Equinor, Shell join YPF in Bandurria Sur block, Argentina

Equinor, Shell join YPF in Bandurria Sur block, Argentina

Equinor and its partner Royal Dutch Shell have wrapped up a joint acquisition of the 49% stake held by Schlumberger in the onshore Bandurria Sur block in the Argentine province Neuquén. Each partner paid $177.5 million for their 24.5% interest in the Argentine onshore block, which spans nearly 56,000 gross acres in the central area […]

Bacalhau oil field : Japanese firm MODEC wins FPSO contract from Equinor

Bacalhau oil field : Japanese firm MODEC wins FPSO contract from Equinor

MODEC has bagged a contract to deliver a floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO vessel) from Equinor Brasil Energia for the Bacalhau oil field (formerly Carcará oil field) in Brazilian waters. The Japanese offshore floating platform provider has signed a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) in this regard with the Equinor subsidiary. In December […]

North Platte oil field development : Worley wins FEED contract from Total

North Platte oil field development : Worley wins FEED contract from Total

Worley has bagged a front-end engineering design contract (FEED contract) from Total for the North Platte oil field development in the US Gulf of Mexico. For the contract awarded by Total E&P USA, Worley will be using its recently acquired capability for the floating production unit topside design in combination with Intecsea’s experience in designing […]

North Komsomolskoye project : Equinor, Rosneft sanction stage 1 of Russian oil and gas field development

North Komsomolskoye project : Equinor, Rosneft sanction stage 1 of Russian oil and gas field development

Equinor and Rosneft have sanctioned the first stage of the North Komsomolskoye project, which involves the development of the conventional onshore oil and gas field in Western Siberia in Russia. The first stage of the Russian oil and gas project will see the partner aim to unlock a total estimated recoverable volumes of 250 million […]

Ærfugl project phase 2 : Aker Solutions bags contract for subsea production system

Ærfugl project phase 2 : Aker Solutions bags contract for subsea production system

Ærfugl project phase 2 : Aker Solutions has bagged a contract worth around NOK 700 million ($76.95 million) from Aker BP for the supply of the subsea production system for the Ærfugl project (formerly Snadd field development) in the Norwegian Sea. The subsea delivery for the Norwegian oil project includes wellheads, vertical subsea trees, control […]

Vår Energi wraps up $4.5bn acquisition of ExxonMobil’s Norwegian upstream assets

Vår Energi wraps up $4.5bn acquisition of ExxonMobil’s Norwegian upstream assets

Vår Energi celebrated its first anniversary by wrapping up its previously announced $4.5 billion acquisition of the non-operated upstream assets of ExxonMobil in the Norwegian North Sea and the Norwegian Sea. The Norwegian oil and gas company, which is owned by Eni (69.6%) and HitecVision (30.4%), has doubled its production from the Norwegian Continental Shelf […]

Aker Solutions to bag inspection services contract for Equinor’s Norwegian facilities

Aker Solutions to bag inspection services contract for Equinor’s Norwegian facilities

Norwegian engineering company Aker Solutions has been selected for a contract worth NOK 1.2 billion ($131.37m) from oil and gas giant Equinor for being the main supplier for inspection services for 15 plus operating facilities in Norway. The two parties are expected to sign a frame agreement shortly, which will cover an initial period of […]