Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean and Aberdeen-based well management firm Exceed Energy have entered into a collaboration agreement to supply vessel-based well plug and abandonment (P&A) services. These will be offered to the decommissioning market globally.
Perenco has begun drilling an appraisal well in Gabon, close to its shallow water Hylia South West discovery from December 2022.
Allseas has completed the infield pipelay scope for BP’s LNG project offshore Mauritania and Senegal.
Galp raised the possibility of farming down its stake and bringing in a partner. It currently has an 80% equity position.
The Norwegian company will begin project management and engineering “immediately” at its offices in Bergen and Aberdeen.
“We are making ongoing evaluations to determine the exact size of these fields and continuously improve our estimates to determine commerciality.”
The two states will “remain vigilant” in the operational, economic and financial support, in partnership with BP and Kosmos Energy.
The statement from the ministry said the arrival of the FLNG vessel was a “historic moment” for the GTA project. It reported that the LNG scheme was more than 90% complete.
Galp will drill Mopane-1X deeper, in order to explore further targets, it said. Once the work is complete, it will relocate the rig to drill Mopane-2X for further evaluation.
Ocean Installer CEO Kevin Murphy said the Girassol work was "our most significant project award from TotalEnergies to-date".
Eni said this second FLNG vessel will begin producing in 2025. The company will market all of the produced LNG, it said.
“Pipeline Production worked their magic, completing the welding and FJC qualification programmes at a super-fast pace. Equipment preparation was a push, but in true Allseas style everything was delivered on time,” the company said on LinkedIn.
A statement from Rex said it had identified an offshore licence in West Africa as a “first possible investment”.
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) approved the seismic on November 16. The plan also requires approval from the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment.
“We are very focused on resolving all investment-related issues. There is no bottleneck that is too difficult for us to remove”, the president said. “We need each other … we want you to do more.”
Energean CEO Mathios Rigas described the deal as “an exciting step in the next stage of our development, one that can only enhance our position as the pre-eminent independent natural gas producer listed in London”.
“Chappal Energies is a committed Nigerian-owned energy company with the ambition to develop the assets further, contributing to the Nigerian economy for years to come.”
Operations at the Nigerian oil block have been halted for more than a decade by a series of trials and competing legal claims.
Capricorn will “vigorously defend” its position, it said. This may include “exercising rights under the sales agreement”, it said.
FEED work “could facilitate” a final investment decision (FID) on Preowei, Africa Oil, said.
“We look forward to rapidly bringing these high-value barrels into production. The result also confirms the significant potential of the Dussafu licence where we have multiple additional future prospects.”
The company holds Block 2914B, next to Shell’s Block 2914A. Galp is to the north, at PEL 83, where it intends to begin drilling on the Mopane complex this month.
In September, it sold non-operated stakes in the Kaybob Duvernay and Placid Montney for $104 million. The plan is to invest some of the proceeds in international works.
The FPSO is on its way to West Africa, the CEO said, while the FLNG facility should leave Singapore by the end of 2023. According to Marine Traffic, the FPSO is today offshore Maputo.
Total plans to drill one exploration well. Should it be successful, it may drill up to nine more.