Offshore

The offshore energy industry is taking a significant step toward understanding and protecting endangered seabirds with the launch of the Offshore Nesting Bird Census.

(WO) — The agreement provides a contractual framework for earlier and closer engagement throughout the project cycle to unlock more value from complex projects, and work commences immediately with maturation of the subsea scope for the Wisting and Bay Du Nord projects off Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

The two leaders discussed a shared fast-track approach that allows the appraisal well to be drilled while evaluating multiple development scenarios.

The sole criterion for selecting a winning bid will be the total amount of money the bidder commits to spend on exploration of the parcel during Period I (the first six years of a nine-year license). The minimum bid for the parcels offered is $10,000,000 in work commitments.

The 23-month contract, part of the Elgin-Franklin Flare Gas Recovery System Project, will redirect gas that would have previously been flared through a new compressor system offshore to be treated and then reused.

Filipe Silva, CEO of Galp, said, “We have encountered significant light oil columns in high quality reservoir conditions, placing Mopane as a potential major commercial discovery. This should support the growth profile of Galp for the next decades to come, as we gradually lower the carbon intensity of our downstream businesses."

Petrobras' average production of oil, NGL, and natural gas in Q1 2024 reached 2.8 MMboed, an increase of 3.7% compared to last year. The evolution of production (ramp-ups) of the FPSOs Almirante Barroso, P-71, Anna Nery, Anita Garibaldi, and Sepetiba are responsible for the increase, as well as beginning production from 19 new wells from complementary projects in the Campos and Santos basins offshore Brazil.

The proceeds will be used to finance BW Energy’s growth strategy, including the continuing development projects in Gabon.

Chevron will take an 80% operating working interest in an offshore block in Namibia’s Walvis basin, a promising new frontier that could yield massive amounts of undiscovered resources.

The offshore oil and gas field is estimated to hold about 24 MMboe and will be tied back to the Brage platform, which started production in 1993.

The FPSO coalition of SLB, Rockwell, Sensia, and Cognite has introduced an open approach for digitally connecting the total asset journey, from reservoir to topside, to continually maximize value, minimize environmental impact, and create a new level of performance for FPSOs. This integration of collaboration and digitalization will shape the future of FPSO performance. How? In this webcast, FPSO coalition experts will be providing insight into the “how”: through leveraging automation technologies for enhanced operational efficiency and harnessing digitalization to drive decision making for asset optimization, as well as understanding the key factors and considerations in vessel automation and digitalization implementation.

Tackling scope one emissions from oil and gas operations requires innovative, purpose-built technologies that are economic and scalable. By incorporating a combination of advanced technologies such as engine management, fuel enhancing additives, traditional highline power sources, and energy storage systems into drilling operations we can effectively reduce scope one emissions from operations. We will showcase our comprehensive portfolio of drilling technologies, designed to reduce carbon emissions and fuel costs across the globe, regardless of rig type.

Our scientific qualification methodology proves the impact of our technologies through methodology defining environmental attributes that support the UN SDG framework, that enables our customers to quantifiably improve sustainability and avoid emissions in their operations with ES products and services. The ENVIROUNIT offshore slop water treatment system provides a rig-based solution for treating and recycling slop water. The multi-step process reduces waste volume by more than 95% over conventional methods. ATC automatic tank-cleaning technology reduces cleaning time, crew requirement, carbon footprint and minimizes confined-space entry. ATC improves safety, waste generation and associated emissions, decreases personnel onboard and downtime during the cleaning process. Reducing emissions associated with waste handling and transportation by up to 87%. iWISE integrated waste injection services entails the safe disposal of drilling waste into subsurface strata. It is the only elimination method, rather than a treatment method and it is considered the best available technology for drilling waste disposal.

Natural gas remains a readily available, low-carbon feedstock, providing a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions vs. traditional liquid hydrocarbons. However, it’s critical to optimize operations across your assets’ lifecycle to offset threats of sustainability and energy security. Join World Oil and AspenTech experts as they discuss how innovative digital solutions support end-to-end gas exploration and production, enabling your teams to: • Efficiently delineate and find economical natural gas producing opportunities • Accelerate time to first gas • Lower the environmental footprint of development • Maximize asset utilization by optimizing production Register now to join the conversation! Learn how you can leverage digital solutions to meet the increased demand for natural gas.

