Ocean Installer, Oceaneering begin TotalEnergies work
Ocean Installer CEO Kevin Murphy said the Girassol work was "our most significant project award from TotalEnergies to-date".
Ocean Installer CEO Kevin Murphy said the Girassol work was "our most significant project award from TotalEnergies to-date".
The plan, he said, would not be “to appraise everything”. Instead, the partners in the block would “accelerate the time to market … if we have the chance to really confirm the volumes which seems to have been discovered, there will be room to make fast track developments, like we did on Block 17, 25 years ago.”
Total discovered Girassol in 1996 and began producing within five years. The field celebrated its 20-year anniversary in 2021.
TotalEnergies plans to continue pressing ahead with short-cycle projects in Angola but also add a new hub on the Cameia-Golfhino finds.
TotalEnergies has awarded a contract to McDermott International for work on the Begonia project, offshore Angola.
Angolan contractor Sonamet has completed factory acceptance tests on all flowline structures for the next stage of work on the Zinia field.
Ocean Infinity has won 2D high-resolution seismic work from Total in Angola.
Bourbon has signed a three-year agreement with Total on cost cuts, through technological innovation, for operations offshore Angola.