Some of the North Sea’s biggest companies have shared details of millions of pounds worth of upcoming operations and maintenance (O&M) work.
Cnooc, Spirit Energy and Neptune Energy have all recently posted contract updates on the North Sea Transition Authority’s (NSTA) forward work plans tool, part of the energy pathfinder portal.
Launched in September, the expansion to the existing database allows firms to flag O&M contracts that are just around the corner.
It forms part of the industry regulator’s ongoing efforts to encourage companies to provide greater visibility of upcoming activity.
Cnooc
In the latest update to the energy pathfinder, published on Tuesday, details about several North Sea contracts for Chinese state-owned operator Cnooc (HKD: CNOOC) were shared.
A deal, worth over £5 million, for ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic acquisition for Buzzard was put out to tender last quarter.
A separate contract to gather velocity and wave data at the huge North Sea field also hit the shelves during Q3.
© Supplied by Hunting plcFurther deals for condition monitoring and predictive analytic support services, crane management services, drilling services, metering management services, provision of telecommunications and upgrades to a power generation unit on the Scott platform have also been tendered, or are due to be soon.
Neptune Energy
Neptune Energy has also given an update on deals for forward work due to go up for grabs in the coming months.
The North Sea operator is looking to source drilling rental equipment, carbon capture and storage (CCS) specialised flow assurance, engineering pre-concept support and laboratory testing.
© SYSTEMAll the contracts are due to be tendered in Q4 2022, run for a minimum of a year, and are worth less than £5m.
Separate deals for the provision of crane maintenance and operation services, and the purchase of conductor pipe are expected soon.
Neptune is also looking for support for a 10 day walk 2 work vessel campaign, with a deal due in Q4.
Spirit Energy
Finally, Centrica-owned Spirit Energy has updated two of its upcoming contracts on the energy pathfinder in the last month.
The first is for aviation services for its Chestnut decommissioning campaign, worth less than £5m and lasting nine months.
A final decision to shut down the overperforming field was taken last year, more than a decade after it was first expected to be shut in.
Meanwhile a five-year deal worth over £5m for rig moving, equipment rental and positioning services in support of Spirit’s offshore operations is due in Q4.
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