Existing data is everywhere, and not often easy to consume. It can be found in different databases, projects, and directories. Interpreting newly acquired data can take weeks. The information needed to make the best decisions is either lost in a sea of data or comes after the window of opportunity for action has closed. SLB is changing the data workflow and digital operations are advancing to help customers make the right decisions, at the right time, with the right information. Digitally assisted operations with Wellbore on DELFI help customers make better decisions during or just after data acquisition, when these decisions count the most. With existing data, Wellbore on DELFI leverages the OSDU™ Data Platform to break down barriers between users and their data. Users quickly analyze data and select relevant wells for automated interpretation, conditioning, and better operational planning.

Prime Mapping is a tubular field service carried out before running-in-hole that provides actual casing and tubing data enhancing drilling and completion operations. Prime Mapping can be run on the rig floor or at the yard by Vallourec trained technicians at any time, for tubulars from any supplier. The data is obtained using a portable device called In-Pipe Rover which uses laser and/or ultrasound technology. Prime Mapping provides full-length internal diameter (ID), wall thickness (WT), and outside diameter (OD) map with thousands of data points per pipe, providing calculated ovality, eccentricity, out-of-roundness, bore and metal volume. This actual geometric data is essential for packer setting and cement displacement, and mitigates casing wear while drilling, as it allows operators to optimize their casing and tubing strings before running, thus obtaining higher downhole performance. By performing the service in any field, Prime Mapping saves time, costs, and CO2 emissions for operators who no longer need to send pipes back to UT benches.

Join our expert, Mahmoud ElGizawy, to learn how automated survey management solutions can allow operating companies and service providers to access the most advanced directional survey correction algorithms to optimize drilling applications in real-time by providing accurate wellbore positioning data. This allows timely correction to the wellbore trajectory without requiring additional tools or onsite personnel. The automated survey solutions maximize reservoir production by accurately placing the well in the planned spot while avoiding collision with other wells in close proximity.

Operating medium-pressure fluid systems in offshore applications comes with a range of challenges, from minimizing corrosion in alloy-based systems to reducing component maintenance and replacement when manpower and inventory is limited. Leaks that occur in connection points in chemical injection units, HPUs, TuTus, and other support equipment can lead to unaffordable downtime, so it is important to know how to find the right fittings technology for these demanding applications. We can help you there. In this webinar, we will cover: -Common problems experienced in offshore medium-pressure fluid systems -The difference between fittings technologies used in these applications -What affects total lifecycle cost of fittings, and why it matters -Strategies for countering vibration, corrosion, and other threats to fittings -What else to consider when selecting medium-pressure fittings Join us to find out what we have learned through decades of working with the oil and gas market, and how you can apply those insights to dealing with the extraordinary demands on your business.

As offshore oil and gas targets and their development rapidly become more complex, operators need greater speed and certainty in decision making. Subsea Live* data-driven performance service enables operators to proceed with confidence and transition from reactive to proactive operations by integrating OEM expertise with automation, physics-based simulation, and AI to extract actionable insights in a secure collaborative digital solution. This automated process analyzes real-time data while accounting for the dynamic nature of production to keep operators informed—not just for the status of equipment health and operational performance, but also with data-driven actionable insights, giving them advance intelligence for production optimization and for anticipating and mitigating performance issues and failures to enhance asset performance. *Mark of Schlumberger

An accelerated focus on strategic priorities such as capital stewardship, digitalization, and environmental sustainability is driving significant change in the oil and gas industry. With an upcycle on the horizon and offshore production poised to play a critical role in the overall energy mix, the industry must leverage technological innovation and new ways of working to fully embrace the reinvention of offshore oil and gas production. Electrification of offshore infrastructure opens the way to achieve lower-carbon energy sources, enabling operators to decrease their operational footprint while simultaneously supporting digitalization and reducing environmental impact. Schlumberger Electrification Program Manager for Production Systems Stephane Hiron will discuss how electrification is key to lower-cost, lower-carbon energy production and accomplishing returns-focused performance results.

Mud gas and cuttings analysis remains at today the only direct measurement of, respectively, the reservoir fluid and rock, until a PVT sample and a core are available for laboratory analysis. Surface logging data is an attractive solution for the client to take real-time decisions as they are available while drilling, on a continuous basis and at relatively low cost. Nowadays the accuracy and quality of the surface logging data has reached a level comparable to more sophisticated downhole tools thanks to the technological evolution, processes automation and innovative digital workflows. In this presentation we will describe how Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning models and ground-breaking algorithms permit a more quantitative and objective approach to determine lithology classification, enhance the accuracy of the mud gas data even in extreme drilling conditions and enable predicting fluid properties while drilling.