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The well will be drilled as a deviated hole with a total measured depth of approximately 7,500 m and is expected to take 50 - 60 days to drill and evaluate. The well lies within tie-back distance to both the Who Dat G subsea manifold (6 km) and the Who Dat FPS. View the full article
This strategic initiative combines Oil States’ MPD Integrated Riser Joint (IRJ) system with Seadrill’s high-spec fleet of floating drilling vessels to enhance safety and efficiency while simplifying and standardizing MPD systems operating in the offshore drilling market. View the full article
LOGIX assists with autonomous drilling, streamlines well delivery, can shorten production timelines, and reduces rig time through intelligent automation. View the full article
Johan Castberg is a large oil field with estimated recoverable volumes of between 450 and 650 MMbbl. The field will produce for 30 years, and at its peak, Johan Castberg may produce 220,000 bpd. View the full article
Saipem’s scope of work involves the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of wellhead platforms’ topsides, wellhead platforms’ jackets, tie-in platform jacket and topside, rigid flowlines, submarine composite cables and fiber optic cables. View the full article
The Clear portfolio includes: ClearTrac wireline tractor; ClearCut non-dangerous goods electromechanical pipe cutters; and, coming soon, ClearShift high-expansion shifters to open and close downhole valves that include barrier isolation devices. View the full article
The Midland, Texas-based company, which recently finalized its acquisition of Endeavor Energy, has also signed a nonbinding letter of intent with nuclear power developer Oklo Inc. to deploy small reactors for some of its future electricity needs. View the full article
The permitting halt, which went into effect earlier this year, will raise energy costs, threaten supplies for America’s European allies and increase emissions by slowing the transition from coal to gas, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth said in a speech at the GasTech conference in Houston Tuesday. View the full article
The open, secure and modular platform unlocks access to high-quality data across subsurface, surface, planning and operations, increasing cross-domain collaboration and releasing new intelligence and insights to improve the quality and speed of decision making at enterprise-level. View the full article
Preliminary estimates place the size of the Gundrun discovery between 0.1 and 1.2 MMcm of recoverable oil equivalent in the intra-Draupne Formation, and between 0.4 and 1.3 MMcm of recoverable oil equivalent in the Hugin Formation. View the full article
During the five years ending in 2023, companies reduced their pollution by more than 25%, a percentage they originally pledged to achieve by 2027 in the North Sea Transition Deal, according to Offshore Energies UK. View the full article
Wind Challenger will help reduce fuel consumption and GHG emissions by using its unique telescopic sails. In addition to the robust design of Wind Challenger itself, additional safety measures include a fully enclosed navigation bridge and a lookout station on the vessel’s fore deck to further enhance visibility. View the full article
Earlier this month, Equinor’s Troll B and C fields offshore Norway became partly powered from shore. This reduces annual emissions from the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) by 250,000 tonnes of CO2. View the full article
Suriname’s state oil company, Staatsolie, has announced plans to issue bonds in 2025 as part of a strategy to finance its participation in the development of offshore Block 58. View the full article
The new name reflects the company’s focus on scaling up existing carbon capture technologies as well as its commitment to invest in research and development to ensure a pipeline of cutting-edge solutions that meet the evolving needs of industries worldwide. View the full article
Global deepwater spending by oil producers is forecast to grow to an average of $79 billion in 2026 and 2027, according to Noble, citing research from Rystad. That would be a 20% hike from the average annual amount between 2023 and 2025. View the full article
Saipem’s scope of work encompasses the engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of six platforms as well as approximately 100 km of corrosion resistance alloy rigid subsea pipelines of 28’’ and 24’’ diameter, 100 km of subsea composite cables, 150 km of fiber optic cables and several other subsea facilities. View the full article
This collaboration enhances geocentric data interpretation, improves cross-discipline communication, and sharpens subsurface insights, driving faster, more precise decision-making. The result is increased drilling efficiency, innovation, and collaboration for superior well performance. View the full article
Unify is a new-generation digital platform and is the first plunger lift controller in the ChampionX SMARTEN automation product family. It harnesses the latest AI, IoT, and wireless technologies for edge device automated operations and “live” visibility into plunger cycle behaviors via high-frequency data captured at one-second intervals. View the full article
Block 14 and Block 15 were part of the Suriname Shallow Offshore 2 Bid Round 2023-2024. The blocks are in the eastern part of the Suriname-Guyana basin and border Block 52, where oil and gas discoveries have previously been made. Block 14 has water depths of 50 to 75 m, and Block 15 from 75 to 150 m. View the full article
Set to face a shortfall of natural gas at the start of next year, Colombia’s hopes are riding on the future potential of its deepwater wells. Ecopetrol’s offshore chief, Elsa Jaimes, said in an interview last month that production from Caribbean waters could come online as early as 2029, depending on approvals from local communities and securing environmental licenses. View the full article
The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers (the Alliance) board of directors has appointed Karr Ingham as the organization’s new president, effective July 1, 2024. View the full article
The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) applauds the Senate's passage of the Royalty Resiliency Act, aimed at addressing outdated federal land reporting processes and streamlining royalty payments for oil and gas producers. View the full article