PGS is currently processing over 2 000 sq. km of new broadband 3D seismic data for offshore Côte d’Ivoire Data, for delivery in August 2023. The data benefits from the latest KPSTM processing to image prolific Cretaceous reservoir targets.

Odfjell Drilling Ltd. announces that further to the announcement on March 31, 2023, the contracts provided for in the two Letters of Intent for the Deepsea Atlantic to conduct operations in the North Sea region have now been signed with Equinor.

McDermott has secured a major contract from Qatargas Operating Company Limited to deliver engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) for the North Field Production Sustainability (NFPS) Offshore Fuel Gas Pipeline and Subsea Cables Project, COMP1.

The Cypriot Minister for Energy, Commerce & Industry, George Papanastasiou, last week announced the government’s intentions to push ahead with developing Cyprus as a key regional energy hub and is inviting global energy professionals to come together at a major meeting taking place in Limassol this November.

Shearwater announces a new project with OMV for a pioneering towed streamer survey with Ocean Bottom Nodes over the Berling gas and condensate discovery.

The wireless communication system, part of Optime Subsea’s Remotely Operated Controls Systems (ROCS), was successfully tested at the Wintershall Dea-operated Nova field, which is located about 120 kilometers northwest of Bergen, Norway, in 370 meters water depth.

Global energy consultancy Xodus has been awarded a contract to provide technical and project support services for Phase 1 of the decommissioning of the Northern Endeavour Floating Production Storage and Offtake facility (FPSO).

Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. recently completed two deepwater well stimulation campaigns for major operators in the US Gulf of Mexico. These two campaigns resulted in the successful acid treatments of a combined six wells.

Sparrows Group (Sparrows), an engineering and maintenance services specialist for the global energy and industrial sectors, has been awarded a major crane replacement contract for a client in the Middle East. The project, which is worth $13m (USD), is expected to last 18 months.

Exhibition space at SPE Offshore Europe 2023 (OE23) is nearly sold out at P&J Live, Aberdeen where the 50th anniversary edition is being held from 5-8 September 2023.

Saipem has been awarded two new contracts, one for EPCI offshore activities in the Middle East and the other for the development of underwater drones in Brazil. The overall amount of these new acquisitions is approximately 1 billion USD.

McDermott has been awarded an engineering, procurement, and removal contract for offshore decommissioning work by Woodside Energy. The award is for the full removal of the Stybarrow disconnectable turret mooring (DTM) buoy, as part of the decommissioning of the Stybarrow field located in the northwest Cape of Western Australia.

Transocean Ltd. announces that an independent operator awarded a 1,080-day contract for a high-specification seventh-generation, ultra-deepwater drillship in the Gulf of Mexico offshore Mexico.

Before hurricanes and storms wreak havoc on U.S. Southern coastal cities, they first pass over oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, testing their structural integrity. While the rigs are built to withstand the elements, some storms are just too strong for the aging platforms and pipelines, destroying the structures and taking workers’ lives with them.

Leading maritime systems and services provider Elcome International LLC has signed an exclusive sales and service agreement with Miros AS, the Norway-headquartered wave, current and oil spill monitoring specialist.

In just six months, committed utilization of marketed sixth generation harsh environment semisubmersibles (semis) has jumped 14% and is now sold out at 100% utilization; a figure not recorded for this fleet since February 2014. Committed utilization includes rigs currently on hire or have an upcoming contract.