NDT Global has announced the commercial release of the OPTIX™ Data Visualization and Insights Platform, providing pipeline operators with an intuitive, Cloud-based dashboard to visualize all inline inspection (ILI) data in one accessible location.

Brazil alone is expected to contribute around 23% or 1.3 million barrels per day (mmbd) of global crude oil and condensate production in 2025 from key offshore planned and announced projects (new-build projects) that are expected to start operations between 2021 to 2025, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

The Norwegian authorities have granted Repsol consent for a new start-up of the Yme field in the North Sea. Yme will once again be producing oil, 20 years after the last time the field was on stream. Planned start-up will be in the second half of 2021.

The BHP Board has approved US$544 million in capital expenditure to execute the Shenzi North oil project in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Petrobras has awarded Fugro a 3-year contract for subsea inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services in Brazil. The contract is set to begin in Q4 2021 and will be accomplished from the Fugro Aquarius using two Fugro-built 3000 m work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The award follows the successful completion of a previous 4-year contract for similar services aboard the same vessel.

A new study from Energy & Industrial Advisory Partners (EIAP), commissioned by the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), details the diversity of companies and multitude of jobs involved in the exploration, development, and production of American offshore oil and natural gas.

Oceaneering International has been awarded a contract from Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) to provide two surveys offshore Guyana.

C-Innovation, LLC (C-I), an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and its family of companies, has been awarded a multi-year contract for Riserless Light Well Intervention (RLWI) services with a major operator in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Eastern Mediterranean Energy Conference and Exhibition, taking place in Nicosia, Cyprus, from November 10 – 12, 2021, is the essential platform for more than 3,000 domestic and international energy stakeholders and investors to meet, engage, share new ideas and create new partnerships.

Fugro has revolutionized a subsea installation program for Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company (GUPCO) with its innovative QuickVision® technology. Used for the first time in Egypt, the contactless positioning solution replaced the conventional survey sensors typically attached to subsea structures during installation.

Over 35% of the acreage available in licensing rounds that are either open or scheduled to close in H2 2021 are located in shallow water, while ultra-deep water and deepwater acreage account for 24% and 19%, respectively, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. 

GATE Energy has been selected by Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell) as the provider for facility commissioning of the Whale development.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), which provides Guyana’s primary standards setting agency access to API oil and gas standards and increases collaboration on safety guidelines and requirements for the country’s growing energy industry.

SPE Offshore Europe 2021 is set to spotlight the energy transition among the topics at the virtual conference taking place from September 7-10, 2021. 

Baker Hughes, a global energy technology company, has been awarded a contract from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd to deliver subsea compression manifold technology for the Jansz-Io Compression (J-IC) Project.

Global energy consultancy Xodus has been awarded the conceptual engineering design contract for PETRONAS’ first complete Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project, offshore Malaysia.