offshore

SPE’s Aberdeen section has chosen the finalists for this year’s Offshore Achievement Awards, which will take place 22 March at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.

The long-term decommissioning of the historic Brent field has necessitated redevelopment of the younger Penguins field in the North Sea, where the UK hopes to see more revival projects in the coming years.

Major oil discoveries by Armstrong Oil & Gas and ConocoPhillips have compelled the US Department of the Interior to reassess its estimate of undiscovered, technically recoverable resources in parts of Alaska.

Technical Directors have a range of things to work on for 2018 that add value at a time when resources are scare.

Low oil prices that forced operators to slash upstream spending budgets has led to the lowest level of discoveries in decades.

Two Gulf of Mexico incidents occurred that were related to compressors not being purged properly prior to startup. BSEE issued a Safety Alert outlining the circumstances and made recommendations for prevention.

Touted as the Mediterranean Sea’s largest-ever gas discovery, the “supergiant” Zohr field is expected to cover much of Egypt’s gas demand in the coming decades.

Statoil has submitted a long-awaited development plan for what will become Norway’s northernmost development.

Finding niches that provide a competitive edge over larger operators has enabled Talos Energy to leapfrog into a powerful position with Mexico’s first offshore wildcat discovery.

SNC-Lavalin was recognized by the Rice Global Engineering & Construction Forum’s Award of Excellence for the fast-track installation of a 150 MMcf/D natural gas processing plant for production from the offshore Venezuela Perla field.