
Oil discovery made near Dorado development offshore Western Australia
The well was drilled on the northern culmination of the greater Pavo structure and encountered a 60-m gross hydrocarbon column in the primary Caley member reservoir target.
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The well was drilled on the northern culmination of the greater Pavo structure and encountered a 60-m gross hydrocarbon column in the primary Caley member reservoir target.

The 83-m high steel jacket, weighing around 8500 t, will also be delivered by Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit construction vessel in April.

The contract includes the provision of Operations and Maintenance support for Spirit Energy’s York platform in the Southern North Sea, and Engineering, Project, and Consultancy services for all of the operator’s North Sea assets.

Flylogix will leverage the funding round to expand to new geographies, including the US, Norway and Trinidad & Tobago.

The operations in the reservoir section are still at an early stage and it has yet to be confirmed if commercial volumes are present.

Shell said in the new environmental development plan of the Jackdaw field that it aims to start production from the field, which will supply 6.5% of Britain's gas output, by 3Q25 or 4Q25.

The agile biomimetic autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), named RoboFish, is made up of several self-contained modules with self-managed battery and actuator control for full-body, autonomous movement around underwater structures.

Reach Subsea has joined forces with OCTIO to strengthen its capabilities in survey and inspection data gathering.

Esso Australia has made a final investment decision to develop additional gas from the Gippsland Basin Kipper field.

Production was temporarily shut down last month due to a faulty component in the Rhum Subsea Control Module that has now been replaced.

The operations offshore Norway are expected to start from the end of 4Q22, upon termination of the works in which the Scarabeo 8 rig is currently engaged.

From the anticipated closure date of 30 March 2022, certain Oceaneering staff based in Norway will transfer, along with decommissioning assets including well and pile abrasive cutting and recovery systems and associated tooling.