Asset Management
After a record year for LNG project approvals in 2025, multiyear repairs to war-damaged liquefaction facilities in Qatar and the UAE threaten to slow the growth of global LNG capacity.
The declaration builds on a memorandum of understanding the partners signed with Egypt in May to process Block 10 gas at the country’s LNG export and domestic gas facilities.
Alongside the new subsea awards, Equinor strengthened its position in the 400-million-bbl Bay du Nord development by acquiring BP’s interest in the project.
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The plan will extend production of the largest field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf to 2040, while also deferring plans to decommission the Statfjord A platform. Statfjord A was originally scheduled to be decommissioned in 2022. -
GTT has been contracted to provide the Hyundai Heavy Group companies with equipment for eight LNG carrier newbuilds. Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) will build the vessels, with each company set to build four vessels. Each vessel will be capable of transporting 174,000 m3 of LNG.
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Global OPEX is falling, and the UK has emerged as a cost-cutting powerhouse among global offshore regions feeling the squeeze of uncertain oil prices. In pursuit of lower unit prices, Rystad Energy says that operators and contractors have begun nurturing operational improvements.
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The deal comes months after the jointly owned Petrogas NEO UK acquired several UK North Sea assets, including a $635-million purchase of Total's stakes in various fields last July. The 2-year deal with Petrofac is valued around $50 million.
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Talos is hoping to retain its operatorship of the major discovery it made in 2017 offshore Mexico after a reserves audit confirmed the reservoir is shared between two offshore blocks.
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Aker Solutions has signed a contract to provide subsea control systems for Phases 4 and 5 of Beach Energy’s Otway project offshore Victoria, Australia. The order includes 7 sets of Vectus subsea control modules (SCMs), which will be backward compatible to the existing topside MCS and EPU, along with associated stab plates and testing equipment.
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The deal is part of BP’s plan to divest $10 billion in the North Sea so that it can focus on developing core growth areas and construct more cost-effective subsea tiebacks in the region.
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A significant discovery of oil off Suriname increases the odds that major oilfields off Guyana will extend across that international boundary.
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The company will shell out more than $800 million to acquire interests in the Andrew and Shearwater areas, as well as the Tolmount field, offshore Scotland.
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As capital markets dry up and shale producers look for pathways to growth, oil and gas data analytics firm Enverus predicts the US sector will see a “surge” in mergers and acquisitions in 2020.
