Independent Data Services (IDS), a leading provider of cloud reporting and analytics for the oil and gas industry, has been awarded a six-figure fleet-wide deal with Stena Drilling for the world’s first fully integrated online reporting and analytics services.    

McDermott International, Ltd has completed the KG-D6 R Cluster subsea field development project and achieved pre-commissioning and ready for startup for Reliance Industries Ltd., in the Krishna Godavari Basin, located off the east coast of India.

Oil and gas industry interest is surging in using remote survey technologies for more cost-efficient, safer, and lower-carbon certification, verification and inspection of assets and operations.

On behalf of TechnipFMC, Jumbo Offshore successfully completed the first phase of work on Energean’s Karish gas field offshore Israel in October.

LNG Transport and Shell Trading (US) Company have announced that the first offshore liquified natural gas (“LNG”) bunkering articulated tug and barge (“ATB”) in the United States, the Q-LNG 4000 is now ready for operations.  

Subsea UK is spearheading a drive to showcase the capabilities of, and opportunities for, the underwater engineering sector in the North-east of England.  

An international consortium led by Total (Total 35% Operator, Shell 30%, KUFPEC 25%, Tharwa 10%) and the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding company (EGAS) have signed an exploration and production agreement for the North Ras Kanayis Offshore block located in the Herodotus Basin, offshore Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea.

Equinor and its license partners have decided to invest NOK 3 billion in the North Sea Statfjord Øst field to improve recovery by 23 million barrels of oil equivalent.

Written notification of material changes to the Plan for Development and Operation Statfjord Øst was submitted to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy 16.12.2020.

“The decision to improve recovery on Statfjord Øst will add considerable value to society and owners and will create positive effects for suppliers. Our ambition is to maintain safe and profitable production and secure valuable activity from the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) for several decades,” says Kjetil Hove, Equinor’s senior vice president for Field Life eXtension (FLX).

Statfjord Øst is tied back to the Statfjord C platform by pipelines. A total of four new wells will be drilled from existing subsea templates. The project also includes modifications on Statfjord C and a new pipeline for gas lift.

Kjetil Hove, Equinor’s senior vice president for Field Life eXtension. (Photo: Ole Jørgen Bratland)

“We will be a leading late life operator on the NCS. In order to achieve this, we must work in new ways to reduce costs, thereby offering new opportunities for investments in late life fields ensuring profitable reservoir management. The Statfjord Øst decision is a good example of this,” says Hove.

This decision enables an improvement of the recovery factor on Statfjord Øst and gives an important contribution to extending the life of the Statfjord C platform and the Statfjord Øst field towards 2040.

The original oil volume in place on Statfjord Øst was 415 million barrels of oil. The current recovery factor is 56 percent. As a result of this project, the expected recovery factor is increased to 62 percent.

Anders Opedal, president and CEO of Equinor, submitted the Written notification of material changes to the Plan for Development and Operation Statfjord Øst to Tina Bru, Minister of Petroleum and Energy. (Photo: Ole Jørgen Bratland)

Plans call for installation of a pipeline for gas lift, modifications on Statfjord C and drilling of new wells in 2022 - 2024. Production start is scheduled for 2024.

The Statfjord Øst development comprises subsea installations that include three templates. The field is located five kilometers north-east of Statfjord C. The field came on stream in 1994.

The licence partners in Statfjord Øst Unit: Equinor Energy AS (31.6875%), Petoro AS (30.0000%), Vår Energi AS (20.5500%), Spirit Energy Norway AS (11.5625%), Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS (4.8000%), Wintershall Dea Norge AS (1.4000%).

After several extensions of the Statfjord field life, the current goal is to maintain safe and profitable operation until 2040. Statfjord is part of FLX, which was established to meet the strategic opportunities and challenges of late life fields in relation to Equinor’s competitiveness.

FLX aims to ensure that Equinor is the leading company in safe and efficient operations with low carbon emissions from late life fields on the NCS.

Strohm has announced it has secured a contract with Total and ExxonMobil for a qualification testing program for a high pressure, high temperature Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP). The qualification project will create a foundation for further development of this TCP technology for riser applications. 

Safe Influx Ltd, a provider of Automated Well Control solutions, has been granted a patent by the United Kingdom Patent Office covering its Automated Well Control technology. The patent secures key elements of Automated Well Control technology, including a wide range of modules using the same technology.

ConocoPhillips has made a new oil discovery in production license 891 on the Slagugle prospect located 14 miles north-northeast of the Heidrun Field in the Norwegian Sea. ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS is operator of the license with 80 percent working interest. Pandion Energy AS is license partner with 20 percent working interest.

Aker BP is the world’s first operator to utilize the subsea control system SCILS from Optime Subsea. This system simplifies installation, maintenance and plugging of subsea wells. Through SCILS Aker BP can reduce its costs for control systems in well operations by more than 50 percent. 

Coretrax, a global well integrity and production optimization leader, has marked a significant milestone with the first deployment of its expandable liner technology in Norway since acquiring Mohawk Energy.  

McDermott International, Ltd. has been awarded a contract from Qatargas to deliver front-end engineering and design (FEED) work for Qatar Petroleum's North Field South (NFS) project.

Oceaneering International (Oceaneering) has been awarded a contract from OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company, for the supply of the first-ever 20,000 psi-rated subsea hydraulic junction plates and associated connection hardware.

Baker Hughes (NYSE:BKR) announced the successful launch of the engageSubsea remote – an extension of the engageSubsea platform. engageSubsea remote serves as an equipment inspection tool, technical support and operational management platform, and is designed to drive operational excellence and increase capital productivity for offshore oil and gas operators.