On September 1, Equinor and its partners started production from the Snefrid Nord gas field, the first discovery tied back to the Norwegian Sea Aasta Hansteen field. It also sets a new depth record on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).

Aker Solutions has launched its Intelligent Subsea offering designed to accelerate field development and maximize performance.

Operator Siccar Point Energy E&P Ltd has awarded an exclusive Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract to Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters Pte Ltd for the design of a Sevan cylindrical FPSO for its Cambo field development on the UK Continental Shelf.

Woodside advises that on August 25, 2019, the Greater Enfield Project produced first oil through the Ngujima-Yin floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO).

Sonadrill Holding Ltd (“Sonadrill”), Seadrill Limited’s (“Seadrill”) 50:50 joint venture with an affiliate of Sonangol E.P. (“Sonangol”), has secured a nine well contract with six options, each for one well, in Angola for the Libongos drillship. The estimated total contract value is $101 million with commencement expected late Q3 2019 and running to early 2021.

Airborne Oil & Gas B.V. has been awarded a large contract from a supermajor through Oceaneering International Inc to supply Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP) flowlines for deployment in West Africa. It is believed to be the first TCP solution of this type utilised in the region and expected to save the operator up to 40% on total installation costs.

McDermott Marine Construction Limited has awarded a contract to Nexans for the supply of approximately 100 km subsea umbilicals and accessories for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim natural gas project offshore Mauritania and Senegal.

The largest annual event for the underwater industry in Europe will take a fresh look at how to exploit the existing and emerging opportunities across all sectors, not just oil and gas and renewables.

Allseas, a global leader in offshore pipeline installation, heavy lift and subsea construction, has chosen WFS Technologies’ new Seatooth® Pipelogger for the real time measurement of process temperature on a subsea pipeline system which they have installed recently. The pipeline system is designed to have a total gas throughput capacity of 31.5 billion cubic meters per year.

Subsea 7 S.A. announces the award of a sizeable⁽¹⁾ contract by Total E&P do Brasil(2) for the development of the Lapa North East field located approximately 300 kilometers off the coast of the State of São Paulo, at 2,150 metres water depth in the pre-salt Santos Basin.

CGG has commenced acquisition of Nebula 3D, a new, large, long-offset BroadSeis™ survey located in the Campos and Santos Basins, offshore Brazil.

Sparrows Group has announced the award of its first contract to deliver deck operations services in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) from supermajor BP.

Aberdeen-based Enpro Subsea showcased the results of a pioneering subsea technology research and development (R&D) program during a recent visit from Member of Scottish Parliament Jamie Hepburn, Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills.

Fugro has successfully completed the second of three Malaysian seep hunting and geochemical campaigns for the Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Malaysia’s fully integrated oil and gas company.

Aberdeen Drilling School Ltd, part of the RelyOn Nutec group and globally recognized for its advanced drilling, well engineering and well control training, has completed the strategic acquisition of Norwegian simulation technology company Oiltec Solutions AS, from the HitecVision portfolio company Teresoft AS.

In support of President Donald J. Trump's America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, Interior’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Andrea Travnicek has announced that region-wide Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 253 generated $159,386,761 in high bids for 151 tracts covering 835,006 acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.