A semi-submersible drilling platform from China Merchant Heavy Industry (CMHI), SHEN LAN TAN SUO, has become the world’s first offshore unit to receive DNV’s Smart notation compliance certificate.

One of the largest independent oil companies in Europe in terms of production has a major presence on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), and a long-standing client of Baker Hughes’ Norwegian operations. This case study explores how the operator leveraged that relationship to beat the pandemic and keep its inspection on schedule.

Safe Influx announces that the rig trial of the industry’s first ever integration of Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) and Automated Well Control technology has been completed.

Pipeline technology specialist, STATS Group, has continued to grow its market share in North America throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and is now preparing to move into a larger facility in Houston.

EIA forecasts U.S. crude oil production in the U.S. Federal Gulf of Mexico (GOM) to increase in the next two years, according to the latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). By the end of 2022, 13 new projects could account for about 12% of total GOM crude oil production, or about 200,000 barrels per day (b/d). 

Aquaterra Energy, has secured the company’s largest riser analysis contract to date, a five-year deal with a major Middle Eastern operator to provide green and brownfield riser analysis. Combined with other recent project wins in the Middle East, Aquaterra Energy will now deliver an estimated £1m of riser analysis work over the five-year period.

Eni has made a new light oil discovery in Block 15/06, in Angola’s deep offshore.

China’s leading center for well control training, CNOOC Well Control Centre (CWCC), is investing £1.1 million in state-of-the-art simulator technology to support the oil and gas industry across the region.

Talos Energy Inc. along with affiliates of bp plc and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (collectively, the "Co-Owners") have announced successful drilling results from the Puma West exploration project located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Green Canyon Block 821. The Puma West well was drilled to a total depth of 23,530 feet and was designed to test sub-salt Miocene sands.

At Hannover Messe, Bosch Rexroth will present a disruptive innovation for electrically actuating valves in the subsea process industry.

ABB AS and Siemens Energy AS are awarded framework agreements for providing service of electrical equipment on all Equinor’s installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and onshore plants in Norway.

Excelerate Energy L.P. (Excelerate) completed its 2000^th commercial ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on April 3, 2021, at Excelerate's Moheshkhali Floating LNG (MLNG) terminal located offshore Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal.

Argos, the centerpiece of bp’s $9 billion Mad Dog 2 project, has arrived in the US after safely completing its 16,000-mile journey from South Korea to the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, Texas.

Ithaca Energy, operator of the Captain field announces the sanction of the Captain Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Stage 2 project in the UK Central North Sea after receiving Field Development Plan Addendum consent from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA).

LYTT, a software and analytics company delivering actionable insights to inform optimized energy operations, has launched spotLYTT™, a new cloud-based visualization dashboard that gives operators unprecedented visibility into the production performance and health of each asset in their portfolio in real time. 

Qatar Petroleum has announced that it will not be renewing the Qatargas Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (QG1) joint venture upon the expiry of the relevant agreements on December 31, 2021. As a result, Qatar Petroleum will become the sole owner of 100% of the QG1 assets and facilities on January 1, 2022.