The Department of the Interior has suspended all activities related to the implementation of the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge pending completion of a comprehensive analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Subsea 7 S.A. has announced that Subsea Integration Alliance⁽¹⁾anticipates final confirmation of a major⁽²⁾ contract award by Equinor in the near future.

Odfjell has been awarded a drilling contract for its Deepsea Stavanger mobile rig, scheduled to start drilling in February 2022. The contract includes continuing options after the initial phase.

On May 18, the China Oil and Gas Enterprises Methane Emission Control Alliance was established in Beijing and issued the "China Oil and Gas Enterprises Methane Emission Control Alliance Initiative Declaration."

The discovery of the Magnus oilfield in 1974 catalysed a major leap for subsea controls systems. At the time, producing from satellite wells just a mere 5km away was the limit of what could be practically achieved with direct hydraulic controls.

As energy companies continue to access new geographies and resources, it is expected the majority of upcoming FPSO projects will be for the South American and African markets. Mammoet explores how ports and yards in these regions can ensure they are in the best position to serve this growing demand.

LYTT, a software company delivering real-time insights to oil and gas operators by combining fiber optic data with hybrid analytics, has repurposed existing fiber optic infrastructure to support the remediation of a shut-in well in the North Sea.

Subsea 7 announces the award of a very large⁽¹⁾ contract by Petrobras for the development of the Mero-3 field located approximately 200 kilometers off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at 2,200 meters water depth in the pre-salt Santos basin.

Subsea 7 S.A. has confirmed the award of a major⁽¹⁾ contract by Equinor to Subsea Integration Alliance⁽²⁾ for the Bacalhau field development located 185 kilometers from the coast of the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Well Expertise has successfully used a mobile simulator for plug and abandonment well control training to decommission several North Sea wells and is now planning other well campaigns using the simulator.

The winners of the Decom Awards 2021 were announced last week, in an online event which rounded off Decom North Sea’s (DNS) inaugural Decom Week.

The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), as an intergovernmental coalition of 19 of the world’s leading gas producers together representing 70% of the proven natural gas reserves, 52% of gas pipeline, and 51% of LNG exports, echoes the International Energy Agency (IEA)’s recent report ‘Net Zero by 2050’.

McDermott International, Ltd. has completed work on Reliance Industries Limited KG-D6 Satellite Cluster Project, off the east coast of India.

The State of Exploration report is published at a time which may come to be seen as a watershed moment in the global energy industry.

ICR Integrity (ICR), a leading global provider of integrated maintenance and integrity solutions to the oil and gas, power, chemical, nuclear and renewables industries, has signed a renewal agreement for its Quickflange™ service with Apache Corporation’s North Sea subsidiaries.

New analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood), the specialist energy market research and consultancy firm, reveals the number of FPSO leases set to expire in 2022 is significantly higher than the yearly average of ~3 since 2015, with the potential of 30 units becoming available by end of 2022.