ExxonMobil says it has made a natural gas discovery offshore Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean at the Glaucus-1 well.

Norwegian energy firm Equinor is to deploy cabled subsea instrumentation from Sonardyne International Ltd. to help increase the accuracy of time-lapse seismic data at the giant Johan Sverdrup oil field.

Neptune Energy has submitted development plans for the Duva (PL636) and Gjøa P1 (PL153) projects in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. First production from the projects is expected in late 2020/early 2021. Total recoverable resources are estimated to be 120 million barrels of oil equivalent (Total of 54,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day at maximum production).

On February 7, 2019, Excelerate Energy L.P. (Excelerate) and Equinor Energy AS (Equinor) completed the first ever ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in The Bahamas.

SeeByte, a global leader in software solutions for unmanned maritime systems, announces the appointment of Robert Johnson as Business Development Manager for Defence, effective immediately. Robert joins with a remit to further strengthen SeeByte’s position in the rapidly growing defence market for unmanned systems.

Aker Solutions has been appointed by Wintershall AS to build a complete digital replica of the Nova production system to enable data driven engineering, production and maintenance decisions.

Petrobras announces that it has started the production of oil and natural gas of P-76, the third platform to enter production in the Búzios field.

Offshore Survey 2019, which takes place alongside Ocean Business at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton UK, from 10-11 April 2019, has just launched an exciting program that looks to the future of the offshore industry. The program highlights technologies that could potentially transform the sector, as well as addressing current issues and providing feedback on major industry projects.

Subsea 7 S.A. has announced the award of a substantial (1) contract by BP Exploration for the provision of subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance services covering BP’s North Sea region portfolio of assets West of Shetland and Northern North Sea.

McDermott International, Inc. has announced a large* contract award from Saudi Aramco for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services in the Marjan field, offshore Saudi Arabia.

Oceaneering International, Inc. has been awarded a two-year Integrity Management contract with Total E&P Danmark (“Total”) to support its significant Tyra Redevelopment project in the Danish North Sea.

In support of President Donald J. Trump’s America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Joe Balash and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Acting Director Walter Cruickshank have announced that BOEM will offer 78 million acres for a region-wide lease sale scheduled for March 2019. The sale would include all available unleased areas in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

BP Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT) has announced first gas production from its Angelin development. The project was delivered on time and under budget.

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) announces that it has entered into an agreement with its customer, Equinor, to license and install Automated Drilling Control (“ADC”) systems on four high-specification, harsh environment rigs currently on contract in Norway and a fifth semisubmersible that is expected to commence operations in the Norwegian sea this summer.

McDermott International, Inc. has announced two sizeable* contracts, one from Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB) and one from Sapura Exploration and Production (SEP), to provide transportation and installation of offshore structures, pipelines and pre-commissioning work for the Pan Malaysia field development located off the shore of Sarawak, Malaysia.

The BHP Board has approved US$696 million (BHP share) in funding to develop the Atlantis Phase 3 project in the US Gulf of Mexico. This follows sanction by BP, as the Operator, of the Atlantis Phase 3 project, announced in January 2019.