Ward® hull has safely arrived at Keppel yard in Singapore from China. This is SBM Offshore’s first generic hull, the Multi-Purpose Floater (MPF1) in its series of hulls currently under construction.

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract for the 7th generation drillship Maersk Valiant which will be employed by Noble Energy for a one-well campaign offshore Colombia. The contract is expected to commence in Q3 2020, in direct continuation of the rig’s previous contract. The contract has an estimated duration of 65 days and a contract value of USD 18.2m, including mobilization and demobilization fees.