CGG has completed JumpStart™ multi-client geoscience packages for the North West Shelf (NWS) of Australia and the Banda Arc in the Asia-Pacific region. Both packages are now available and enhance understanding of the prospectivity of these two high-potential regions, allowing the assessment of exciting new plays.

Norway has over the years taken several steps to reduce its upstream emissions through electrifying offshore platforms, reducing flaring volumes, installing carbon capture and storage (CCS), and other energy efficiency measures. Power from shore to offshore platforms already started in 1996 when Troll East (A) came on-stream, with the Johan Sverdrup field as the latest addition in 2019.

Following a ballot at its AGM last week, Subsea UK has announced a new board of senior subsea leaders with a mix of expertise and knowledge across all sectors of the industry.

Rotech Subsea Ltd. has competed a major sand-wave clearance for Van Oord at the Norther Off-shore Wind Farm in the Belgian North Sea. Aberdeen-based subsea excavation pioneer, Rotech, deployed its state-of-the-art TRS2 Controlled Flow Excavation tool to carry out the scope of work.

Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract from Aker BP to deliver the subsea production system for the second phase of the Ærfugl development offshore Norway.

Based on currently available geophysical data, the Lebanese government estimates that the offshore oil and gas frontier areas in the East Mediterranean may hold around 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves, though this has yet to be proven. An initial exploration well is expected to be drilled in block 4 by the end of 2019, or in early 2020.

Fugro has successfully completed the first deepwater autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) site survey for Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd (BSP).

DecomWorld – subsidiary of Reuters Events- has released their 2020 Decommissioning Market Report and International Supply-Chain Decommissioning Roadmap.

The finalists have been announced for next year’s Subsea UK awards, which recognize the companies and individuals leading the way in the UK’s £7.5billion subsea sector.

Aker Solutions has secured a contract to support the development of BP’s Cypre project, offshore Trinidad and Tobago.

Aquarius Marine Coatings Ltd. (AMC) has announced the launch of its award-winning anti-foul coating, Coppercoat-Commercial, in the offshore oil and gas sector.

Drone makers are collaborating with oil and gas companies to develop custom drones with data collection technology to obtain real-time insights, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Maersk Drilling has signed agreements with Halliburton and Petrofac to collaborate on the exploration program to be delivered under Maersk Drilling’s master alliance agreement with Seapulse.

Seatools, a leading provider of subsea hydraulic components and systems, stepped up its standardized hydraulic solutions bid with a new range of subsea hydraulic power units (SHPUs). The range offers a number of high-performance SHPUs that stand out in robustness, compactness, and ease of integration. The powerpacks come as true plug-and-play solutions.

To address the issue of sand control failure in wells, independent global completions service company Tendeka, has launched a new cost-effective single trip sand control solution.

McDermott International, Inc. and its joint venture partner, Chiyoda International Corporation, a U.S.-based wholly-owned subsidiary of Chiyoda Corporation, Japan, announces that Train 2 of the Cameron project, located in Hackberry, La., has reached the final commissioning stage.