Field/project development
The Loran Phase 2 license award builds on BP’s growing presence in Venezuela as it seeks to develop offshore projects, particularly shared fields near Venezuela’s maritime border with Trinidad and Tobago.
ExxonMobil and its Area 4 partners have awarded $1.1 billion in pre-investment contracts for long-lead upstream equipment supporting Mozambique's Rovuma LNG project. The awards, led by OneSubsea, mark a key step toward FID as development advances on ExxonMobil's largest global investment.
Gran Tierra will refocus its investment strategy to strengthen its portfolio in Canada and Azerbaijan while Maurel & Prom, majority owned by Pertamina’s international upstream arm, grows its South American footprint in Colombia and Ecuador.
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The construction of the Calcasieu Pass 2 liquefied natural gas facilities in Cameron Parish is scheduled to start this year. -
The Pickerel-1 well encountered 90 ft of high-quality oil-bearing Miocene reservoir and will be tied back to the Tubular Bells production facilities.
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The Irpa gas field, Verdande oil field, and Andvare production-well tiebacks will extend the lives of the mature Aasta Hansteen and Norne fields into the late 2030s.
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The $18.4 billion in project financing pledged to Rio Grande LNG represents the largest greenfield energy project financing commitment in US history.
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McDermott’s latest EPCI contract on Qatar’s North Field expansion focuses on subsea cabling and offshore/onshore pipelines to be fabricated locally.
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By initially ring-fencing Absheron’s gas for the domestic market, Azerbaijan will be able to export more of its overall gas production to Europe from across other projects.
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The contract awarded by MODEC is for the supply of gas technology equipment for installation on the project’s FPSO.
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The authors of this paper describe a solution using machine-learning techniques to predict sandstone distribution and, to some extent, automate the process of optimizing well placement.
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The drilling of the Berling field will begin in the third quarter of 2026, with gas and condensate production expected in 2028.
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The offering includes automatic evaluation of project economics and enhances collaboration to cut the time required for field development planning by up to 50%, according to the companies.
