Aker Solutions has developed a modified workover system that enables faster and more cost-effective planned interventions. The concept will first be applied on Equinor’s Visund field in the North Sea.

Leading marine equipment fabrication and rental specialist, Motive Offshore, continues to strengthen its global positioning as it signs an MOU with Orca Offshore.

Innovative new artificial intelligence-based software with the potential to streamline oil and gas industry logistics in the North Sea, saving millions of pounds and reducing CO₂ emissions, is now under development.

Penspen, a leading global provider of engineering and project management services to the energy industry, has been awarded a contract from one of the oil and gas operators in Myanmar, for an offshore natural gas project in Myanmar.

Fugro has won a 3-year inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) contract with SEAMEC LIMITED (Seamec) to support their asset management project for ONGC off the west coast of India. Fugro will provide Seamec with work class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services for 3 years from mid-June, with the option of a 2-year extension.

Equinor and Aker BP have entered into an agreement on commercial terms for a coordinated development of the licenses Krafla, Fulla and North of Alvheim (NOA) on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Aker BP has awarded Kvaerner the contract for delivering the topside and steel substructure for the normally unmanned wellhead platform at the Hod field.

Equinor and partners Vår Energi, LOTOS and KUFPEC have made an investment decision to partly electrify the Sleipner field. The partners are submitting a revised plan for development and operation to the authorities.

Neptune Energy announces that drilling has commenced on the Dugong exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. 
 

A revival in manufacturing across the world holds the key to the mid-term recovery of oil and gas markets, with consumer demand likely to lag as the energy industry begins to recover from the twin shock of the COVID-19 crisis and the resulting demand crash.

C-Kore systems completed a successful campaign offshore Nigeria with VAYCO Oil tools and local Nigerian partner Cranium Engineering.

McDermott International, Inc. has completed the Pan Malaysia Transportation and Installation Projects for Sarawak Shell Berhad and SapuraOMV, located offshore Miri, Sarawak.

Decom North Sea (DNS), the only membership organization dedicated to the oil and gas decommissioning sector, has announced the creation of a landmark agreement which is designed to deliver a mutually beneficial relationship between its members and Brunei’s growing late life & decommissioning sector.

Aker Solutions was awarded a contract from Subsea 7 to deliver umbilicals for Murphy Exploration and Production Company - USA’s King’s Quay development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

UK independent Chrysaor North Sea Limited (Chrysaor) has contracted Applied Petroleum Technology (APT) to deliver various geochemical and petroleum systems analyses in connection with the operator’s Armada hub facility and exploration around the Greater Lomond area on the UK continental shelf.   

CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA) has announced details of a new, commercial product: Navigating the BiOp: A Guide for Offshore Oil and Gas Operators in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to Comply with New Requirements Established by the NMFS Biological Opinion Issued March 2020.