
Aker Solutions delivers platform jacket to Johan Sverdrup
Four out of a total of five jackets have been built and delivered from Aker Solutions’ yard in Verdal, Norway, to the Johan Sverdrup field.
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Four out of a total of five jackets have been built and delivered from Aker Solutions’ yard in Verdal, Norway, to the Johan Sverdrup field.

The facility at the port of Georgetown will feature the largest heavy lift crane in Guyana, as well as specialised fabrication, welding and testing equipment and a heavy load bearing jetty.

Jabillo-1 is the second of three exploration wells scheduled for drilling on the Canje block in 2021.

The company has reached an agreement with Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd on the delayed delivery of the ultra-deepwater drillships Deepwater Atlas and Deepwater Titan.

The Maha 2 well in the West Ganal block has been drilled to a depth of 2970 m in 1115 m water depth and encountered 43 m of gas bearing net sands.

The survey covers existing lease blocks and open acreage in the prospective Orphan Basin.

The Blythe and Southwark gas platforms, which will operate as normally unmanned installations (NUIs), have successfully been installed at their respective offshore field locations in the UK North Sea.

Turkey has discovered 135 billion m3 of additional natural gas in the southern Black Sea, raising the total discovery in the region to 540 billion m3.

Both companies have confirmed their willingness to proceed with joint implementation of exploration and production projects in western Siberia, including the development of the Achimov, Paleozoic and Jurassic hydrocarbon deposits.

The agreement will support Rosneft’s commitment to reduce upstream emission intensity by 30% by 2035.

The companies will carry out exploration work at the North-Vrangelevskiy licence area located in the eastern part of the East Siberian Sea.

Completion of phase 2 of the 11 000 km2 UK Mid North Sea High 3D seismic survey, expected in mid-October, will increase the programme survey area six-fold.