InEight’s next-generation planning and scheduling solution, InEight® Basis, now includes a risk management module, which introduces unprecedented risk and confidence management capabilities to the construction and engineering industries. The new module helps identify and quantify project risk considerations that affect cost and schedule selections, ultimately offering greater certainty to sectors where budget and project overruns are common.

The new exploration permit, WA-542-P, has been awarded to Equinor as operator and 100% owner.

On October 5, Equinor and the Johan Sverdrup partnership consisting of Lundin Norway, Petoro, Aker BP and Total, started production from the giant field in the North Sea, more than two months ahead of and NOK 40 billion below the original estimates in the Plan for development and operation.

The Secretaries General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in research and the sharing of best practices.

Kongsberg Digital, a subsidiary of KONGSBERG, signed an agreement to digitalize the Nyhamna facility, a gas processing and export hub for Ormen Lange and other fields connected to the Polarled pipeline.

TechnipFMC announces that JFT – a consortium between JGC Corporation (JGC), Fluor Corporation (Fluor) and TechnipFMC has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract by Mozambique Rovuma Venture S.p.A. (MRV) for the Rovuma LNG onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) production complex project located in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.

Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a sizeable⁽¹⁾ contract by Shell for the Pierce depressurization project, located approximately 160 miles offshore, east of Aberdeen.

ODE Asset Management (ODE AM), a wholly owned subsidiary of the international engineering and operations support services contractor ODE Group Limited, has been appointed as Installation Operator (Duty Holder) of the Tolmount Platform, a Normally Unattended Installation (NUI).

Fugro has completed several deepwater geophysical surveys in the Gulf of Mexico for Shell International Exploration and Production Company.

Swagelining, the leading polymer lining specialist for subsea pipelines, has successfully installed its LinerBridge® connector technology for the first time.

Nominations are now open for the 2020 Subsea UK Awards which will recognize companies and individuals who are leading the way in the UK’s £7.5billion subsea sector.

CGG Subsurface Imaging, part of CGG’s Geoscience division, has delivered state-of-the-art broadband 4D seismic results ahead of schedule from BP Angola’s latest monitor survey offshore Angola. This achievement builds on previous 4D seismic processing projects undertaken for BP Angola.

Cargo number 1000 was celebrated on October 10, at the Hammerfest LNG plant on Melkøya, “the Snøhvit plant”. The cargo consists of 140 500 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Total sales value of all the LNG cargos since the field came on stream is in the range of NOK 130-150 billion. In addition, we have the value of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and condensate.

In support of the Administration’s America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, Department of the Interior’s Acting Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Casey Hammond and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Dr. Walter Cruickshank today announced that BOEM proposes to offer approximately 78 million acres for a region-wide lease sale scheduled for March 2020.

Dolphin Drilling has won a contract with AS Norske Shell in Norway to provide rig support for the drilling and completion of a gas producer well on the Knarr field.

Equinor, on behalf of the Njord licence, has awarded Saipem a subsea service contract using a wireless underwater intervention drone and an ROV.