Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, announces the final investment decision (FID) for Whale, a deep-water development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico that features a 99% replicated hull and an 80% replication of the topsides from our Vito project.

TotalEnergies and Technip Energies signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement to jointly develop low-carbon solutions for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production and offshore facilities to accelerate the energy transition.

ICR Integrity (ICR), a leading global industrial maintenance and integrity company, providing solutions for the oil and gas, power generation, defence, utilities and renewables industries, has been awarded a three-year contract with Shell UK, with extension options, for the provision of Technowrap™ engineered composite repairs, as well as Quickflange™ weldless connectors, for all its UKCS assets.

TechnipFMC and Halliburton have received an OTC Spotlight on New Technology Award® (SONT) for their Odassea™ Subsea Fiber Optic Solution, an advanced downhole fiber optic sensing system. ExxonMobil selected the solution for its Payara development project in Guyana. The award followed completion of front-end engineering and design studies and qualifications.

Shell Trinidad and Tobago (through BG International, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc) has announced that production has started on Block 5C in the East Coast Marine Area (ECMA) in Trinidad and Tobago. This marks a significant milestone in the delivery of gas both domestically and internationally through Atlantic LNG.

There is more than one way to achieve the Paris Agreement targets, and more than one way to achieve a low carbon future.

Subsea 7 has announced the award of a sizeable⁽¹⁾ contract in the Middle East.

McDermott International, Ltd has been awarded a Subsea, Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract from Santos NA (19-12) Pty Ltd for the Bayu-Undan Infill Well Phase 3C Project, in the Timor Sea, located approximately 310 miles (500 kilometers) off the northwest coast of Darwin, Australia, and 124 miles (200 kilometers) off the southeast coast of Timor-Leste.

The activity level on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) has been high in the first six months of the year – despite the Covid situation. Eight discoveries have been made, production remains high, and many new development projects are on the drawing board.

Energy transition topics will take center stage at the SPE Offshore Europe 2021 virtual conference taking place from September 7-10, 2021.

Recent exploratory success offshore Suriname, where four discoveries have been made in Block 28 in 2020, shows promise to become an oil production hot spot in the near to mid-term, according to GlobalData.

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has secured funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), which will take robot submarine ‘Boaty McBoatface’ around end-of-life oil and gas fields.

Every year and following the publication of the BP Statistical Review, Rystad Energy releases its own assessment to provide an independent, solid and clear comparison of how the world’s energy landscape changed last year.

Energy services partner AGR has won a Well Management contract for an exploration well in WA-519-P, adjacent to the Equus Gas Project offshore Australia.

Subsea 7 has been awarded a sizeable(1) contract by Aker BP for the Kobra East Gekko (KEG) field development, located in the Alvheim area of the North Sea.

Leading training organization, 3t Energy Group is joining forces with oil and gas service company, Panthera Solutions to develop a competent, highly-skilled local workforce for the fast-growing oil and gas industry in Guyana.