Wood is delivering a multimillion-dollar engineering design project for Chevron’s Anchor deepwater development in the Gulf of Mexico.

Offshore Technology Vietnam – Oil and Gas Industry (OTV Expo 2020) is sponsored by Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, Petrol Vietnam Construction Joint Stock Company and Petroleum Equipment Assembly & Mental Structure Joint Stock Company in collaboration with the enterprise GK Wintron Co., Ltd. held from 6-8 July 2020 at Tan Son Nhat Pavillon Convention Center, 202 Hoang Van Thu, Ward 8, Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Shell has chosen Maersk Convincer as Jack-up Rig of the Year 2019, recognizing the rig’s successful operation offshore Brunei. The award is justified by consistent high performance across all parameters.

Eni has successfully drilled Agogo-3, the second appraisal well of Agogo discovery in Block 15/06, offshore Angola, increasing by about 40% the estimate of oil in place, which is now of 1 billion barrels with further upside to be tested in the Northern sector of the field.

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a one-well contract for the semi-submersible rig Maersk Discoverer offshore Egypt. The contract has an estimated duration of 21 days and is expected to commence in March 2020, in direct continuation of the rig’s current contract. The contract value is approximately USD 3.8m.

Leading underwater inspection services provider Welaptega has delivered on contracts to support two energy supermajors in West Africa, after establishing a strategic partnership with engineering and training organization STAT-Marine Nigeria Ltd.

Ocean Infinity, the next generation subsea marine robotics company, has been awarded a contract with ExxonMobil, for high-resolution Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) geophysical and geotechnical data acquisition within the Stabroek block offshore Guyana.

Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel Shipyard, has delivered the world’s fastest brownfield Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) modification and upgrading project safely and on time.

Now there’s evidence that oil and water do mix. Sort of.

Equinor and partner Neptune have struck oil in the Sigrun East prospect in the North Sea. Recoverable resources are estimated at between 7 and 17 million barrels of oil equivalent.

International energy consultancy Xodus Group has launched new analysis showing that a rapid pivot to gas will be required to deal with rising global energy demand.

ASCO, a global integrated materials and logistics management company, has been awarded a five-year extension, with options for a further six years by CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, to support all the operator’s North Sea assets.

Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a substantial (1) contract by Murphy Exploration and Production Company - USA for the subsea installation services related to the Samurai, Khaleesi, and Mormont developments tying back to the King’s Quay semi-submersible. The King’s Quay host facility is approximately 175 miles south of New Orleans in the Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico.

Asia Pacific’s leading Offshore Well Intervention conference is returning to Kuala Lumpur for its 6th year in June 2020, with support from key industry players such as Petronas MPM, SAKA Energi, Premier Oil Natuna Sea BV, Medco Energi, Sarawak Shell Berhad and Repsol Oil & Gas Malaysia Limited.

From a starting point of approximately 1.2 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) of export capacity in 2016, the US will become the third most important liquid natural gas (LNG) exporting country with a total capacity of 8.9bcfd by the end of 2020, according to leading data and analytics company GlobalData.

Global contractor Dolphin Drilling has announced it has secured a one well plus one optional well with Wellesley Petroleum AS for a programme of drilling work on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.